Linda M. Reynolds ’80 was the first
African-American woman Chief Deputy Sheriff in the country, and
throughout her career she’s witnessed the devastation that
terrorism can inflict on a country. During 9/11, Reynolds saw the
chaos in the streets, and in the aftermath, she helped shoulder
the emotional weight of searching for survivors. Vowing
to help support programs that helped train future leaders focused
on the safety of our citizenry, she recently established the
Linda M. Reynolds Terrorism Studies Fellowship. Read More
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Political Science Associate Professor Susan Kang
Ph.D. happily joined our AAPI gathering, not knowing fully what
to expect. What she found was an overwhelming sense of pride as
she listened to the students answer the question, “What makes you
proud of your heritage?” As the students each explained how they
embraced specific elements of their Chinese, Filipino, and
Bangladeshi heritage, Kang was visibly touched. Read More
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If you’re not in the scientific community, and
you’re not up on the latest measures being studied to combat
terrorism and biological weapons, you might not know what ricin
is, but Ai Inaba ’21 and Biochemistry Assistant Professor Artem
V. Domashevskiy, Ph.D. have been spending a lot of time
researching ways to prevent this deadly toxin from being used as
a chemical/biological warfare agent. Read More
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Six months ago, Professor Elsa-Sofia Morote,
Ed.D., Ph.D., joined John Jay as our new Dean of Graduate
Studies. She brought with her a passion for empowering and elevating
underrepresented communities through equal access to higher
education. We sat down with her to learn about her work and
what she is most excited about as a member of John Jay’s
community. Read More
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Jacky Tung ’22 has always had a deep love and
appreciation for the planet. “Every day, our planet provides for
us and supports us in every way. The resources we use, the food
we eat, the clothes we wear, and the electronic devices we use
all come from the earth,” says Tung. “For
all that our planet does for us, the least we can do is treat it
with the respect it deserves.” Read More
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Joie Ning ’24, an International Criminal Justice
and Gender Studies major and a Macaulay Honor’s student, grew up
in two neighborhoods in New York City—Bayside, Queens, and
Chinatown in Manhattan. “When I was younger, living in Chinatown
created a root of identity for me.” Read More
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Inspired by his personal experience as a cross
country runner and his major in Forensic Psychology,
student-athlete, Honors,
and McNair student Brandon
Dial ’21 focused his exploratory research study on the
stigma surrounding mental health within the student-athlete
population. Read More
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“In February of 2020, I ended up getting a really
bad allergy attack. I was up the whole night sneezing and
coughing. I knew I wasn’t contagious or sick, but I needed to go
to school, so I put on a mask—I was trying to be considerate of
other people,” says Amy Lam ’23, a Law and Society major. “I was
really tired, but I got on a bus that morning on my way to John
Jay. A man walked in the bus, took one look at me, and he spit on
me. Then he walked out the back door. I was like, Did you
really get on the bus to do that? I just wiped it off and
pretended it didn’t happen, but I knew for a fact that it was
because of my race. I knew it was because I was wearing a mask.
And, I knew it was because of this fear and paranoia about a
virus from China.” Read More
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Earlier this month, Mangai
Natarajan, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Criminal
Justice, was recognized with the Gerhard O.W. Mueller Award
for her outstanding contribution to the field of international
criminal justice across leadership, scholarship, and service. The
award is given by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences’
international division and is among the highest honors in the
international criminal justice field.
Associate Professor of Molecular Biology, Jason
Rauceo, Ph.D., has won this year’s John Jay College Outstanding
Scholarly Mentor Award for going above and beyond to support our
students.
Under the steady guidance of advisor Maria
Victoria Pérez-Ríos, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of
Police Science, John Jay’s United Nations Student Association won
the Outstanding Delegation award, as well as two peer awards and
three position paper awards, at the 2021 National Model United
Nations Conference.
Deborah Koetzle, Ph.D., Associate
Professor of Criminal Justice, Jeff
Mellow, Ph.D., Professor of Criminal Justice, and Verónica
Michel Luviano, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political Science,
have won two grants totaling $2.5 million from the Bureau of
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL). The
larger grant ($1,684,194.51) will fund a project where they’ll
survey prisoners in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Panama
on their perceptions and experiences of due process, rule of law,
and life in prison. The smaller grant ($840,224.52) will fund the
“Accusatorial Transition Report: Western Hemisphere Rule of Law
Index and Analysis Program.”
Kathleen Collins, Professor and Librarian at
John Jay, has published From Rabbit Ears to the Rabbit Hole: A
Life with Television, analyzing the role of television in her
life, television culture, and the evolution of the medium.
Aaron Zack, Ph.D.,
Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science, has published
“Eastern Exposure: Germany Looks at Russia” in the Survival:
Global Politics and Strategy journal.
Bryan Polite (B.A. ’06) was
reelected chief of the Shinnecock Nation in Southampton, New
York.
Zahid Quraishi (B.A. ’97) has been
nominated to the U.S. District Court for the District of New
Jersey. If confirmed, Quraishi, who is currently a Magistrate
Judge, would become the first Muslim-American to serve on a U.S.
District Court.
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Wednesday,
April 28 to Thursday, May 6
Every year, John Jay College undergraduate and
graduate students participate in the Research & Creativity
Expo, displaying works that cover a multitude of disciplines and
led by dedicated faculty. Projects range from one to two
semester-long capstone projects, to long-term student-faculty
collaborative work leading to publications, theses, or other proposals.
5:00
p.m. to 7:00 p.m. | Zoom
This 90-minute session reviews practical job
search strategies and the process of making targeted applications,
optimizing one’s LinkedIn visibility and interview preparation. Register in advance.
This event is sponsored by John Jay Athletics and
the Office of External Affairs, in collaboration with RISE to
Vote. Register for the event.
8:00
a.m. to 10:00 a.m. | Zoom
Cinnie Noble, a pioneer in conflict coaching and
developer of the CINERGY model of Conflict Management Coaching,
will discuss the conflict coaching model process, and how
coaching, neuroscience, and conflict management principles come
together to provide a methodology for facilitating a client’s
journey through their interpersonal disputes. To RSVP email: mvolpe@jjay.cuny.edu
Thursday,
May 6 & Thursday, May 13
1:40
p.m. to 2:55 p.m. | Zoom
Many of us are unfamiliar with the experiences of
Asians and Asian-Americans in the United States, enriching this
country as leaders and laborers, movie stars, and small business
owners. The recent increase in hate crimes against
Asian-Americans asks all of us to become more familiar with this
history and our responsibilities toward creating and sustaining
justice. Join us in watching the first and last episodes of the
highly acclaimed PBS documentary series, Asian Americans.
Chuck Strozier, Founding Director of the Center on
Terrorism and Professor Emeritus of History, will present
“Plagues and Peoples, Disease and Violence.”
4:30
p.m. to 5:30 p.m. | Zoom
Join Associate Professor Susan Kang, Department of
Political Science, as she facilitates a timely discussion with
Congresswoman Grace Meng, the first and only Asian-American
Member of Congress from New York State, and member of the House
Appropriations Committee.
5:00
p.m. to 6:00 p.m. | Zoom
Career chats are virtual sessions where you can
hear from employers about their career journey and ask questions
along the way. This month’s special guest is Alumna Rashida
Jeremie ’11, Assistant Public Defender for the Maryland Office of
the Public Defender.
Mix and Mingle with Graduate Alumni
Graduate Hooding Virtual Recognition
Celebration of the Class of 2021 Virtual
Recognition
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