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February 23 12:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Making (Much) Better Sense
of the Culture of Black Men
in Crisis
Dr. Alford Young Jr.
University of Michigan
Co-sponsored by the Department of
Sociology, Department of African-
American Studies, Gender Studies
Program, the John Jay Black Male Initiative
and the Center on Race, Crime and Justice.
Gerald W. Lynch Theater Lobby
February 24 6:00 PM
Lloyd Sealy Lecture
Leadership in Police Equity:
Using Research to Reduce Racial Bias
Dr. Tracie L. Keesee
Denver Police Department
Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff
University of California-Los Angeles
Gerald W. Lynch Theater Lobby
February 27 8:30 AM
Prisoner Reentry Institute
Occasional Series on
Reentry Research
Incarceration and Sexually Transmitted
Infections: A Neighborhood Perspective
James Thomas
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Gerald W. Lynch Theater Lobby
February 27 9:00 AM
19th Annual
Malcolm/King Breakfast
Keynote speaker:
The Hon. Malcolm A. Smith
Majority Leader, New York State Senate
Honoree:
Dr. James Malone
Professor of Counseling
RSVP to 212-237-8764
Gerald W. Lynch Theater Lobby
February 28 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Law Day @ John Jay
Including the Samuel and Anna Jacobs
Foundation Lecture on the Law and the
Legal Profession
Speaker: The Hon. Juanita Bing Newton
Deputy Chief Administrative Judge
for Justice Initiatives
Criminal Court of the City of New York
RSVP to www.jjay.cuny.edu/lawday
Various locations, Haaren Hall
Deadlines Loom for Scholarship Aid to Qualified Students
Deadlines are looming for qualified John Jay
students to apply for hundreds of thousands
of dollars in scholarship funds, and dozens of
awards for graduating seniors.
“We have no shortage of highly qualified
students at the College, and we’re always
looking for more,” said Vice President for
Enrollment Management Richard Saulnier.
“We’re trying to ensure that institutional
scholarship funds are being spent for the
purposes they were intended, which is why we
are encouraging as many qualified students as
possible to apply.”
The College offers scholarships for freshmen,
sophomores, upper-division and graduate
students as well as some specifically aimed at
women, international students, law enforcement
Gazing into the Crystal Ball
Symposium Looks at Criminal Justice Challenges on the Horizon
A two-day conference intended, in the words
of its organizer, to produce more light than heat,
the Fourth Annual Harry Frank Guggenheim
Symposium on Crime in America returned to
John Jay on February 2-3, with journalists,
academicians and practitioners from across the
United States taking a nuanced look at recent
and impending changes in criminal justice.
“This symposium has become a meeting
place for people in criminal justice, a field that’s
changing even as we speak,” said Stephen
Handelman, Director of the Center on Media,
Crime and Justice, which organized the event,
with funding from the Harry Frank Guggenheim
Foundation.
Focusing on the theme “A New Beginning?
Exploring the Criminal Justice Challenges Over
the Next Four Years,” the symposium wasted
no time before diving into one of the thorniest
issues currently on the American agenda, as
panelists discussed the nation’s distressed
economy and its relationship to crime trends.
Crime trends, like economic conditions, are
characterized by volatility, observed Professor
Richard Rosenfeld of the University of Missouri-
St. Louis. While Rosenfeld’s research showed
similar patterns between crime trends and
consumer confidence, he said that an increase in
crime is not inevitable despite the recent sharp
reversals in the economy. “After all,” he said,
“crime did not increase substantially during the
Great Depression.”
Professor Delores Jones-Brown, Director of
the Center on Race, Crime and Justice said the
Obama Administration must deal with the “lack
of legitimacy for police in communities of color.”
With the economic downturn, she added, people
may seek out jobs in law enforcement solely
for the pay and benefits, rather than for public-
service reasons, thereby increasing the potential
for incidents of excessive or lethal use of force by
College Salutes Reporters’ Quest for Justice
A newspaper need not be big to achieve big
things, as was proven by Christine Young, a
reporter for the 80,000-circulation Times Herald-
Record of Middletown, NY, one of the 2009 win-
ners of John Jay College’s Excellence in Criminal
Justice Reporting Awards.
Young was honored at a luncheon on Febru-
ary 3 for her investigative report on the 1989
conviction of Lebrew Jones, who has spent 20
years in prison for the murder of a Manhattan
prostitute. Young’s article, “I Didn’t Do That Mur-
der,” prompted the Manhattan District Attorney’s
Office to open a new investigation into the case.
The awards are presented annually in
conjunction with the Harry Frank Guggenheim
Symposium on Crime in America.
A second award was presented to Eric Nalder
and the investigative team from the Seattle
employees, research-
minded students
and more. Many
scholarships at both
the undergraduate and
graduate levels have
March 2 deadlines, and
still others have March
23 closing dates.
Scholarship
Coordinator Michael
Scaduto pointed out
that most scholarships The Office of Scholarship Services is taking a strategic ap- of Scholarship Services,
proach to finding qualified candidates for scholarship aid.
require completion and
submission of the John Jay Scholarship General
