CCJ Undergraduate Research Symposium

The CCJ Undergraduate Research Symposium provides criminal justice majors and minors with an opportunity to showcase research and lessons learned from internships and other experiential learning activities. Students are invited to present alone or in a group, and to discuss works in progress or completed projects, including a paper for a class.

Friday, April 17, 2026

1:00pm-3:00pm

Dogwood Room, IMU

Jack Brehm

Supervisor: Hannah Ridner

Title: “Just What the Judge Ordered: Measuring the effectiveness of Indiana's Drug Courts in relation to Harm Reduction Services.”

 

Kai Burk

Supervisor: Dr. Mitchell Farrell

Title: Learning about Learning: Conducting Meta-Analysis Research about Normative Influences on Adolescent Delinquency”

 

Isaiah Farrell

Supervisor: Dr. Natalie Hipple

Title: “Deep Dive into the Jake Laird Law”

 

Allison Kobialka

Supervisor: Hannah Ridner

Title: "State Drug Policies and Spending in the Midwest"

 

Addison Richards

Supervisor: Dr. Jennifer O’Neill

Title: "System Strain and Subjective Discretion: Racialized Detention Outcomes Intensified by COVID 19”