Dr. Tusty ten Bensel and Dr. David Tyler

Criminal Justice Professors Researching How to Reduce Youth Violence in Pine Bluff

A group of UA Little Rock criminal justice professors and students are participating in a long-term project to help the City of Pine Bluff reduce youth violence in their city.  Continue reading “Criminal Justice Professors Researching How to Reduce Youth Violence in Pine Bluff”

Professor Robert Lytle leads two students participating in a criminal justice summer research program at UA Little Rock. Photo by Ben Krain.

Student Researchers Investigate Muslim Hate Crimes in Arkansas

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”

Dr. Charles Chastain

Chastain Donates $100,000 to Create Endowed Criminal Justice Professorship in Father’s Memory at UA Little Rock

Sara Chastain, a registered nurse from Little Rock, has donated $100,000 to create an endowed professorship fund in memory of her father, the late Dr. Charles Chastain, who was the founder of the criminal justice program at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Continue reading “Chastain Donates $100,000 to Create Endowed Criminal Justice Professorship in Father’s Memory at UA Little Rock”

Dr. Tusty ten Bensel

Tusty ten Bensel Selected for Arkansas Business 40 Under 40

Dr. Tusty ten Bensel, associate professor and director of the School of Criminal Justice and Criminology at UA Little Rock, has been selected for this year’s cohort of Arkansas Business 40 Under 40. Continue reading “Tusty ten Bensel Selected for Arkansas Business 40 Under 40”

Dr. Tusty ten Bensel, director of the School of Criminal Justice and Criminology, and Dr. Robert Lytle, the graduate coordinator for the school, will examine the context and incidence of anti-Muslim sentiment in Arkansas through a grant from the National Science Foundation.

UA Little Rock Receives Nearly $325,000 NSF Grant to Shine Light on Muslim Hate Crimes in Arkansas

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”

UA Little Rock’s graduate programs named to 2022 U.S. News and World Report Rankings

Several graduate programs at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock were named in the 2022 Best Graduate School rankings by U.S. News and World Report.  Continue reading “UA Little Rock’s graduate programs named to 2022 U.S. News and World Report Rankings”