Prestigious Awards

Fellows Award

Craig Hemmens.
Craig Hemmens, Professor, Washington State University

We are thrilled to announce that our very own Craig Hemmens (PhD), professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Washington State University, has been honored with the Fellows Award by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS). This prestigious recognition is a testament to Hemmens’s outstanding contributions to the criminal justice field over his distinguished career. As a renowned scholar and expert in law, corrections, and criminal justice policy, Hemmens has made significant and lasting impacts through his research, teaching, and service.

Throughout his noteworthy career, Hemmens has been a driving force behind advancements in our understanding of criminal justice policy. His numerous publications, including books and articles, have shaped the field. As a respected educator and mentor, he has inspired countless students and colleagues to pursue criminology and criminal justice careers. We are proud to count him among our faculty and celebrate this well-deserved recognition of his exceptional contributions to the field.

Harry Frank Guggenheim Distinguished Scholar

This year, Melanie-Angela Neuilly was selected to be a Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Distinguished Scholar. This recognition is for leading research that exposes pervasive issues of violence, and for the year 2024, only ten research projects were selected for this prestigious award.

Melanie-Angela Neuilly, Smiling
Melanie-Angela Neuilly, Associate Professor, Department Chair, Washington State University

Neuilly is using her year-long award to support a research project based in France. With colleagues at the Rennes University Hospital, she is studying the impact of a 2017 change in the French death certificate on the quality of French mortality statistics. This change included adding more precise information about which types of deaths have to be investigated by medical examiners. Neuilly hypothesizes that this change has led to more deaths being investigated, in turn leading to more accurate death classification and mortality statistics.

We are delighted to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Melanie-Angela Neuilly (PhD) for this remarkable achievement and outstanding contribution to the field of Criminal Justice and Criminology.