OFFICERS & COMMITTEES

OFFICERS

Chair

Dawn Beichner-Thomas, PhD

Criminal Justice Sciences Department

Illinois State University

Vice Chair

Bitna Kim, PhD

Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology

Sam Houston State University

Secretary/Treasurer

Jennifer C. Gibbs, PhD

School of Public Affairs, Criminal Justice Program

Pennsylvania State University Harrisburg

Executive Counselor

Michele P. Bratina, PhD

Department of Criminal Justice

West Chester University

Executive Counselor

Jared Dmello, PhD

School of Social Sciences

University of Adelaide

Executive Counselor

Janne Gaub, PhD

Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology

University of North Carolina Charlotte

Immediate Past Chair

Philip Reichel, PhD

Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice

University of Northern Colorado

COMMITTEES

Program Committee Membership Nomination and Election Committee Newsletter Committee Distinguished Scholar Award Outstanding Book Award Student Paper Award Graduate Student Fellowship Award Social Media Annual Workshop Committee Constitution and By-Laws Committee

Program Committee

Jennifer Gibbs, Penn State Harrisburg (Chair)

Membership Committee

Michele Bratina, West Chester University, (Chair)
Janice Joseph, Stockton University
Jay Albanese, Virginia Commonwealth University
Pauline Brennan, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Veronyka James, Office of County Administration, Harrison County, TX
Shujing (Jing) Shi, University of Cambridge

Nomination and Election Committee

Bitna Kim (Chair)

The nomination and election committee will be formed before the next election cycle in 2025.

Newsletter Committee

Dragana Derlic, Ph.D., Georgia Southern University (Editor)
Stuti Kokkalera, Ph.D., Sam Houston State University (Associate Editor)

Freda Adler Distinguished Scholar Award Committee

Jay Albanese – Virginia Commonwealth University (Chair)
· Alida Merlo – Indiana University of Pennsylvania
· Nigel South – University of Essex
· William Pridemore – University of Georgia
· Rob White – University of Tasmania
· Sheldon Zhang – University of Massachusetts Lowell
· Jianhong Liu – University of Macau
· Bitna Kim – Sam Houston State University (DIC Vice-Chair & Liaison for Freda Adler Distinguished Scholar Award Committee)

· Sesha Kethineni, Prairie View A&M University

Outstanding Book Award Committee

Jared Dmello, University of Adelaide, (Chair)
Lidia Nuño, Texas State University
Nadine Connell, Griffith University

Student Paper Award Committee

Jennifer Gibbs, Penn State Harrisburg (Chair)
Will Moreto, University of Central Florida
Popy Begum, Saint Louis University
Stephanie DiPietro, University of Iowa
Douglas Weiss, California State University

Graduate Student Fellowship Committee

Janne Gaub, University of North Caroline Charlotte, (Chair)
Laura Iesue, Sam Houston State University
Alessa Juarez, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Shun-Yung Kevin Wang, Texas A&M University
Chenghui Zhang, University of Nevada
Kayla Freemon, DePaul University
Debi Koetzle, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Social Media Committee

Sebastián Galleguillos, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (Chair)
Sh-Shanna Ellington, Prairie View A&M University
Shantol Davion McIntosh, Prairie View A&M University
Divya Ramjee, Rochester Institute of Technology

Annual Workshop Committee

Michele Bratina, West Chester University, (Chair)
Bitna Kim, Sam Houston State University
Dawn Beichner-Thomas, Illinois State University
Jared Dmello, University of Adelaide

Constitution and By-Laws Committee

Philip Reichel, University of Northern Colorado
Marijana Kotlaja, University of Missouri- Kansas City