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!
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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 who is a full-time graduate student. Great work by Iris, who is on the job market in Fall 2023. You can read more about this honor here.
Graduate Student Rebecca Tublitz Receives NIJ Graduate Research Fellowship!
Congratulations to graduate student Rebecca Tublitz who was awarded an NIJ Graduate Research Fellowship for her dissertation project titled, “Pretrial Policy Change and Place: Evaluating the Impacts of Bail Reform in Maryland.” Find out more about her project here:
Graduate Student Xiaoshuang Iris Luo wins Smith-Pontell Award
Congratulations to lab member Xiaoshuang Iris Luo, who received the Smith-Pontell Award from the Department of Criminology, Law & Society at UC Irvine in spring 2023! This award is for overall outstanding accomplishments as a graduate student. Great work by Iris, who will be on the job market in the Fall 2023.

Lab publication on Third Places and social cohesion
Third places like bodegas and barbershops promote community well-being. “Respondents in neighborhoods with more third places report higher levels of interaction with their neighbors and greater cohesion, an effect that is most prominent in low-income neighborhoods.” That was a key result in a paper led by ILSSC alum Seth Williams. He summarizes the results of this research on the Vital City website. Read the article here.
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