Senior Spotlight: With Support from APPLE Corps and SASP, Alyssa Torres ’21 Earns a Spot at NYU’s Silver School of Social Work

Graduating senior Alyssa Torres ’21 knows the value of having one-on-one support. Through her experiences in APPLE Corps and the Student Academic Success Programs (SASP) she witnessed how steady...

Criminal Justice Professor Mangai Natarajan is Awarded the Gerhard O.W. Mueller Award

Criminal Justice Professor Mangai Natarajan Ph.D. received one of the most notable awards in the field of Comparative International Criminal Justice—an honor that was also awarded to former John Jay...

Sociology Professor Susan Opotow Receives the American Psychological Association’s 2021 Presidential Citation

Since 2007, Sociology Professor Susan Opotow Ph.D. has been educating scholars at John Jay College, but her extensive examination of justice issues dates back much further. “All of my work throughout...

Professor David Brotherton Furthers His Study of Gangs and the “Deportation Pipeline”

David Brotherton Ph.D., Professor of Sociology at John Jay and Founder and Director of the Social Change and Transgressive Studies Project , is leading projects spanning multiple countries, centered...

Senior Spotlight: Sassi Kachhelo ’21 Credits CUSP Program with Helping Her Graduate on Time

Sassi Kachhelo ’21, a graduating senior from Pakistan, almost put her John Jay College education on hold last semester when she ran into some financial difficulties. “I had to choose between...

Senior Spotlight: Tayaba Bibi ’21 Deepens Her Understanding of Justice through the Prison-to-College-Pipeline Learning Exchange

Tayaba Bibi ’21, a Criminal Justice major from Brooklyn, New York, always knew that she wanted to become an immigration lawyer, “and there was no better institution that could prepare me to become an...

Senior Spotlight: Jasmine Jackson ’21 Reaches Her Grad School Dreams with the Help of the CUSP Program

Jasmine Jackson ’21, a graduating senior from Teaneck, New Jersey, who majored in Forensic Psychology, is already enrolled in a Mental Health Counseling master’s degree program at Fordham University...

Senior Spotlight: After Overcoming Cancer, John Anthony François ’21 Heads to Stanford University with the Goal of Improving Cancer Treatment Outcomes

John Anthony François ’21, a Frederick Douglass Global Fellow and Honors , PRISM , and APPLE Corps graduating senior, is determined to improve the accessibility and outcomes of cancer treatments...

Professors Deborah Koetzle, Jeff Mellow, and Verónica Michel Awarded $2.5 Million to Survey Prisoners in Central America

The U.S. Department of State ’ s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) has awarded Criminal Justice Professors Deborah Koetzle, Ph.D. and Jeff Mellow Ph.D., along with...

Senior Spotlight: In Just Three Years, Salutatorian Mia Anderton ’21 Graduates with a 4.0 and a Double Major in Forensic Psychology and Criminology

When graduating senior and salutatorian Mia Anderton ’21 found out that she wouldn’t be able to study abroad due to the pandemic, she buckled down and set the ultimate challenge for herself: graduate...

Senior Spotlight: Valedictorian Alyssa Marie Nunziato ’21 Dreams of Becoming A CPA and Stopping White-Collar Criminals

Class of 2021 Valedictorian Alyssa Marie Nunziato ’21 has a very clear and justice-focused vision for her future, she wants to help take down white-collar criminals. “I want to become a Certified...

Senior Spotlight: Sarah M. Dorismond ’21 Overcomes Homelessness During the Pandemic and Graduates on Time with Help From SEEK

When the Covid-19 health crisis led to shutting down schools and businesses across New York City, SEEK graduating senior Sarah M. Dorismond ’21 lost her job and found herself homeless. “The pandemic...

Senior Spotlight: Dylan Senkiw ’21 Gets Accepted into Four Master’s Programs to Pursue a Public Policy Career

Dylan Senkiw ’21, a Macaulay Honors student double majoring in Political Science and Computer Science and Information Technology, was recently accepted into four Public Policy master’s degree...

Senior Spotlight: Sarah Umstadt ’21 Gets Accepted into Law School After a Year-Long Research Project and Prestigious Judicial Internship

Macaulay Honors senior Sarah Umstadt ’21 may have grown up in the suburbs of Seaford, Long Island, but her heart was always set on living in New York City. “Toward the end of high school, I found...

Senior Spotlight: SEEK Student Genesis Correa ’21 Makes Her Late Father’s Dreams Come True by Earning Her Degree

Genesis Correa ’21, a first-generation college student and SEEK student, sees graduating from John Jay not only as an important milestone in her life, but also as a way of paying homage to her...

Behind the Badge: Filipp Khosh ’19, Retired NYPD Lieutenant, Veteran, and Adjunct Lecturer in Security, Fire, and Emergency Management

Since its inception, John Jay College has been an institution proud to educate public safety leaders in law enforcement, fire suppression, and emergency medical services. Every day, these brave...

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