My favorite part of today’s Symposium was learning about the work that these two individuals are doing in Harris County and the work by the Texas Innocence Project. A great event! So glad several of my students were able to attend.

I appreciate this recognition from The Graduate School for the university-wide Graduate Student Appreciation Week, even with the spelling error😅. It’s not the first time😃

Very excited to have finally arrived in Thailand for a collaborative research project with the Royal Police Cadet Academy. Proud to represent and be supported by Dept. of Criminal Justice & Criminology @ SHSU SHSU Criminal Justice

Ventured out to see Bangkok today. What an amazing city! A huge thanks to my hosts at the RPCA for showing me around.

Had the opportunity to meet with officers and interview a colonel in the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division at the Central Investigation Bureau. I also was able to see RTP headquarters in downtown BKK.

A successful day visiting the Immigration and Cyber Crime Investigation Bureaus. And Thai food continues to be amazing!

So appreciative of the insights gained during my final day in BKK.

An important and timely piece: Taking Stock of Mass Incarceration at 50 Years. asc41.org/wp-content/upl… Especially pertinent as some of the current rhetoric attempts to recycle failed strategies and policies of the past.

Last class of the Spring semester. I had a great group for Research Methods! Teaching has been everything I hoped it would be and more. Thanks, Dept. of Criminal Justice & Criminology @ SHSU, for providing Doctoral students with this great opportunity.

End of the semester calls for some quality time with my favorite people, in our favorite place.

I appreciate this student feedback from this past semester Dept. of Criminal Justice & Criminology @ SHSU . Genuinely caring, creating an engaged learning environment, and being knowledgeable on course topics are things I care deeply about. Grateful many of the students noticed.

Successfully defended my Research Assessment Portfolio today. A huge thanks to my committee: Drs. Jurg Gerber, Jason Ingram, and Yan Zhang. I couldn’t ask for better people to work with and learn from. I’m now officially ABD🎉 Dept. of Criminal Justice & Criminology @ SHSU

One of my favorite days of the year. Happy Father’s Day!

“Community Engaged Scholarship (CES) involves working with a community partner to design a project, collect and analyze information, then implement and disseminate findings to relevant audiences and create solutions to public issues." Learn more below: shsu.edu/today@sam/T@S/…

Some great information from the Sam Houston State Teaching & Learning Conference. Takeaways from the keynote speech by Dr. James Lang: Instructors are cultivators of attention. Distraction is the normal condition; attention is an achievement.

Hello, Crim twitter! Wanted to publicly share a little about myself. I’m on the job market for Assistant Professor positions beginning Fall 2024.

Successfully defended my dissertation today and became Dr. Nielson. So appreciative of my committee members: Drs. Jurg Gerber, Yan Zhang, and Laura Iesue, PhD 🇺🇦. I have been lucky to work with such great mentors. Excited for the next chapter! Dept. of Criminal Justice & Criminology @ SHSU

Thank you Beatriz Amalfi Wronski, PhD & Victoria Laugalis for the honor of chairing exceptional dissertations! I didn't get the opportunity to be hooded, so today was even more meaningful. Congrats also to Kristina Block & Kyler Nielson- welcome to the PhD club!

Big day today!

A stellar mentor, scholar, collaborator, and just a great person.