JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE - Key Persons
Hello, I'm Alice. I attended undergraduate at North Carolina Central University, where I received my bachelors in Psychology and Criminal Justice with a concentration in Juvenile Justice. Now I'm a second year graduate student in the Forensic Psychology program, graduating in May 2017. I'm interested in studying risk and protective factors for juvenile delinquency, and the effects of traumatic events on the lives of youths. I am also interested in the study of serial killers and empirical profiling methods.
I am currently involved in Dr. Allwood's lab and in the Sex Offender Lab. At the moment I am working on my thesis "Attribution of Blame in Rape: The Role of Race". My thesis advisor is Dr. Calkins, one of the professors for the Sex Offender Lab. I am also conducting my externship at the Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (CASES).
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- Interim Provost and Vice President
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- Portfolio Program Assistant
Hi! My name is Angel and I am a current Macaulay Honors senior at John Jay College. I am pursuing my bachelor's degree in forensic psychology and am interested in studying the Chinese population, specifically youths and their presence in the juvenile delinquency system. I hope to further that research by also examining the development of immigrant populations both in New York and abroad. I currently work with Chinese native and immigrant students in an academic system and provide academic and emotional support.
I have been working in Professor Allwood's lab for two years and focus on the college transition project. Specifically, I look at school data and zip codes to provide more information about neighborhoods. I am also data checking not and stockpiling photos for an upcoming study.
In this semester and the coming semester, I am conducting literature reviews and will be studying the relationship between parent education and academic outcomes. Trauma will then be taken into account to examine whether or not it may resolve inconsistencies that arise with the data.
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- Associate Director, Center for Private Security and Safety
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- DEPUTY CHAIR - MUSIC
- Faculty Advisor
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- Vice President of Enrollment / Management and Student Affairs / Vice President Ketura Parker
Hi, I'm Cameron. I received my BS in Psychology from Hobart and William Smith Colleges located in Geneva, New York. I am currently working on my MA in forensic psychology at John Jay. My primary interest is depression, with emphases on the etiology of depression, how depression relates to substance use and personality, and treatments for both depression and comorbid depression and substance use. I also work with Dr. Peggilee Wupperman, where we are currently conducting clinical trials for her novel Mindfulness and Modification Therapy (MMT), and with Dr. William Gottdiener on my Master's Thesis.
My thesis seeks to elucidate the relationship between depression and alcohol use in college students by examining associations between student drinking motives and certain personality traits that are strongly implicated in the onset, expression, and treatment for depression. I am also examining specific interactions between these variables when considering outcomes such as alcohol use and related negative consequences.
While working in Dr. Allwood's lab, I have primarily been involved with The College Transition Project. My responsibilities for this project have ranged from data collection and data entry to administering interviews to participants assessing intelligence and psychopathology. I have also collaborated on posters with Dr. Allwood and fellow lab members, which were presented at the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) and the Association for Psychological Sciences (APS) conventions.
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- Associate Professor, Western Kentucky University
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- Director, Center for Private Safety & Security
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- Senior Advisor - Office of the Assistant Attorney General, U.S.Department of Justice
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- Manager, Advancement of Research, John Jay College
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- Director Academic Program Specialist Program Assistant
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- Director, Academic Space Management
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- Immigrant Student Success Center Specialist
Denise I Vivar has devoted her career to serving the immigrant community in New York. She strongly believes in building supportive networks and advocating for immigrant rights that will establish a life of dignity and respect. Throughout her career, Denise has fought to ensure vulnerable populations of the community are protected and have access to the resources they need. During her undergraduate career, she was an active member and later President of the Lehman Dream Team, a student group that supported and advocated for undocumented students. Through her work at the Lehman Dream Team, she collaborated and was a Core Member of the New York State Youth Leadership Council, the first undocumented youth-led organization in New York State with the mission to empower and provide professional development for immigrant youth. Denise has made it her mission to create spaces that support the immigrant community. As an immigrant herself, she empathizes with and understands the needs of this population. Denise migrated to New York when she was seven years old and remained undocumented until qualifying for a U-Visa, and then becoming a permanent resident five years later. She was the Special Assistant to the New York State Senator Gustavo Rivera, liaising between internal communications and community affairs. She is pursuing a Master's of Public Administration with a concentration in Policy Analysis and Evaluation from Baruch College Austin W. Marxe School of Public and International Affairs. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and Sociology from Lehman College.
