2018 Criminal Justice Awards Celebration
Below are images from the 2018 Criminal Justice Awards Ceremony held in the Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center at WSU Pullman:


Distinguished Alumni Scholar Award: Dr. Frances Bernat

Distinguished Professional Achievement Award: Mac B. Pevey

Distinguished Criminal Justice Innovation Award: Loren Linscott

Outstanding Criminal Justice Professor: Dr. David Makin

Outstanding Criminal Justice Graduate Instructor: Oliver Bowers

Recognition of Alpha Phi Sigma Criminal Justice Honor Society: President: Samantha Bill; Vice President: Jordan Sykes; Treasurer: Emma Smith; Finance Director: Ashley Hailey; Public Relations: Alexis Nordman

Criminal Justice Club Recognition: President: Samantha Bill; Vice President: Jordan Sykes; Historian: Nhi Le; Secretary: Emma Smith; Treasurer: Ashley Hailey; Public Relations: Keilah Shaw
Recognition of CRM_J 499 – Assisting Individually with a Faculty Member Either on Research or Assisting in a Classroom: Ashley Hailey, Anne Korp, Dorothy Mayfield, Alexis Nordman, & Emma Smith.

Recognition of CRM_J 499 – NIJ Marijuana & Policing Research Studies: Kaitlyn Dehmer, Lindsey Evensen, Seth Harman, Rachel Jones, Isobel Luengas, Griffin Patrick, Jessica Pletsch, Will Roberts, Zoe Robinson, Jordan Sykes, Mantz Wyrick, & Maria Zuniga.

Recognition of CCTV Public Safety Internship Program Participants: Zuley Aslanova, Bryanna Choat, Terelle Hardiman, Aushenae Matthews, Leah McLeod, Givelli Mikel, Edgar Rincon, Jonathan Rocha, Brandon Treadway, Blake Watts, Hannah Willard, & Charles Williams.

Community Partner Award: Wendy Berrett

Recognition of CRM_J 499 – Bodycam Research Study: Emily Bartlett, Jessica Batey, Samantha Bill, Mariana Castro, Lexi Dasilva, Courtney Diehl, Natalie Ewegen, Darius Fakharzadeh, Alex Farley, Greta Finholm, Nathan Forte, Tanya Garnica, Mackenzie Jeter, Samantha Johnson, Bailey Klinkhammer, Jasmyn Kupihea, Givelli Mikel, Malia Moreland, Ivania Ordonez, Chelsea Parker, Payton Salveson, Omar Urbano-Rendon, Blake Watts, & Gage Wesley.

Outstanding Graduating Senior: Samantha Bill

Outstanding Undergraduate Students: Amanda Burrows, Jordan Chatman, Kaitlyn Dehmer, Staci Friede, Reilly McNulty, Craig Maertens, Chelsea Parker, Sarah Sherrod, Jordan Sykes, & Mantz Wyrick.

V.A. Leonard Scholarship: Mantz Wyrick

Kathleen E. Taylor Scholarship for Excellence in Service: Sarah Sherrod & Jordan Sykes.

Kathleen E. Taylor Scholarship for Academic Excellence: Trevor Bates, Kaitlyn Dehmer, Staci Friede, Isobel Luengas, Emily Martin, Chelsea Parker, Kaylee Phillips, Tessa Wilson, & Justine Yarington.

Outstanding Doctoral Student: Xiaohan Mei

Outstanding Master’s Student: Courtney Bagdon


Outstanding Ph.D. Instructor: Cheyenne Foster


Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award: Dr. Dale Willits

GSA Staff Recognition Awards: Jackie Baltazar, Sisouvanh Keopanapay, Tina Krauss, Rebeca Orozco, & DeeDee Torgeson.

Greg & Beth Pierce Faculty Award in Criminal Justice and Criminology: Dr. Dale Willits

Congratulations to our 2017-2018 Master’s and Doctoral Graduates! Courtney Bagdon (MA), Allen Cherry (MA), Taylin Kennon (MA), Wendy Koslicki (PhD), Ruibin Lu (PhD), Xiaohan Mei (PhD), Amber Morczek (PhD), James Rogers (MA), Kylee Runyan (MA), Douglas Routh (PhD), & Guangzhen Wu (PhD).