Application form, available online at http://www.
jjay.cuny.edu/GeneralScholarshipApplication08.
Distinguished Professor Todd Clear makes a point during a panel discussion on “The Sentencing and Corrections Challenge”
during the Guggenheim symposium. Also on the panel were (from left) Beryl Howell, a member of the U.S. Sentencing Com-
mission, and U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner of Massachusetts.
police, particularly against young black males.
Col. Dean Esserman, the Police Chief of
Providence, RI, called on the assembled journal-
ists to “tell the story” that America is losing its
children to violence. “We bury our children or we
arrest them. Where’s the moral outrage?” Esser-
man said. “The story is not being told.”
Keynote speaker Judith S. Kaye, who recently
retired after 15 years as Chief Judge of the New
York State Court of Appeals, was introduced by
President Jeremy Travis as “one of my heroes
in this world.” Kaye, who was making her first
public appearance since stepping down from the
bench, urged attendees to focus on the “crucial
but thoroughly unfulfilled job of educating the
public about criminal justice matters.”
Among the issues that Kaye pointed to were
the cost of incarceration compared to the cost
Post-Intelligencer, for their series “The Strong
Arm of the Law,” which exposed Seattle police
bias in arrests for obstruction of justice and the
questionable handling of complaints against
police for wrongful use of force.
“This year’s winning news stories show that
newspapers large and small take seriously their
commitment to reporting on criminal justice
issues,” said President Jeremy Travis.
Honorable-mention citations were awarded to
Steve Weinberg of Miller-McCune magazine, for
his exploration of wrongful convictions around
the United States; Lomi Kriel and John Tedesco of
the San Antonio Express-News, for their critical
examination of the San Antonio police Tactical
Response Unit, and Geoff Dutton and Mike
Wagner of the Columbus Dispatch, for their
series on Ohio’s DNA inmate testing program.
pdf. Many also require
essays and/or letters of
recommendation.
For a list of
scholarships that are
currently available,
including descriptions
and eligibility criteria,
go to http://www.jjay.
cuny.edu/scholarships.
php. Information is also
available in the Office
Room 1285N.
“We’re taking a more strategic direction with
regard to scholarships,” said Scaduto. “We want
to recruit and retain qualified students, based on
News and Events of Interest
February 18, 2009
of education; the prosecution of certain juvenile
offenders as adults; and the need to provide
alternatives to criminal justice, such as youth
courts or restorative justice. “This is the time for
all of us who care about justice in this country to
roll up our sleeves and get to work,” Kaye said.
Steven Brill, founder of American Lawyer
magazine, Court TV and Verified Identity Pass
Inc., served as keynote speaker for the sympo-
sium’s awards luncheon, and reminded the audi-
ence of his rule for covering the justice system:
“Skepticism is an absolutely essential virtue.”
“The real challenge for us as reporters is not
to be anyone’s lapdogs,” said Brill.
The symposium also included sessions on
“solutions-oriented” crime coverage, privacy
and civil liberties, the future of forensics, and the
online world and crime.
Award winners Christine Young and Eric Nalder are joined
by keynote speaker Steven Brill, founder of Court TV.
things like academics, public service and activities
outside of academics, and then support them
once they’re on campus, keeping them active in
the larger John Jay community.”
Scaduto noted that a “representative” 11-
member scholarship committee, chaired by
Saulnier, has been working proactively to inform
students about available scholarships and
encouraging them to apply. “We develop criteria,
select candidates and set application deadlines,”
he said.
A new Web feature allows students to sign
up for the “John Jay College Scholars Network”
to receive information about new and current
scholarships, application information and
deadlines, invitations to workshops and seminars,
and other relevant updates.
 Study Abroad Experience
to Go Farther Afield in 2009
Flush with the success of John Jay’s first
faculty-led study abroad programs last summer,
four new courses will be offered by the College
in 2009, in such locales as Korea, Greece, Mexico
and the Dominican Republic.
The new study abroad programs are:
¶ “Caribbean Cultural Criminology,” taught
by Professors Luis Barrios (Latin American and
Latino/a Studies) and Douglas Thompkins
(Sociology), meeting in Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic.
¶ “Religious and Cultural Co-existence Among
Christians, Jews and Muslims in Greece,” taught
by Professor Effie Cochran (English), meeting in
Thessaloniki, Greece.
¶ “Korean Art and Culture,” taught by
Professor Thalia Vrachopoulos (Art and Music),
meeting in Seoul and selected other cities in
Korea.
¶ “Women in Mexico: Labor, Violence and
Social Change,” taught by Professor Natalie J.
Sokoloff (Sociology), meeting in San Miguel de The White Tower, one of Thessaloniki’s most famous archi-
tectural landmarks.
Allende, Mexico.
Ken Lewandoski, the Director of International local persons of interest.
Studies and Programs, noted that the study Housing arrangements will vary from one
abroad programs provide John Jay College program to the next, including apartments,
academic credits, and qualify under the Study/ dormitories or living with indigenous families.

