Karen Brown Scholarship Information

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SIUE's Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice Studies is recognized as a leader in the University, the region, and in the national sociological and criminal justice communities. SIUE sociology and criminal justice faculty have published numerous books, including college textbooks, scholarly monographs, and more applied works for practitioners in the workplace and the criminal justice system. They have published dozens of journal articles. These include publications in a number of top journals such as the American Journal of Sociology; Urban Affairs Review; Sociological Quarterly; the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology; Sociological Practice Review; Crime, Law, and Social Justice; the International Journal of Comparative Sociology; The American Sociologist; and Rural Sociology. Departmental faculty have guest-edited journals, and played leading roles in professional organizations such as the Society for Applied Sociology, the American Society of Criminology, and the Midwest Sociological Society. Department faculty have also presented scores of papers at national and regional professional meetings.

At SIUE, sociology and criminal justice faculty in recent years have been recognized with a variety of awards, including the SIUE Teaching Recognition Award, the SIUE Outstanding Scholar Award, the Paul Simon Award, the Great Teacher Award, the Kimmel Community Service Award for SIUE Faculty and Staff, the Dr. Martin Luther King University Humanitarian Award, and the American Society of Criminology's Herbert R. Bloch Award. The leadership of the sociology and criminal justice faculty has been recognized by the repeated selection of departmental faculty for leading roles in the SIUE Faculty Senate, including at least three Senate Presidents over the years. Sociology and Criminal Justice faculty have also been actively involved in the community. They have played a leading role in the formation of a regional labor-management cooperation committee, of a metropolitan-wide fair housing organization, and of a national organization for monetary reform. In addition, the faculty are regularly contacted by local, regional, and national media regarding social issues of current interest.

The outstanding research and public service record of the sociology and criminal justice faculty has direct benefits in the classroom: It is a high priority of the department to enrich its teaching by sharing the knowledge and experiences gained through faculty research and service activities. In addition, students often become involved in the research and service activities of the faculty through assistantships, internships, and independent study opportunities. All of our programs of study offer internship opportunities, and internships are a required part of the criminal justice major and of the applied specialization in employment relations within the sociology major.