Interactions - Spring 2024

Department of Sociology and Criminology

Interactions

Welcome to the spring 2024 edition of Interactions! We're excited to share the latest updates on student achievements and faculty endeavors within the Department of Sociology and Criminology at Villanova University.

Student News

American Society of Criminology Annual Conference

Twenty-five Sociology and Criminology majors and minors attended the American Society of Criminology annual conference held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in November 2023. Criminology major Cory Goldstein '25 CLAS reflects on his experience attending the ASC Conference.

Students pictured left to right: Cory Goldstein '25 CLAS, Kate Malnak '25 CLAS, Ella Doda '25 CLAS, and Akintade Asalu '25 CLAS.

Innocence Network Conference

Fifteen undergraduate student members of the Villanova Chapter of the Philly Justice Project will attend the Innocence Network Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 23, 2024.

Student Spotlight

Paisley Hahn '24 CLAS, mentored by Allison Ann Payne, PhD, published the article "Measuring Juvenile Justice Outcomes for Restorative Justice Diversion Programs" in Veritas: Villanova Research Journal.

Faculty News

Faculty Research and News Highlights

Meredith Bergey, PhD, published the article "Pills Don’t Teach Skills: ADHD Coaching, Identity Work, and the Push toward the Liminal Medicalization of ADHD" in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

Rick Eckstein, PhD, appeared on the September episode of Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (S29 E9) where he discusses special admissions for college athletes.

Lance Hannon, PhD, along with current students Lindsay Redditt '24 CLAS and Brooke Cordes '24 CLAS, published the article “Curbing Pretextual Traffic Stops to Reduce Racial Profiling” in Agenda for Social Justice 3 Solutions for 2024 published by the Society for the Study of Social Problems.

Jill McCorkel, PhD, will be featured on the panel “The Difference Gender Makes: Understanding the Complexities of Women's Wrongful Conviction Cases” with India and Morkea Spellman at the Innocence Network Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 23, 2024.

Dr. McCorkel, along with current students Paisley Hahn '24 CLAS and Isabella Balian '25 CLAS, will also have an article “Parenting from Prison” published in the upcoming issue of Graterfriends, the newspaper for people incarcerated in Pennsylvania published by the Pennsylvania Prison Society.

Max Osborn, PhD, published the article "Something Could Happen to You at Any Moment: Safety, Strategy, and Solidarity Among Trans and Nonbinary Protesters Against Police Violence" in Critical Criminology.

Allison Ann Payne, PhD, published the chapter “Reducing School Crime and Student Misbehavior: An Evidence-Based Analysis" in The Oxford Handbook of Evidence-Based Crime and Justice Policy (2023) edited by Brandon Welsh, PhD, Steven Zane, PhD, and Daniel Mears, PhD.

Alumni Resources

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