Hometown Heroes Travel Opportunities for CUNY Students (STOCS)

program, through which participating students
All students will be required to attend a
pre-departure orientation, and to share their
The John Jay baseball program gave a tip of the collective cap on January 24 to two prominent members of the local base- can receive $750 to $1,500 in financial aid. (The experiences with the broader John Jay College
ball scene, at the annual Lou DeMartino Memorial Dinner. John Brant, a member of the John Jay Athletics Hall of Fame and deadline for STOCS applications is March 16.) community upon their return, Lewandoski said.
three-year team co-captain in the late 1970s, was presented with the Distinguished Baseball Alumni Award. Brant, a summa “These programs are academically rigorous,” Application dates for the four courses vary.
cum laude graduate of John Jay and a decorated lieutenant with the Port Authority Police Department, told guests at the
Lewandoski said. “They are all designed to For more information on the study abroad
fundraising dinner that “playing at John Jay was one of the greatest points of my life.” Lou Santos (right), a longtime figure
in sandlot baseball and youth baseball instruction, was honored with the Lou Demartino Lifetime Achievement Award. Dan
enhance a student’s chosen course of study.” The opportunities, contact the appropriate faculty
Palumbo, John Jay’s head baseball coach and interim Director of Athletics, presented the awards and served as the dinner’s four-week programs include classroom lectures program directors, or Lewandoski at 212-484-
master of ceremonies. and discussions, field trips and presentations by 1339, email klewandoski@jjay.cuny.edu.

CUNY FIRST Application Package Packs a Lot of “Wow!”

