News

The College of Criminology and Criminal Justice’s online graduate program remains among the top 10 best programs in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 Best Online Programs ranking. The College’s online master’s degree in criminal justice retained its respective spots at No. 8 nationally and No. 6 among public universities. For veterans, the online program checked in at No. 5.

The College of Criminology & Criminal Justice is pleased to announce that Assistant Professor Brendan Lantz has been selected as the 2021 Academy New Scholar awardee for the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

Congratulations to all of our Fall 2020 College of Criminology & Criminal Justice Graduates! Please join us in celebrating the graduates, listed below, at Florida State University’s Virtual Graduation on Friday, December 11 at 7:30 p.m. (ET). The ceremony will be streamed on http://Facebook.com/floridastate, http://YouTube.com/floridastate and http://live.wfsu.org!

The College of Criminology & Criminal Justice is pleased to announce that Associate Professor Joseph A. Schwartz is this year’s recipient of the Early Career Award from the BioPsychoSocial Division of the American Society of Criminology (ASC).

The College of Criminology and Criminal Justice is saddened to announce the passing of FSU alumna and College patron, Ms. Rosalind D. Czajkoski.

The College of Criminology & Criminal Justice is pleased to announce that Ph.D. student, Julie Kuper, has been honored with the Graduate Student Paper of the Year award from the American Society of Criminology (ASC) Division of Victimology.

The College is pleased to announce that Daniel P. Mears, Mark C. Stafford Professor of Criminology, is the recipient of the 2020 Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology’s Division of Corrections and Sentencing.

Three FSU College of Criminology and Criminal Justice faculty members were recently named among the top 15 influential academics in the field of criminology by AcademicInfluence.com.  Dr. Kevin M. Beaver, Judith Rich Harris Professor of Criminology, was ranked No. 6, Dr. Daniel P. Mears, Mark C.

The College of Criminology and Criminal Justice is saddened to announce the passing of College alumna, Dona Cormier, B.S. ’85. Dona was extremely dedicated to the College and Florida State University, along with her church and community.

College of Criminology & Criminal Justice professors, Dr. Brendan Lantz and Dr. Marin Wenger are researching bias and hate crime victimization during the COVID-19 Pandemic.