Congressman Hakeem Jefferies represents New York’s
Eighth Congressional District, including parts of Brooklyn and
Queens, in the United States Congress. He’s a member of the House
Judiciary Committee and House Budget Committee. He’s Chairman of
the House Democratic Caucus, and he’s the fifth highest-ranking
Democrat in the House of Representatives. And on, February 18,
2021, the Congressman sat down for an in-depth conversation with
President Karol V. Mason. Read More
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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 members of our community work hard to keep
us safe. We’re continually grateful for their service, and in
recognition of their considerable contributions to our safety,
we’re dedicating our “Behind the Badge” series to them. The
first officer in our series is alumnus John Denesopolis ’94,
Police Command Professional for the Port Authority of New York
and New Jersey’s Port Authority Police Department (PAPD). Read More
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Alumna Dawn Rowe ’04, a Bronx, New York native,
fully understands the impact of growing up in a chaotic
environment. “My mom was emotionally absent and there was a lot
of abuse happening. I was a high school dropout. I was slated for
an incarceration program, and at times I was suicidal. What I
realize now is that it wasn’t so much that I wanted to die, but I
wanted my problems to die,” Rowe explains. “Luckily, the one
thing that I always knew about myself was that I was
smart.” Read More
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Black History Month provides our nation with the
opportunity to reflect on the many African-Americans whose lives
indelibly shaped our country. As we enjoy the month’s
celebration, it’s important to remember that African-American
history is American history. Read More
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During her time with John Jay’s Program for Research
Initiatives in Science and Math (PRISM),
alumna Ayana Ikenouchi ’20 relished the opportunity to
conduct research with Associate Professor Richard Li, Ph.D.,
an expert on DNA analysis. Ikenouchi’s interest in the study of
DNA stems from witnessing the devastating impact the 2011 tsunami
had on her native Japan. Read More
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International Criminal Justice major and Honors
student Anthony Rowtie ’22 spent his summer learning from the
experts at Pfizer Inc., giving him a front-row seat to one of the
world’s top pharmaceutical companies. As an intern on Pfizer’s
Government and Litigation team, Rowtie conducted research and
updated databases, engaged with attorneys general across the
country, and even sat in on meetings about the Covid-19 vaccine. Read More
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Lisimel Mateo De La Cruz ’22, a Macaulay Honors
student and a Human Services and Community Justice major from the
South Bronx, knows how to express herself through the power of
the written word. Her submission for the Malcolm/King Award was a
poem entitled “Until Then.” Read More
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Can someone’s gender or demographic identity
impact their opportunity for leadership advancement in
government? That’s just one of the many questions that will be
answered on March 2 when
John Jay’s Women in the Public
Sector hosts Penny Abeywardena, Commissioner of the
New York City Mayor’s Office for International Affairs, as part
of its Women in the Public Sector webinar series. Read More
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Professor of Constitutional Law, Gloria
Browne-Marshall was recently awarded a grant by the Pulitzer
Center’s Law and Justice Group to produce her new play Shot-Caught
a Soul. Browne-Marshall also participated in a book talk
earlier this month, where she discussed her new book, She Took
Justice: The Black Woman, Law, and Power – 1619 to 1969.
Heath Brown, Ph.D., Associate Professor of
Public Policy, has published Homeschooling the
Right, which analyzes the homeschooling movement and its
central role in conservative efforts to shrink the public sector.
Brown was also recently appointed Visiting Professor in Public
Policy in the Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences at the
United Kingdom’s Birmingham City University (BCU), where he looks
forward to strengthening the bonds between John Jay and BCU.
Mangai Natarajan, Ph.D., Professor
of Criminal Justice, has been named a winner of the Mueller Award
for Distinguished Contributions to International Criminal Justice
(2021) by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences’
international division.
Presidential Scholar and Professor of
Anthropology Alisse Waterston, Ph.D., gave a
lecture, Public Anthropology for a Troubled World: Experiments in
Writing Otherwise and ethnoGRAPHICS, as part of Stockholm
University’s Research and CEIFO Spring 2021 Seminar. During the
event, she discussed two of her books: My Father’s Wars: Migration,
Memory, and the Violence of a Century and Light
in Dark Times.
Kevin T. Wolff, Ph.D., Associate
Professor of Criminal Justice, has been named the winner of the
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences’ Tory J. Caeti Memorial
Award in recognition of his contributions to the field of
juvenile justice and delinquency.
Rennae Francis (B.S. ’09, M.A. ’13) has become
the first Black female squad commander to lead the NYPD’s 46th
Precinct Stationhouse in the Bronx, New York. Lieutenant Francis
joined the NYPD in 2007 as a police cadet, while she was earning
both her bachelor’s and master’s degree at John Jay.
