Marshall University Criminal Justice & Criminology

05/09/2026

Congratulations to all of our Criminal Justice undergraduate students, class of 2026!

05/04/2026

Last Friday, we hosted our annual Criminal Justice and Criminology Awards, Recognition, and APS Honors Induction Ceremony. Congratulations to our seniors, honor society inductees, and award recipients. Many thanks to our guest speaker, Darrell Legg, adjunct professor. Mr. Legg has dedicated 27 years of service to our program, taught over 80 course sections, and over 14 courses in our curriculum.

Scholarship recipients and awardees:

⭐️Daniel Goodreau –The Glenn W. Burner ⭐️Memorial Scholarship
⭐️Madilyn Smith – The Roger W. Simmons Scholarship
⭐️Kryslen Tucker – The Dora L. Simmons Scholarship
⭐️Emily Doss ­– The Jeanette Kitto Schumacher Scholarship
⭐️Matison Brown ­ – Outstanding Undergraduate Award
⭐️Alexis Wolgemuth – Outstanding Graduate Award
⭐️Sydney Scholl – Margaret Phipps Brown Award for Scholarship & Excellence
⭐️Madilyn Smith – Sam Dameron Award for Leadership & Service

04/27/2026

April is for ball games and crime scenes.

🥎Dr. Young throwing the first pitch at the MU women’s softball game vs. Pitt.

🫆Dr. Perkins’ CJ 314 crime scene class hard at work.

🫆Dr. Quick’s crime scene for
highschoolers at MU’s SCORES.

⚾️CJA and faculty at the men’s baseball game vs. Troy.

04/17/2026

Two of last year’s scholarship recipients, Destiny Cintron and Josh Helton, had the opportunity to spend time yesterday with their benefactors. Roger Simmons and Jeanette Schumacher have provided more than 50 scholarships over the past 20 years in support of criminal justice students. We are so grateful for donors like them!

03/28/2026

Madilyn is the President of the Criminal Justice Association, at Marshall University. Her group came up with the idea of an essential items drive for those in need in the Huntington area. She messaged us here and asked what our clients could use most, and then Madilyn and her peers went to work securing those items. Community leadership looks like this. We’re grateful for your initiative, compassion, and commitment to our neighbors.

12/15/2025

Congratulations to Aidan, Class of 2025! 🎉

We are celebrating Housing and Residence Life staff who graduate this semester 🎓 Today we recognize Twin Towers West Resident Advisor Aidan McCloud. 

Aidan graduates with a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in Psychology. Aidan’s favorite memories of being an RA are the weekly trivia nights spent with the fellow RAs he made friends with during his first year. After graduation, Aidan will continue being an RA while attending graduate school for a master’s degree in Criminal Justice.

Congratulations to Aidan 🎉 We are grateful for his time with us and wish him all the best in his next chapter.

12/15/2025

Congratulations to all of our December 2025 graduates! 🎉

11/24/2025

Last Day to Order: November 30
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11/17/2025

Apparel Sale!!!

The students of Alpha Phi Sigma (National Criminal Justice Honor Society- Omega Chapter) are sponsoring an apparel fundraiser for their club. They are selling t-shirts, sweatshirts, polos, blankets, & stickers with the official Criminal Justice, Criminology, & Forensic Sciences (CJCFS) department logo. These would make excellent Christmas gifts too! You can purchase them through the online store at this link:

Online ordering for Marshall University Criminal Justice & Criminology 2025 ends on Sun, Nov 30, 2025 (11:59 PM EST)

11/04/2025

Last week, Marshall undergraduate and graduate students attended the annual West Virginia Criminal Justice Educators’ Conference (WVCJEA) hosted at Marshall University and coordinated by our very own, Dr. Leslie Quick. Several Forensic Science graduate students kindly orchestrated the crime scene competition at the new crime scene house. Thanks to all of our student volunteers, and congratulations to all of our competition and award winners!

Highlights:

🟢Our CJA sponsored quiz bowl team, “The Criminal Elements,” took first place for the third year in a row! Team representatives were: Dylan Andrus, Sydney Deaton, Devin Hopkins, Emma Smith, and Madilyn Smith.

🟢Our APS sponsored quiz bowl team, “The Thundering Justice,” came in second place! Team representatives were: Matison Brown, Ben McElroy, Aiden McCloud, Demi Olin, and Sydney Scholl.

🟢Our APS sponsored crime scene team, “The Bison Bureau of Investigations,” came in second place! Team representatives were: Matison Brown, Pacey Frum, Devin Hopkins, Ben McElroy, Aidan McCloud, Sydney Scholl, and Emma Smith.

🟢Two of our students placed in the state undergraduate paper competition with Demi Olin Lamp taking first place and Ben McElroy taking third!

🟢Dylan Andrus placed first in the state graduate paper competition this year!

🟢Dylan Andrus presented, “Police misconduct: A thematic analysis of academic research and policy recommendations.”

🟢Demi Olin Lamp presented, “The rise of AI in policing: A critical perspective.”

Congratulations again to all of our students!