Congratulations to the 2025 ACJS Academy Award Recipients!

Bruce Smith Sr. Award
Nancy Rodriguez, University of California Irvine

Academy Fellow Award
Liqun Cao, Ontario Tech University

Founders Award
Philip Reichel, University of Northern Colorado

Academy New Scholars Award
Jin R. Lee, George Mason University

Outstanding Book Award
Michaela Soyer, Hunter College
        The Price of Freedom: Criminalization and the Management of Outsiders in Germany and the United States, University of California Press (2023)

The Michael C. Braswell/Routledge Outstanding Dissertation Award
Daniela Oramas Mora, George Mason University
    "Case Processing and Sentencing Outcomes in Drug Offenses in Florida: Examining the Effect of Bail, Pretrial Detention, Race, Ethnicity, Immigration Status, and the Progressive Prosecution Movement”

Donal MacNamara Award
Simon Kolbeck, Ohio State University, Steven Lopez, Ohio State University, and Paul Bellair, Ohio State University
Does Stable Employment after Prison Reduce Recidivism Irrespective of Prior Employment and Offending? Justice Quarterly, 41(1), 38-61.

The William L. Simon/Routledge Outstanding Paper Award
Peter Lehmann, Sam Houston State University
    “Classroom Disruptiveness and Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in Office Discipline Referrals”

Ken Peak Innovations in Teaching Award
Katelyn Hancock, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Academy Leadership and Innovation Award
Cary Heck, Denver Adult Probation Department

ACJS Agency or Nonprofit Organization Leadership and Innovation Award
The Teen and Police Service Academy

Bracey/Joseph Minority and Women New Scholar Award
Lindsay Kahle Semprevivo, Radford University

ACJS Outstanding Mentors
Henry Pontell, John Jay College
Delores Jones-Brown, John Jay College and Fayetteville State University
Fawn Ngo, University of South Florida

2025 Grant Winners

Student Scholarship Mini-Grant Travel Award for People of Color & Women
Wei-Gin Lee, George Mason University
Emily Walker, University of South Florida

ACJS Student Scholarship Award
Doctoral student - Melissa Kilmer, American University