Cal Mathis (B.S. ’87, M.S. ’09), Vice
President and Chief Security Officer at S&P Global, was named
a winner of the “Black Leaders Worth Watching Award” by Profiles
in Diversity Journal. Before joining S&P Global,
Mathis had a 20+ year career with the NYPD.
Robert F. Vivo Jr. (B.S. ’88) has been
named Senior Vice President and Director of Retail Sales/Service
for Spencer Savings Bank. Vivo brings over 30 years of retail
banking experience to the senior executive role.
Charles Scholl (B.S. ’84), NYPD
Chief and Executive Officer of Patrol Borough Brooklyn South, has
retired after 41 years of service. Scholl began his career in
1979 as a patrolman working in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of
Brooklyn and during his career earned over 60 departmental
recognitions.
It is with great sadness that we announce the
passing of Albert Ortiz on February 5, 2021. An
outstanding individual in our John Jay community, Ortiz was Print
Shop Associate in the College’s Print Shop Department for 49
years. We send our heartfelt thoughts and condolences to his
family, friends, and colleagues.
We’re saddened to report the passing of Campus
Public Safety Sergeant Michael
Odom, who passed away last month. Odom worked with CUNY
for almost 20 years, beginning his career as a Student Aide at
Hunter College, then as a Campus Peace Officer at Brooklyn
College, before coming to John Jay in 2011. We offer our
heartfelt condolences to CPS Sergeant Odom’s family, friends, and
colleagues during this difficult time.
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This webinar focuses on how gender and other
demographic identities impact leadership advancement in
government. Penny Abeywardena, Commissioner of the New York City
Mayor's Office for International Affairs will provide insight
into her professional experience working on global issues. Register for the event
John Jay College’s Department of Public Management
presents a one-day experiment design training facilitated by Dr.
Gregg Van Ryzin, Director of the Center for Experimental and
Behavioral Public Administration (CEBPA). He will discuss survey
research and experimental methods, useful for program evaluation,
behavioral research, and more.
Soros Justice Fellow and Emmy-nominated
choreographer Jeremy McQueen, founder of The Black Iris
Project presents a sneak peek into his new project, WILD.
A groundbreaking new feature-length dance film, WILD explores
systemic racism in the juvenile justice system and the effects of
isolation and imprisonment on childhood development. Eventbrite
registration is required. Register for the event
The 2021 Abby Stein Memorial Lecture will be
delivered by Kadeem Robinson.
Thursday,
March 4 & Friday, March 5
10:00 a.m.
to 11:00 a.m. | Zoom
Executives in Residence presents Officer Javier
Acosta, a 24-year veteran of the San Jose Police Department.
Currently, Acosta serves as a police recruiter for the San Jose
Police Department and will share what professional skills are
needed to excel in the field. Register for the event
6:00 p.m.
to 6:45 p.m. | Zoom
Interested in becoming an entrepreneur? Join us for
a discussion with John Jay’s graduate alumni entrepreneurs to
learn from their experiences.
Special guest: Seamus Hughes, Deputy Director of the
Program on Extremism at George Washington University.
6:00 p.m.
to 7:00 p.m. | Zoom
Join us for a special JayChat with Dean Dara Byrne,
featuring a panel of Latina judges who will discuss their journey
to the bench.
This series of TLC Open Conversations, co-sponsored
by John Jay’s Environmental Justice and Sustainability Program
and the John Jay Teaching and Learning Center, will offer ideas,
resources, and tools from experienced faculty, as well as
perspectives from our students, for anybody interested in
incorporating climate change, environmental justice, and
sustainability into their courses.
During this book talk, presented by Christian
Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies (RaCERS), Timothy
Kneeland will discuss his book Playing Politics with
Natural Disaster: Hurricane Agnes, the 1972 Election, and the
Origins of FEMA, which straddles politics, disaster
studies, and documents the federal structures for disaster
response in the period before and just after Hurricane Agnes,
which left a trail of damage from Florida to New York, and was
the costliest disaster in U.S. history at the time.
1:30 p.m.
to 2:30 p.m. | Zoom
Celebrating Women’s History Month with a leader
making history, President Karol V. Mason sits down for a
conversation with New York State Attorney General Letitia James.
The second of this two-part series, moderated by
“Untapped New York” founder Michelle Young, looks at how our
streetscapes carry us forward and backward, through activism and
nostalgia. This seminar will look at streetscapes, signage, and
public art, as they speak to messages of class and race, the
power of words shown publicly, and marketing to upward mobility.
This program is presented in partnership with the Brooklyn Public
Library.
4:00 p.m.
to 6:00 p.m. | Zoom
Executives in Residence presents Thomas Hazen,
Founder, Hybrid Pathways, and Jim Rigney (B.S. ’94), IT
Consultant, Hybrid Pathways, as they discuss their 20-plus year
career in the Computer Science field.
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