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- Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Criminal Justice and African American Studies Department, University of Illinois - Chicago
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- Member of the Standing Advisory Board
- Chairman, African Americana Studies Department, John Jay College
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- Chairman of the Department
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- Member of the Standing Advisory Board
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- Executive Director of the Center for NuLeadership on Urban Solutions
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- Member of the Advisory Board
- Program Director
- Director of International Crime and Justice Masters Program
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- Member of the Standing Advisory Board
- Director, Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations, Levine College of Law, University of Florida
Dr. Katheryn Russell-Brown
Director, Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations, Levine College of Law, University of Florida
russellBrownK@law.ufl.edu
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- Associate Professor of History
- Director of William E. Macaulay Honors College at John Jay
- MACAULAY DIRECTOR
Dr. Raymond Patton is an Associate Professor of History and Faculty Director of the Honors Program and Macaulay Honors College at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY. His scholarship explores the relationship between popular culture, aesthetics, and politics across the boundaries of the "first," "second," and "third" worlds of the Cold War era. In Punk Crisis: The Global Punk Rock Revolution (Oxford University Press, 2018), he examines how transnational punk movements eroded the boundaries and political categories that defined the Cold War Era, replacing them with a new framework based on conservative or progressive identity. Dr. Patton has taught on a wide range of subjects, including World History, Global Revolutions, the Cold War, Nazi Germany, East European and Soviet History, Research Methods in History, and interdisciplinary seminars on Music and Resistance, The Meaning of Life, Consumerism, and Technology and Culture. Prior to his current role, Patton served as Director of Educational Partnerships and General Education at John Jay College, and as a faculty member in the History Department at Drury University. Dr. Patton received a PhD in History (2011) and a MA in Russian and East European Studies (2005) from the University of Michigan, and a BA in History and Philosophy from the University of Georgia (2003).
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- Member of the Standing Advisory Board
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- Department of Sociology, Emeritus at the Ohio State University / Co - Founder of the Racial Democracy Crime and Justice Network
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- Member of the Standing Advisory Board
- Provost of Rutgers University - Newark
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- Member of the Standing Advisory Board
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- Member of the Standing Advisory Board
- Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Howard University
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- Department of Criminology, UMass - Lowell
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- Administrative Program Assistant
Elda Chavarria is a first-generation college student. She is currently a sophomore at John Jay College majoring in Forensic Science with a minor in Art. She is involved with the Adelante! Latinx Leadership Program and part of John Jay Women's Cross-Country Team. Before working for the ImSSC, Elda started by attending several events held by the ImSSC and meeting with Denise Vivar who later on offered her the position of administrative assistant.
Elda hopes to one day work in the forensic science and STEM fields while representing her community and culture. She moved to the U.S. when she was 14 from Honduras. She understands the challenges and struggles that come with being a newly arrived immigrant student, which motivates her to serve and help other immigrant students.
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- Member of the Advisory Committee
Erica Lock builds programs and partnerships to get social entrepreneurs further, faster. She is the thread across departments at Echoing Green, the world's leading angel investor in next generation social innovators. Erica translates organizational strategy to thoughtful collaborations within and beyond the impact sector. Before joining Echoing Green, Erica worked at the NYC Mayor's Office of Long Term Planning and Sustainability in the Bloomberg administration, MTV Networks, and various marketing, branding and advertising agencies in research, operations and business development roles. She has an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BS in Economics from Wharton.
