CJUS Undergraduate Research Symposium

The CJUS 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 12, 2024

1:00-4:00pm

Persimmon Room, IMU

Panel A (1:00-2:15pm)

Connecting Essential Elements of Law and Causes of Crime, Laurie Frederickson¹

Militarization of Police in Response to Terrorism, Ronan Sterling Hancock²

Food Weaponization in Prison Systems, Giorgia Pasquinelli³

Criminalization of Nomads: Surveillance, Social Exclusion, & Marginalization, Simran²

Solitary Confinement & Impacts on Mental Health of Prisoners, Tatum Boswell³

Panel B (2:30-3:45pm)

Terrorism & Democratic Policing, Danny Nabil Ghalayini²

Examining Multi-Country Research on Domestic Violence, Cathy Hu⁴

Indiana Judicial Collegium System, Hemang Sanjay Kirtania²

Prison-Industrial Complex & Impacts on US Economy, Donya Zandi³

Faculty Supervisors: ¹Dr. Jonathan Brauer, ²Dr. Arvind Verma, ³Dr. Bonnie Ernst, ⁴Dr. Jennifer O’Neill