Dr. Sarah Shannon presented at the Engagement Scholarship Consortium's 22nd Annual Conference held at UGA. The panel was titled, "Breaking Ground:  Grassroots Engagement Connecting the University and Incarcerated Communities" and featured three educational initiatives working within the UGA community and inside Georgia jails and prisons. Also on the panel were Dr. Caroline Young from the UGA English Department, who teaches at Whitworth Prison in Hartwell, GA, and undergraduate students Austin Joshua and Evan Johnson from the Athens Prison Tutorial program.

Guest speaker-- Kennesaw Police Department

The Criminal Justice Program will be hosting an Alumni Networking Event on Friday, October 14th at 3:00. It will be held in the Larry Walker Room on the 4th floor of Dean Rusk Hall (225 Herty Drive). We envision the event to be a chance for students to learn more about our alumni and their work in an informal way, and we hope it to be a conversational, engaging event for everyone. This will be a great opportunity to build new connections and is open to all students interested in the different fields of Criminal Justice. 

Please click here to RSVP for the event. 

We are excited to announce Dr. Sarah Shannon as the new Director of the Criminal Justice Studies Program. Dr. Shannon has been with UGA since 2013 and has been an Associate Professor for the Sociology Department. She has recently been named a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor which is the highest recognition for excellence in instruction at the University of Georgia. You can read more about her at Sarah Shannon | Department of Sociology (uga.edu) . 

Each year the program awards the Susette M. Talarico Public Service Leadership Award to the student who has shown exemplary service to the community and on campus during their time in the program. Congratulations to Analla Reid!