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Alumnus and Brooklyn DA Kenneth Thompson's Death Mourned
 John Jay College mourns
the passing of alumnus Kenneth Thompson (B.A. '89), Brooklyn District
Attorney, on Sunday, October 9, 2016. Read More
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John Jay Skyrockets to 7th Place Nationwide in 10-Year
Research-Grant Increase
 The Chronicle of Higher
Education's 2016 Almanac recently listed John Jay College of Criminal
Justice 7th among more than 600 universities nationwide in
terms of greatest increase in research grant dollars for the fiscal
years 2005 - 2014. Read More
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New Study
Shows John Jay PRISM Program Has Increased Graduation Rates and STEM
Careers for Science
Majors
 A new study in the
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, led by Anthony Carpi,
Professor of Environmental Toxicology and Dean of Research at John Jay
College of Criminal Justice, shows that undergraduates who participate
in the College's Program for Research Initiatives in Science and Math
(PRISM), graduate more often with science degrees and attend graduate
school and pursue STEM careers at higher rates. Read More
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Professor
Stoessinger's 88 Keys to Success
 In the words of John Jay
adjunct professor and artist-in-residence Caroline Stoessinger,
"Music is a language, and it's my language." Now,
Stoessinger, with the help of Professor Nathan Lents, interim director
of the Macaulay Honors College at John Jay, is sharing that language
through a new program that gives free private piano lessons to selected
students. Read More
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2016 Election
Takes Center Stage in Live
Broadcast
 Before a national
audience on Sept. 26, John Jay College students showed themselves to be
true "fierce advocates for justice" as they packed the Moot
Court for a live broadcast of "The Young Turks (TYT) on
Fusion." Read More
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John Jay's New
Building Recognized as 'Overlooked Architectural
Masterpiece'
 WJohn Jay College's New
Building has once again garnered recognition for its striking design. The
Real Deal, a leading New York City real estate news publication,
recently listed the New Building among the "ten best buildings to
see in America" and one of "coolest works of architecture in
the country that often get overlooked." Read More
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Faculty
Profile: Professor Browne-Marshall and Ballot-Box Justice
 Three years ago, when
Professor Gloria Browne-Marshall began writing her new book, The Voting
Rights War: The NAACP and the Ongoing Struggle for Justice, she said it
was with the idea that by the end of President Obama's term, citizens
might not be very enthusiastic about exercising their constitutional
right to vote. Read More
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Scholarship
Celebrates Legacy of Former President Lynch
 Faculty, staff and alumni
gathered on Wednesday, Sept. 28, for a reception to help endow the Dr.
Gerald W. Lynch Memorial Scholarship.
Created in memory of John Jay's third president, who died in 2013, the
scholarship provides financial support to exemplary doctoral students
who have a demonstrated interest in the areas of human dignity, human
rights, social justice, and the police. Read More
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Children's Center Named for Grateful Alumna
LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson
(B.A. '75) has never lost sight of the impact John Jay College has had
on her life. Once an activist student, she is now an active, and
grateful, alumna, whose cheerful desire to give back to her alma mater
recently led to a major gift to support the John Jay Children's Center.
Read More
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Mark Camillo (Security, Fire and Emergency
Management) was an invited guest speaker on Sept. 15 at the National
Basketball Association's security conference on "Insider Threat
Awareness." The audience consisted primarily of arena security
directors and security representatives from the 30 NBA arenas in North
America.
Sara McDougall (History) was interviewed on Sept. 16
on Irish Radio's Moncrieff Show with Sean Moncrieff, discussing animal
trials in medieval Europe. McDougall is aspecialist in late-medieval France,
with particular focus on legal history and women's history
Keith A. Markus (Psychology) published an article
titled "Alternative Vocabularies in the Test Validity
Literature" and "Validity Bites: Comments and
Rejoinders" in the journal Assessment in Education: Principles,
Policy & Practice, as part of a special issue on test validity.
Other recently published articles include "Consistent Treatment of
Variables and Causation Poses a Challenge for Behavioral Research
Methods: A Commentary on Nesselroade and Molenaar," in
Multivariate Behavioral Research, and "Unfinished Business in
Clarifying Causal Measurement: Commentary on Bainter and Bollen"
and "Theory, Observation, and Validation: Commentary on Almond,
Kim, Velasquez, & Shute," both in the journal Measurement. His
obituary tribute to the late CUNY faculty member Roger Ellis Millsap
appeared in American Psychologist.
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Mary Ting (Art and Music) had her blog post
"Because the Earth Needs a Good. . .Artist" featured on the
website earthjustice.org on Aug. 29. Ting, a visual artist whose work reflects on grief, memories and human
interactions with nature, also teaches in John Jay's Sustainability/
Environmental Justice program.
Heath Brown's (Public Management) article "Nonprofits May
Hold Key to Immigrant Turnout in 2016" was featured in The American Prospect on Sept. 27. The article is
an adapted excerpt from Brown's new book, Immigrants and Electoral
Politics: Nonprofit Organizing in a Time of Change, which will be
published by Cornell University Press on Nov. 8.
Recognition
Daniel Feldman (Public Management) was recently
elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Public
Administration. Feldman, who served as a New York State
Assemblyman for 18 years, has been a member of the John Jay faculty
since 2010.
Mangai Natarajan (Criminal Justice) was among the guests
at a luncheon reception in July at Clarence House, the official
residence of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, in recognition of her and
others who are working toward solutions to domestic abuse. In June,
Natarajan's article "Police Response to Domestic Violence: A Case
Study of TecSOS Mobile Phone Use in the London Metropolitan Police
Service" was published in Policing Journal, and on Sept. 26
she attended a dinner at the Houses of Parliament where the
Metropolitan Police team responsible for the work was honored.
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Oct. 20, 5:30 PM
"Justice as a Second
Language"
The inaugural lecture of the Franklin A.
ThomasProfessor in Policing Equity, Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff.
Oct. 22, 9:00
am - 4:40 pm
The Office of Student Transition
Programs invites you to attend Family Weekend, a campus-wide
celebration in honor of parents, grandparents, and all extended
family.
Campus-wide
Oct. 24, 5:00 pm
- 7:00 pm
Immigrant
Latinos and Political Action in America: The 2016 Presidential Election
and Beyond A panel discussion featuring Heath
Brown, Assistant Professor of Public
Policy
Moot Court Room, 6.68
President Jeremy Travis Presents the
State of the College Address. Reception to follow.
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Nov. 13, 11:00
am - 2:00 pm
Nov. 16, 1:40 pm - 2:50 pm
Janai Nelson, Associate
Director-Counsel, NAACP LDF
The Justice Nerds Lecture Series is a
public forum on research and practice related to race and policing.
Mannes School of Music Presents Kaija Saariaho's
"La Passion de Simone"
Composer Kaija Saariaho will perform in
this critically-acclaimed production. Tickets available at
ticketcentral.com or by phone at (212) 279-4200.
Nov. 30, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
OAR Grant-writing Mentorship seminar
Seminars will feature OAR and OSP staff,
alongside experienced faculty colleagues, in small group settings that
allow for productive Q&A and meaningful individual attention.
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