News

 

We are pleased to announce that Professor Bruce D. Sales, Ph.D., J.D., will be joining our department this Spring. Please see his research interests summarized on our faculty webpage.

Several of our graduate students recently have accepted tenure-track positions at prestigious universities.  Congratulations to Adam Trahan, joining the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of North Texas; to Mohammad Salahuddin, joining the Department of Criminal Justice at Chicago State University; and to Timothy Lauger, joining the Criminal Justice Department at Mercyhurst College!

Graduate student Krista Eckhardt and Professor Pridemore recently co-authored an article, "A comparison of victim, offender, and event characteristics of alcohol- and non-alcohol-related homicides," that was published this summer in Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency.

Graduate student Adam Trahan and Professor Pridemore (and Dr. Mitchell Chamlin of the University of Cincinnati) recently co-authored an article, "A test of competing hypotheses about homicide following terrorist attacks: An interrupted time series analysis of September 11 and Oklahoma City" that was published this summer in Journal of Quantitative Criminology.

Professor Arvind Verma to be a key participant in the annual FDRI/Berkeley Seminar on Indian Democracy at the University of California, Berkeley. Congratulations Arvind on this prestigious invitation.

Professor Arvind Verma receives grant to map terrorism in India.

Professor Pridemore is the recipient of the 2008 Junior Scholar Award given by the American Sociological Association's Section on Alcohol, Drugs, and Tobacco.

Congratulations to Professor Stephanie Kane, who was the Conference Chair of the "Security of Global Port Cities Conference."  For details, see http://www.indiana.edu/~global/portcity/

Ph.D. student Judah Schept has won the prestigious John H. Edwards Fellowship for 2008-2009. For details, see our spotlight on our page describing our graduate program.

Congratulations to Professor Kip Schlegel, who is Director of the Center on Studies of Law in Action.  His center won the International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety's most prestigious institutional award. For details, see http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/6371.html

Congratulations yet again to Professor Schlegel, who has been promoted to Full Professor.