Hometown: Salado, Texas Degree: Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with a concentration in Criminalistics What are your career goals? Currently, I am a student research assistant at the SECURE Cybersecurity Center of Excellence at PVAMU. I practice digital forensics and learn about all tools or methods that are relevant to the field. I plan on completing my certificates [...]
Why Prairie View A&M University, you may ask? Well, since I was a young girl, anyone who knew me knew all I ever talked about was going to PV….All I ever knew was PV! The staff at my elementary school (Rosa Parks-Millbrook in Lancaster, Texas) and my Godfather enormously affected my choice. They’re proud, successful [...]
Prairie View A&M University plans to host its Third Annual Summit on Improving Opportunities for African American and Latinx Male Youth, via Zoom, on November 16 from 6-8 p.m. New York Times bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author Jerry Craft will speak at the summit to share his research and wisdom on this critical topic.
Training specialists in PVAMU’s College of Juvenile Justice typically help adults who work with students ages 12-17 as part of the Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center’s focus on preventing adolescent delinquency. They say having mental health issues is often a precursor to adolescent crime. So, they often train a variety of professionals, from probation officers to teachers, law [...]
Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) Justice Studies Professor Sesha Kethineni, Ph.D., was recently named winner of the Richard J. Terrill Paper of the Year Award by the International Criminal Justice Review (ICJR) for her research on cryptocurrency and criminal activities.
After a campaign during which there were neither in-person events nor the traditional gathering of signatures, the leaders of the 2021-22 Student Government Association at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), Marquinn Booker (president), Caitlin Scott (vice president) and Wiston Ocoro (comptroller), are gearing up to have a broad impact this semester. After all, said Booker, [...]
Less than a year after its formal launch, the Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) Healthy Houston Initiative (HHI) has unveiled its new mobile kitchen unit that will soon travel around the Houston area serving various communities.
Hometown: Houston, Texas Degree: Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice What does being a first-generation college student mean to you? To me, being a first-gen college student means that I broke many generational curses placed by hardships on those before me.
Prairie View A&M University’s (PVAMU) first participation in the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship program has resulted in the selection of three PVAMU students for the 2021-22 school year. James L. Jones, Daniela Ruiz, and Jamahsis Hodge-Marshall will take part in the program, which is “dedicated to training the next generation of professionals to serve and empower [...]
Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) Assistant Professor of Justice Studies Nabil Ouassini, Ph.D., has been awarded a fellowship from the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS). The fellowship, awarded annually to only four scholars at colleges and universities across the U.S., will allow Ouassini to travel to India to further his research on poverty and law enforcement in the [...]
