Congrats to three of our lab members who successfully defended their dissertations this spring, 2024, and are off to bigger and better things at their new jobs. Justin Sola defended his dissertation “Theory with Consequents”, and will now be an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in the sociology department. Go…Continue Reading Three new lab PhDs! Sola, Luo, and Forthun
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Graduate student Kyle Winnen wins Gil Geis Award
Congrats to lab member Kyle Winnen, who was the recipient of the 2024 Gil Geis Award from the Department of Criminology, Law & Society at UC Irvine. This award recognizes excellence in research by a graduate student. Kyle received it for his three publications this year! Congrats Kyle!…Continue Reading Graduate student Kyle Winnen wins Gil Geis Award
Prof John Hipp gives inaugural Crime and place Webinar
Lab co-director Dr. John R. Hipp gave the inaugural Crime and Place in the making lecture . The talk was on “The Spatial Scale of Crime: Consequences for Ecological Studies of Crime“. The series of talks in this webinar series is a joint initiative between Network Safe places at KTH and American Society of Criminology’s…Continue Reading Prof John Hipp gives inaugural Crime and place Webinar
Justin Sola to join University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill as Assistant Professor, Fall 2024
We’re all super proud of lab member Justin Sola, who just accepted UNC Chapel Hill’s offer to become an assistant professor in fall 2024, jointly appointed in Sociology and the School of Data Science and Society. Justin will defend his dissertation this Spring. Congrats Justin!…Continue Reading Justin Sola to join University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill as Assistant Professor, Fall 2024
Graduate student Xiaoshuang Iris Luo wins Award from ACCCJ
Congratulations to lab member Xiaoshuang Iris Luo, who received the Hong Lu Outstanding Student Service Award from the Association of Chinese Criminology and Criminal Justice (ACCCJ) in the United States at the 2023 annual American Society of Criminology meeting. This award is recognizes outstanding contributions and services to ACCCJ and is presented to a member…Continue Reading Graduate student Xiaoshuang Iris Luo wins Award from ACCCJ