Penn State Department of Sociology and Criminology

04/13/2022

https://www.psu.edu/news/liberal-arts/story/college-liberal-arts-announces-spring-2022-student-marshals/

As part of Penn State’s spring 2022 commencement activities, 36 students will represent the College of the Liberal Arts as student marshals. The College of the Liberal Arts commencement ceremony will be at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 7, in the Bryce Jordan Center.

12/06/2021

Penn State is now hiring an Associate/ Full Professor in Population Aging and Health!
To find out more information or apply click on the following link: http://ow.ly/ylBK50GZXJn

06/14/2021

Consider applying to this exciting research opportunity!

https://news.psu.edu/story/661179/2021/06/11/research/training-scientists-substance-use-prevention-focus-32-million-grant?

A $3.2 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse will fund the continuation of Penn State's Prevention and Methodology Training program, which focuses on training the next generation of scientists in preventing substance use and addiction.

05/10/2021

Please join us in congratulating Nancy Luke and Michelle Frisco for being promoted to the rank of Professor at Penn State!

05/10/2021

Please join us in congratulating Holly Nguyen, Sarah Font, and Gary Adler for being granted tenure and promotion to the rank of Associate Professor at Penn State!

04/29/2021

Congratulations to Doctoral Candidate Rebecca Bucci for her recent Penn State article "Parents More Lenient About Alcohol With Teens Who Experience Puberty Early"!

Parents of teens who went through puberty early may be more lenient when it comes to letting them consume alcohol, according to a new Penn State study. But the researchers said that even if adolescents appear more mature, drinking alcohol is still not safe for them.

04/26/2021

Congratulations to Doctoral Student Iman Said!

Iman Said, a doctoral student in criminology in the College of the Liberal Arts at Penn State, is the recipient of the University's 2021 Jackson Lethbridge Tolerance Award.

04/12/2021

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Daniel DellaPosta for being recognized by the College of the Liberal Arts as the recipient of the 2021 Roy C. Buck Award!

04/08/2021

Congratulations to Christopher Seto and Julia Dillavou! The CJRC received eight outstanding applications for our 2021 Graduate Student Summer Research Award program, which provides a summer stipend for work on a specific study. This is record number of proposals submitted for this program. We were able to make the following two awards based on available funding:

Christopher Seto - “Understanding Variation in Hate Crimes and Hate Organizations Across Time and Space: Evidence from Google Trends”.

Julia Dillavou - “Solidarity or Solitude? How Correlates of Incarceration Impact Friendship Among Imprisoned Women”.

Chris and Julia are both in the Department of Sociology and Criminology Graduate Program. We congratulate them both on their successful submissions and we look forward to reporting on their results in a future Docket!

04/08/2021

Join us tomorrow!

04/06/2021

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04/06/2021