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College of Criminology and Criminal Justice programs and students were selected to represent Florida State University programs of excellence during incoming Senate President Joe Negron’s State University System Listening Tour on April 18. As part of the visit, criminology students Heather Loveridge, undergraduate criminology major, and Ph.D. students Cresean Hughes, Sergio Garduno, and Julie Mestre Brancale, gave visiting Senators a snapshot of the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice.

The last Graduate Faculty Workshop will be this Friday, April 22 at 10:00 a.m. (with breakfast starting at 9:30 a.m.) in Eppes 214. Dr. Brian Stults will be presenting “An Introduction to Spatial Analysis in Criminology.” This workshop will introduce students to fundamental concepts in the spatial analysis of crime. Attendees will also learn how to use free and open-source software to work with spatial data, including generating crime maps and estimating spatial regression models.

Jennifer Lynne Holmes, MSW, M.S., a College of Criminology and Criminal Justice Ph.D. student, recently received the ASC’s Division of Victimology (DOV) Best Graduate Student Paper award for 2015. The award winning article, “Campus Sexual Assault: A Systematic Review of Prevalence Research From 2000 to 2015,” has been published online in the journal Trauma, Violence, & Abuse and will be published in the print version of the journal in the upcoming months.

The College of Criminology and Criminal Justice is home to more McKnight Fellows than any other college at Florida State University, with a total of five McKnight Doctoral Fellows in residence. This prestigious and highly sought fellowship was established in 1984 to address the under-representation of African American and Hispanic faculty at colleges and universities in the State of Florida by increasing the pool of citizens qualified with Ph.D. degrees to teach at the college and university levels.

Over 90 students and 22 employers attended this year’s Criminology Internship Fair, held Oct. 28 at The Career Center. Citbank and FDLE were two of the 10 employers new to the event, giving students an opportunity to meet with agencies in their field at national, state, and local levels. This marks the fourth  consecutive year for the Criminology Internship Fair which is presented by the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice in partnership with The Career Center. 

Both the College of Criminology & Criminal Justice and the Career Center are proud to present this year’s Criminology Internship Fair! The event will take place on Wednesday, October 28th from 2pm-4pm in the Dunlap Success Center Rooms 2201 and 2202.   See our flyer here for more details!

The Tallahassee U.S. Probation Office is seeking a computer criminology student for a fall internship, with hopes that it will turn into a full time position. Ideally they are interested in a student who has an interest in digital forensics and probation work. Experience in the tools listed below is preferred but not required. From Senior U.S Probation Officer Michael A. Sobeski:

Katie Dean Moore, Career Liaison for the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, will adopt new office hours for the Fall 2015 semester. Students may schedule an appointment with Katie Dean at any time by email or can drop-in Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 1:00PM through 3:00PM starting August 25th*.

We are pleased to announce that the topics and dates for the Fall 2015 Nole to ProfessioNole Workshops have been announced.   These workshops provide students with valuable information and skills to help them navigate their own career path.  Topics discussed range from basic resume writing to a complete job/internship checklist.  All workshops will take place in Eppes Hall, Room 215 and last from 3:00PM until 4:00PM (unless otherwise stated).  Here are the topics of the workshops and their respective dates:

Kaleena Burkes, doctoral candidate in criminology, has been awarded the McKnight Dissertation Fellowship for the 2015-16 year.  This fellowship provides one year of support for students completing the dissertation in STEM disciplines.  Awardees have demonstrated superior academic achievement and are committed to careers in teaching and research at the university or college level.  Burkes’ research interests include: prisoner re-entry, recidivism, life course criminology, and race & crime.