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- Adminstrative Coordinator
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- Portfolio Program Manager
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- Immigrant Student Success Center, Social Media Fellow
Ingrid Siguencia is a senior at John Jay College, currently in the pre-law track, hoping to become an immigration lawyer. During her academic career, she has been involved in programs such as Adelante Latinx Leadership and was a first-year student showcase presenter. Ingrid interned at the Immigrant Student Success Center in the summer of 2020 as part of CUNY's Recovery Corps and was offered the Social Media Fellowship at the Immigrant Student Success Center at the end of her internship.
Ingrid is a strong advocate of the immigrant community and hopes to help others throughout her career. She comes from a mixed-status family and wants to help others whose families have experienced similar circumstances, and build a community of powerful legal advocates.
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- Member of the Advisory Board
- Professor and Director of the Human Rights Studies Program / Barnard College
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- Assistant Professor, San Diego University
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- Member of the Advisory Committee
- Deputy Officer for Public Policy and External Relations at Henry Street Settlement
Jeremy Reiss is the Deputy Officer for Public Policy and External Relations at Henry Street Settlement, one of the nation's leading non-profit organizations. In this role, Reiss oversees the agency's policy, advocacy, and government relations efforts; institutional fundraising; and volunteer program. Prior to Henry Street, Reiss was the Vice President for Communications and External Affairs at the East River Development Alliance (now known as Urban Upbound), and was also a member of its Board of Directors. Prior to ERDA, Reiss was the Director of Workforce and Economic Security Initiatives at the Community Service Society, where he authored groundbreaking reports on paid sick leave and NYC's human capital development systems, and oversaw the agency's public opinion polling institute. Over the last two decades, Reiss has also worked as a program evaluator, community organizer, direct service practitioner, and policy advocate. A graduate of Wesleyan University, Reiss has a master's degree in social policy and planning from the London School of Economics. He also served on the Urban Policy and Labor/Employment Advisory Committees for President Obama's 2008 election campaign.
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- Member of the Advisory Board
- Professor
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- Member of the Advisory Committee
- Chairman and Co - Founder of K2 Intelligence
Jules B. Kroll is chairman and co-founder of K2 Intelligence. He also serves as chairman of Kroll Bond Rating Agency, Inc., and as a member of the board of directors of BlueVoyant.
Jules is the acknowledged pioneer of the modern investigations, intelligence, and corporate security industry and is credited with establishing investigations and risk consulting as indispensable corporate services.
He currently serves as chairman of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice Foundation, is a former member of the Board of Regents of Georgetown University and the Board of Trustees of Cornell University, and served as the chairman of the Georgetown Law Center Board of Visitors.
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- Assistant Professor, Stockton University
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- Interim Associate Provost / Strategy and Operations
- Interim Associate Provost of Strategy and Operations
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- Chief Communications Officer
Lia Guzman is a senior at John Jay College of Criminal Justice majoring in Law & Society with a minor in Political Science. Lia was born and raised in the Dominican Republic and moved to the US at the age of 13. During her academic journey, she has been involved in policy and advocacy by working with organizations centering the voices of marginalized communities. Through this work, she has worked on issues like student hunger, civic engagement, mental health, and higher education. Lia believes that mobilizing is the best way to create change, as well as uplift and empower communities.
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- Member of the Advisory Committee
Lisa Tomanelli has been helping unemployed youth and adults secure viable employment for her entire 20+ years working in New York City. After earning a Master's Degree in Social Work from Columbia University, Lisa worked with organizations including Women In Need, Coalition for the Homeless, and Dress for Success supporting clients in their education and career goals.
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- Member of the Advisory Committee
- Board Director Columbia
Liz Luckett has an extensive background in technology, data, market research and philanthropy. As the Founder and Managing Director of The Social Entrepreneurs' Fund (TSEF), she created and manages a portfolio of early stage impact investments that began in 2012. TSEF focuses on companies that are helping to improve affordable access to goods and services for low-income communities around the world. Before joining TSEF, Ms. Luckett was Director of Impact Investing at the Pershing Square Foundation, Senior Vice President at Citigroup, co-Founder of Fulcrum Analytics (formerly, Cyber Dialogue), a predictive modeling market research and technology platform, and an Analyst at Gartner.
