CSU SOC superstar Anne Uhlman defended her dissertation, “Sources of Care in Systems of Control: Understanding the Perspectives and Experiences of Those Supporting Loved Ones in Community Corrections,” at 10am on a Monday morning, then took us on a deeper dive into her research that same afternoon. When her Sociology-in-Progress (SiP) talk began at 2pm, […]
Story and photo by Carmen Guerrero. Originally published on CSU Source. Warner College student Mark Samolej receives prestigious Voyager Scholarship Mark Samolej is one of just 100 students nationwide to receive the Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service – known as the Voyager Scholarship – which honors his commitment to public service and ecological restoration. A third-year restoration ecology student at Colorado […]
Dr. Vanessa Centelles’ new research “Exploring Subgroup Differences in Offending among Latine Adults in the United States” has been published by Criminal Justice and Behavior ABSTRACT Research examining subgroup differences in offending among Latine individuals in the United States remains limited. Using a nationally representative sample of U.S. Latine adults, we assess variation in violent […]
Erin’s serendipitous journey began when she crossed paths with alumni and victims of violence during an eye-opening sociology course. Later on she would arrive to her internship interview and discover the role had shifted to a victim-centered program she was not familiar with. “What I heard intrigued me,” she says. Braving the unknown early on […]
Critical Criminology has published PhD student Adam Snitker’s article, “Expanding Wildfire Research with Insights from Green Criminology.” ABSTRACT Green criminology examines how human activity harms living entities, including ecosystems, humans, and nonhumans; how those harms are produced; and the roles of state and non-state actors in manufacturing environmental harm. Given these interests, the field provides […]
Dr. Jessie Luna’s research on the Denver Zoo is part of a collaboration with international zoo scholars and practitioners to update the framework and tools for zoo design and evaluation. The team’s work, “The Zoo Sphere of Influence Model,” has been published by Biological Conservation. ABSTRACT In January 2023 we proposed the Zoo Sphere of […]
Dr. Jeff Nowacki and co–author Matthew J. Giblin’s (Southern Illinois University-Carbondale) research “Police Organizations, Fiscal Distress, and Police Employment Among Sworn and Non-Sworn Employees” has been published by the American Journal of Criminal Justice. ABSTRACT In this study, we examine how fiscal distress following the Great Recession may have affected police employment levels over the […]
Professor Emeritus Douglas Murray’s new book, We Can Change the World: Tales from a Generation’s Quest for Peace and Justice (Westview) has won the 2025 Nautilus Better Books for a Better World, Social Change and Social Justice, Silver Medal. The annual Nautilus Prize was created 25 years ago as a means of “honoring books that […]
This summer faculty-led program introduces students to international crime and criminal justice with attention to the Czech Republic.
Emilia Ravetta, a doctoral student in the College of Liberal Arts, is the recipient of a PEO Scholar Award — a $25,000 scholarship awarded to women in the U.S. and Canada pursuing doctoral-level degrees.
