Aspiring to make a meaningful impact in the field of criminal justice, Katelin Matusevich, a doctoral student from Blacksburg, Virginia, is seizing a unique opportunity to hone her skills as a researcher on a comprehensive climate study for the Arkansas Department of Corrections. Continue reading “Criminal Justice Doctoral Student Gains Valuable Insights as Research Assistant”
Dr. Jim Golden has been a familiar figure at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock since 1994. In the summer, this criminal justice professor and administrator will start his true golden years as he retires from the university after 30 years of service. Continue reading “Golden Years: Longtime Criminal Justice Professor Will Enjoy Retirement after 30 Years of Service at UA Little Rock”
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will celebrate its fall 2023 graduates on Saturday, Dec. 16. More than 850 students are eligible to graduate from the summer and fall 2023 semesters. Continue reading “UA Little Rock to Celebrate Fall Commencement Dec. 16”
A second group of undergraduate students from across the country spent the summer at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock investigating Muslim hate crimes and anti-Muslim sentiment in Arkansas as part of a three-year National Science Foundation grant project. Continue reading “Student Researchers Investigate Muslim Hate Crimes in Arkansas”
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has chosen Drs. Robert Lytle, Rebecca Glazier, Stephen Grace, Mark Baillie, and John Kirk as the winners of the 2023 Faculty Excellence Awards.
Continue reading “UA Little Rock Honors Lytle, Glazier, Grace, Baillie, Kirk as 2023 Faculty Excellence Winners”
The Arkansas Department of Corrections has awarded the University of Arkansas at Little Rock a multi-year contract of more than $453,000 to study and assess prison culture and climate in Arkansas. Continue reading “UA Little Rock awarded $453,000 contract from Arkansas Department of Corrections to study state’s prison culture and climate”
Two criminal justice professors at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock have been awarded a $324,987 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund a three-year program to study anti-Muslim sentiment and Muslim hate crimes in Arkansas. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Receives Nearly $325,000 NSF Grant to Shine Light on Muslim Hate Crimes in Arkansas”
University of Arkansas at Little Rock criminal justice students presented their research on criminology topics at the American Society of Criminology conference Nov. 13-16, 2019, in San Francisco, California. Continue reading “Criminal justice students, professors present research at American Society of Criminology”
UA Little Rock researchers investigate if religion predicts attitudes toward LGBQ, marriage equality
University of Arkansas at Little Rock researchers are investigating the attitudes of Muslims toward homosexuality and marriage equality. Continue reading “UA Little Rock researchers investigate if religion predicts attitudes toward LGBQ, marriage equality”