Liz is a board director Columbia University Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing, The Bail Project and Aunt Bertha. She received a B.A. from Columbia University and a Master of Philosophy from Cambridge University in England. Liz lives in Brooklyn with her husband, two children and Labrador Retriever.
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- Peer Advocate Program Coordinator
Maimouna Diop is a first generation college graduate. She recently recieved her Bachelors of Arts Degree from CUNY Brooklyn College, with a major in Sociology and a minor in Political Science. She plans on enrolling in grad school to persue a Doctorate Degree in Sociology. She also plans on creating short films that capture the struggles of intersectionality. Maimouna knows the importance of peer advocacy and mentorship because, accoding to her own words, "wihout the mentors I had growing up I would not have recieved my Bachelor's Degree today." She is excited to be working with John Jay's Immigrant Student Success Center and provide support to High School student around NYC
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- Assistant Professor, St John 's University
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- Assistant to the Director
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- Associate Professor
- Investigator
Dr. Allwood is the principle investigator of this project, and is a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice
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- Advisor, on - Campus Program
My name is Nana Amoh, and I'm a second year student in the clinical psychology PhD program at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. I completed my undergraduate career in 2013 at Columbia College, Columbia University where I majored in Psychology and concentrated in English. I earned my master's degree in Clinical Psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University in May 2015. Here at John Jay, I work primarily under my awesome advisor, Dr. Maureen Allwood! Broadly speaking, I am interested in researching prevention and intervention methods that focus on enhancing protective factors that are readily available to low income minority youth exposed to community violence and violence within the home. I'm also interested in intervention methods that address the root of interpersonal conflicts (which tend to elicit adolescent psychopathology) within these families. Outside of work/school, I like watching documentaries, going to concerts, listening to podcasts, cooking, and hanging out with friends. Overall, I enjoy trying new things and going to events in the city.
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- Member of the Advisory Committee
Dr. Nir Tsuk is a seasoned practitioner, academic and facilitator with over 20 years of international experience in the fields of social capital, entrepreneurship, impact and culture of innovation. Serving as a Visiting Professor at the Bronfman Center, Nir is now launching for New York University a new impact and intrapreneurship institute connecting New York and Tel Aviv.
Prior to this, Nir helped idealist.org - the world's largest social online talent acquisition platform - to increase its size and impact as its Head of Growth, and has brought Ashoka - the world's largest social entrepreneurship organization - to Israel, after serving as a Ashoka's Global Fellowship Director in Washington DC, connecting more than 3000 social entrepreneurs in 72 countries. Nir holds a PhD from Cambridge University in social and political sciences - where he wrote his dissertation on social networks, social capital and intentional communities. Previously, Nir led policy research initiatives at the Community Development Foundation in London and at the Committee for Social Affairs in the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem.
He has been, among other things, a curriculum developer at the Rabin Centre and the Israeli national authority for Holocaust remembrance, the editor of Israel's bestselling computer magazine, a restaurant manager, and a street cleaner. Nir advises and lectures citizen organizations, entrepreneurs, government bodies, and companies. He is also a compulsive tea drinker and a fan of animated movies.
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- Member of the Standing Advisory Board
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- Member of the Standing Advisory Board
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- Member of the Standing Advisory Board
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- Member of the Standing Advisory Board
- Department of Film and Media Studies, Hunter College
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- ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
- OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR
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- Member of the Advisory Board
- Emeritus Professor of International Law / Princeton University
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- Member of the Advisory Committee
Hailing from Chicago's South Side, Riley is a social entrepreneur with a passion for creating pathways to opportunity. In 2015, he co-founded Bloc, a company using emerging technologies to prepare young people for the future of work. He was recognized by Forbes as a 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur in 2019. He holds a B.A. in Political Science and American Studies from Columbia University and will graduate from the New York University School of Law in 2020.
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- Budget & Operations Associate
- Operations Support
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- Member of the Standing Advisory Board
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- Member of the Advisory Board
- Professor