CUNY FIRST, a comprehensive array of
applications that will streamline and enhance
finance, personnel and student service processes,
is coming to John Jay, and members of the
Department of Human Resources are hoping to
share with the rest of the College the various
“wow! moments” they say are built into the
system.
Addressing a Town Hall meeting on January
29, Christel Colón, the College’s Director of
Human Resources, said the implementation of
CUNY FIRST – which stands for Fully Integrated
Resources and Services Tool – will be “a change
for the better, the faster, the easier, the more
accurate.” It will also represent a major step
toward making the College a more paperless
operation.
“I can’t wait for the PAF bonfire,” she said,
referring to the personnel action forms that
would be phased out by the creation of an online
reappointment process.
Praveen Panchal, John Jay’s Chief Information
Officer, moderated the gathering and pointed
out that existing CUNY systems are “archaic,
difficult to maintain and failing every day. The
lack of information in the existing systems,
Panchal said, leads to enormous redundancy and
inaccuracy.
According to Panchal, CUNY has more than
35,000 employees, with no comprehensive
human resources system. In addition, the
University receives more than 10,000 job
applications a year.
The Talent Acquisition Management (TAM)
module of CUNY FIRST will be used to help
streamline the hiring process, and then a Human
Capital Management (HCM) module will come
into play, handling a broad range of personnel
functions such as time and leave, reappointment,
and changes in personal information or status.
The two modules will be the first human
resources components to roll out, with an
implementation target date of summer 2009.
The entire system, Panchal emphasized, is
designed with privacy and security in mind.
Personal information can only be viewed by the
individual in question and authorized College
officials.
The new system’s potential for doing mass
reappointments as opposed to processing
them individually, and its “Quick Hire” function
for speeding the process of hiring college
assistants and adjuncts, were among the “wow!
moments” noted by Colón, who underscored
her own excitement with CUNY FIRST by adding
that “I came into HR for the people, not the
paperwork.”
CUNY FIRST is being launched in stages, with
the entire system expected to be operational by
the winter of 2010-2011.

FACULTY / STAFF NOTES

ON BOARD
BEN JORGENSEN (Physical Education and
Athletics) was named as the College’s new
head men’s tennis coach. Jorgensen, who has
been a tennis instructor for more than 15 years,
was the top singles player as a member of the
men’s tennis team at New York University in
1989 and 1990. He is also a working actor who
has appeared in several films and daytime soap
operas.
BETWEEN THE COVERS
KIMORA (Law, Police Science and Criminal
Justice Administration) will have her article titled
“The Correctional Educator: A Nontraditional
Occupation” published in the May/June 2009
issue of Offender Programs Report, a publication
from the Civic Research Institute that is
devoted to “innovative programs, management
strategies and legal developments in offender
rehabilitation.”
be presented by the Mystery Writers of America
on April 30.
DAVID BROTHERTON (Sociology) had
his book Keeping Out the Other: A Critical
Introduction to Immigration Enforcement Today
(Columbia University Press) cited as “Outstanding
Academic Title for 2008” by Choice, the review
magazine of the American Library Association.
Brotherton co-edited the book along with Philip
Kretsedemas of the University of Massachusetts.
PRESENTING…
ADINA SCHWARTZ (Law, Police Science
and Criminal Justice Administration) made a
Continuing Legal Education presentation on
“Daubert Challenges to Firearms Identification”
on January 10 at the Fifth National Seminar on
Forensic Science and the Law, sponsored by the
Office of Defender Services of the Administrative
Office of the U.S. Courts.
and “International Courts and Conflict
Resolution: Toward a New Normative Framework,
Social Justice and New Debates,” at the annual
meeting of the Southern Political Science
Association, held in New Orleans, LA, in early
January. She also chaired a panel on Domestic
Implications of International Law and served as a
discussant on a panel on Pedagogy and Research.
PEER REVIEW
STACI STROBL (Law, Police Science and
Criminal Justice Administration) is one of the
finalists for the Richard J. Terrill Paper of the
Year Award to be presented in March by the
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Strobl was
nominated for her paper “The Women’s Police
Directorate in Bahrain,” which appeared in the
International Criminal Justice Review Journal.
NISHAN PARLAKIAN (Communication and
Theatre Arts, emeritus) received the St. Vartan
Award from the Diocese of the Armenian Church
of America (Eastern), for his lifelong achieve-
ments in the performing arts. Archbishop Khajag
Barsamian, Primate of the Diocese, said, “It is
through individuals like [Parlakian] that the future
of Armenian theater will remain vibrant among
the next generation of Armenian Americans.”

SIMON BAATZ (History) had his book, For the
Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb and the Murder that
Shocked Chicago (HarperCollins), chosen as a
finalist for the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best
Non-Fiction Crime Book in 2008. The award will
ELLEN BELCHER (Library) presented a paper
titled “Is there a Halaf Bead and Pendant
Typology? A Look at the Evidence” at the Bead
Technology Workshop hosted by the British
Museum in London, England, on January 12-13.

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