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Dr. Justin Joseph

May 2019 Juvenile Justice Ph.D. graduate, Justin Joseph selected from many offers, a tenure track position of Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of North Alabama. He plans on a rigorous research agenda of peer reviewed publications, grant success, and engaging undergraduates in research. His primary research interest remains adult and juvenile psychopathy.

Dr. Justin Joseph2019-07-10T08:59:48-05:00

Dr. Donna Ossorio

May 2019 Juvenile Justice Ph.D. graduate, Donna Ossorio plans a career in academia and as a policy analyst in the areas of Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare. She is actively engaged in the Houston community as a proponent of child well-being in the child welfare system, offering regional community leaders necessary research information to inform [...]

Dr. Donna Ossorio2019-05-23T13:44:42-05:00

Dr. Sherri Simmons-Horton

May 2019 Juvenile Justice Ph.D. graduate, Sherri Y. Simmons-Horton is also a Licensed Master Social Worker. Dr. Simmons-Horton has accepted a Post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Texas- San Antonio in the Graduate School of Social Work. There she will be examining racial disproportionality and resilience among youth of color in the child welfare and [...]

Dr. Sherri Simmons-Horton2019-05-23T13:44:59-05:00

Gibson does winning pitch for cybersecurity team

May 22, 2019 at the annual Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Conference at Texas A&M University - Commerce, Dr. Camille Gibson did the winning grant pitch for the CyberWarriors Team. The team consisting of faculty from Commerce, Central Texas, Texarkana and San Antonio, with Gibson from Prairie View, will be working in the coming year [...]

Gibson does winning pitch for cybersecurity team2019-12-15T14:51:14-06:00

Gibson, Co-edits book: Crime and Violence in the Caribbean: Lessons from Jamaica

This volume provides an overview of the Caribbean countries, its colonial history, causes, costs and consequences of crime and violence in the Caribbean. The contributors pull from primary research and the available data from multiple sources including national and country specific reports to assess the magnitude, characteristics, and the changing nature of crimes in various [...]

Gibson, Co-edits book: Crime and Violence in the Caribbean: Lessons from Jamaica2019-05-23T13:56:20-05:00

Criminal Justice Studies Students travel to Chennai, India

As Prairie View A&M University continues to “go global”, Dr. Camille Gibson and six criminal justice majors in the course CRJS 4913 Comparative Criminal Justice Systems spent two weeks in June to July as guests of the University of Madras in Chennai, India. The students were there to learn about the nation’s justice system. They [...]

Criminal Justice Studies Students travel to Chennai, India2019-12-15T14:51:15-06:00

Marsja Stearnes, A Master’s Student in the Clinical Adolescent Psychology Program Traveling Ghana and other African countries

This summer Marsja will be participating in a program hosted by Recovery Africa. Recovery Africa is a not for profit organization whose mission is to assist Ghana and other African countries develop organizations that effectively address addiction to alcohol and drugs by developing prevention, treatment and recovery programs which lead to meaningful and productive lives. [...]

Marsja Stearnes, A Master’s Student in the Clinical Adolescent Psychology Program Traveling Ghana and other African countries2019-12-15T14:51:15-06:00

Faculty-Led Study Tour to India Summer I 2018

This Faculty-Led Study Tour to Chennai, India is an optional part of the course CRJS 4913 Comparative Criminal Justice Systems. While the course is open to all majors, the justice specific content will likely be most appealing to persons in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. During Summer I 2018, three weeks of the course will [...]

Faculty-Led Study Tour to India Summer I 20182019-12-15T14:51:15-06:00

Social Psychology and Law Research Lab Attending the 14th Annual Texas A&M University System’s Pathways Student Research Symposium

Dr. Logan A. Yelderman's social psychology and law research lab is attending the 14th Annual Texas A&M University System's Pathways Student Research Symposium this November! Trahara Punch (Prairie View undergraduate student majoring in psychology) will be presenting on research examining emotional expressions of inmates and parole board members during parole hearings. Timothy Lawrence (graduate student [...]

Social Psychology and Law Research Lab Attending the 14th Annual Texas A&M University System’s Pathways Student Research Symposium2017-10-23T11:51:44-05:00

Dr. Logan Yelderman Gives Research Presentation in Washington DC

Dr. Logan Yelderman, an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department, presented his research at the joint National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Project Advisory Committee Meeting on Tuesday, August 29, 2017 in Washington DC. OJJDP is part of the United States Department of Justice. [...]

Dr. Logan Yelderman Gives Research Presentation in Washington DC2017-09-07T14:25:14-05:00