Latina/o/x Criminology
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Just wanted to share a great opportunity. There are scholars who are organizing a summit on bilingualism in Higher Ed. As you may know, there is an increasing number of universities offering classes in Spanish. Thanks to LC Scholar Pilar Larroulet (Rutgers) for sharing this info 😊
¡Felicidades! Congratulations to NOW Not 1 but 2 Latina Full Professors Veronica Herrera (California State University, Fullerton) and Carla Lewandowski (Rowan University)! Way to Represent!
Carlos Imbrosio Filho is the Summer 2026 Latina/o/x Criminology Scholar Spotlight LC Scholar Spotlight “Ethical AI in law enforcement: Balancing crime prevention and civil liberties in the U.S. and European Union” Journal of Criminal Justice Education (2026) doi.org/10.1080/1051...
Research Associate (Postdoctoral Scholar) to work on multiple funded projects examining neighborhood influences on youth violence decision-making and effective interventions. Review of applications begins July 6, 2026. careers.msu.edu/jobs/postdoc...
Postdoctoral Scholar-Fixed Term - East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Position Summary Michigan State University (MSU) actively promotes a dynamic research and learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives and cultural backgrounds pursue ...
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¡Felicidades! Congratulations! Way to Represent Carla Salazar-Gonzalez on your first published article! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘[The U.S.] sent us to Mexico until the next court hearing.’ Central American mothers’ expulsion and third-country liminality
This paper introduces the concept of third-country liminality to capture the intensifying layers of uncertainty experienced by mothers from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala sent to Mexico durin...
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Welcome a new member to Latina/o/x Criminology (LC) Lorena Ávila is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at Villanova University. Her research focuses on how legal institutions shape mobility and inequality. www.linkedin.com/in/lorena-av...
We’re excited to welcome our new Associate Editors (Bo-Kyung (Elizabeth) Kim, PhD, Theresa Rocha Beardall, Roberto Abreu, and Sophia Rodriguez, Ph.D.) to the journal! Their expertise, insight, and dedication will help shape the next chapter of Youth & Society. #youthandsociety
¡Felicidades! Congratulations! Arynn Infante for being tenured and promoted to Full Professor! Way to Represent! Well-deserved and earned! www.pdx.edu/profile/aryn...
¡Felicidades! Congratulations! Daniel E. Martínez for being promoted to Full Professor! Way to Represent! Well-deserved and earned! sociology.arizona.edu/person/danie...
Way to Represent Veronica Valencia Gonzalez! Gonzalez, V. V. (2026). Punishment as class governance: Bureaucratic (un)knowing and the gradient of state harm. Punishment & Society. doi.org/10.1177/1462... Punishment as class governance: Bureaucratic (un)knowing and the gradient of state harm
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Way to Represent Brian Cabral! www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Reinterpreting ‘Noncompliance’: Schooling, Probation, Structured Violations, and Emancipatory Pedagogical Possibility for Formerly Incarcerated Youth
This article reinterprets the ‘noncompliant’ status position repeatedly deployed against formerly incarcerated youth, especially those navigating reentry on the terms and conditions set by probatio...
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CFP for the 2027 Ethnography Forum: “Worlds in the Making: Ethnography, Possibility and Finding Hope in the Field.” We will be accepting papers from April 15 to June 15, 2026 for the conference to be held at the UPenn in February 2027. Please go to 2027forum.dryfta.com/paper-submis...
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Felicidades and Congratulations to LC Scholar Theresa Rocha Beardall for being selected as one of the Seven Early-Career Researchers for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2031! Way to Represent!
Seven Early-Career Researchers Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2031 - William T. Grant Foundation
The Foundation is delighted to announce the newest class of William T. Grant Scholars: Tolani Britton, in the school of education at the University of California, Berkeley James Chu,in the department ...
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Now Dra. Angelica Lopez successfully defended her dissertation entitled, “Institutional Inequality and Health Among Latines in the United States," today. Congratulations! ¡Felicidades! Way to Represent! You did great Dr. Lopez!
An opportunity Visiting Assistant Professor in Criminology, Law, and Society: illinois.csod.com/ui/internal-...
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¡Felicidades! Congratulations! Way to Represent LC Scholar Guillermo Escaño!
¡Felicidades! Way to Represent now Dra. Carolina Ribeiro Caliman!
Veronica Valencia Gonzalez is the Spring 2026 LC Spotlight Research Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice University of South Carolina “The Unascended Pyramid the Limits of State Response to IPV in Rural Michoacán” Feminist Criminology (2026) doi.org/10.1177/1557...
¡Bienvenida/o/x! Welcome a new member to Latina/o/x Criminology (LC) Diego Avalos is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice Administration at California State University, Dominguez Hills.
Welcome a new member to LC Laura Vargas, PhD, MPA, MSW is a bi-cultural Mexican/American, multi-lingual Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado.
Welcome a new member of the LC Taylor Gonzales is a doctoral candidate in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at University of Nebraska Omaha. Her research centers on program evaluations, recidivism, reentry, and the lived experiences of justice-involved individuals.
This year, we have co-organized five parallel events for the 70th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (attached to this email), all of which feature research related to the CSW70 priority theme of Access to Justice.
