John Jay College - Research & Evaluation Center

03/01/2020

Congratulations to our colleague, Gina Moreno, who just finished a second masters degree! The new degree is in statistics from Baruch College CUNY.

14/12/2019

You ever have a colleague that always lights up the room?

07/10/2019

The Research and Evaluation Center at John Jay College of Criminal Justice is pleased to announce the 2019 Rudin Research Fellowships, awarded to three doctoral students from John Jay College/City University of New York. https://johnjayrec.nyc/2019rudinfellows/

27/09/2019

Congratulations Kwan! We just hope when you are rich and famous and running academic criminology that you remember your humble, admiring former colleagues back here at JohnJayREC!

The American Society of Criminology's Division of International Criminology selected doctoral student, Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill, as first-place winner of its Student Paper Award Competition! Using cross-national data to propose a "social identity theory of interspecies dominance," Kwan shows that reductions in the number of wildlife species under threat is correlated with measures of social dominance, including gender inequality and lack of civil freedoms. Congratulations Kwan on this incredible honor! John Jay College of Criminal Justice The Graduate Center, CUNY The City University of New York

23/08/2019

Congratulations to our former colleague and perennial friend, Pam Ruiz, who defended her dissertation today. ... Well done Dr. Ruiz!

07/06/2019

Chicago trying to increase investments in gun violence prevention.

READI Chicago is a collaboration between philanthropic groups and the University of Chicago. Now they're looking for public funding.

28/04/2019

If you asked our own Sheyla Delgado if dreams can come true, she would now say definitely YES.

05/04/2019

FYI. Arnold Ventures in NYC (formerly the Arnold Foundation) is hiring a part-time graduate research fellow to help them with their criminal justice investments.

Arnold Ventures is a philanthropy dedicated to tackling some of the most pressing problems in the United States. We invest in sustainable change, building it from the ground up based on research, deep thinking, and a strong foundation of evidence. We drive public conversation, craft policy, and insp...

29/03/2019

JohnJayREC's Sheyla Delgado and Jeffrey Butts were at the Organization of American States in DC this week to discuss the role of research in violence prevention.

29/03/2019

FYI, Philadelphia police have openings for multiple new, entry-level analysts.

Announced in Anticipation of Approval by the Administrative Board This is crime information management and intelligence analysis work for the Philadelphia Police Department at the entry level. Employees in this class may attend training sessions and participates on assignments and/or other tasks des...

23/03/2019

Congratulations to our colleague, Arlana Henry, who is starting the criminal justice Ph.D. program at Rutgers this coming Fall. We know you'll be great, Arlana!

22/02/2019

"My! People come and go so quickly here!"
Our friend and colleague, Dr. Anthony Vega, is going on to bigger and better things in Boston. We think it's North of New York City somewhere. We wish him well and hope he visits.