Nine tenure-track faculty members and one lecturer of the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions have received promotions to new academic ranks, effective this August, Dean Jonathan Koppell announced.

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Jeff McClelland was a dedicated and accomplished executive at the time of his death in 2006. A new scholarship his family has established in his name honors his great respect for higher education and demonstrates their commitment to the criminal justice profession.

Each year the Jeffrey D. McClelland Scholarship will support a graduate student working in the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions-based Center for Correctional Solutions at Arizona State University.

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Editor's note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable spring 2021 graduates.

Just two weeks before she moved into her freshman dorm at ASU, Carson Swisher surprised her mother with an announcement that would alter the course of her future: She was changing majors. She wanted to study criminal justice.

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Seven faculty members at the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions received promotions for the 2020-2021 academic year. The college now has two new full professors, two new associate professors and three new senior lecturers.

Professors Jill Messing and Dustin Pardini were promoted from associate professor. Associate Professors Christopher Hayter and Justin Stritch were promoted from assistant professor and were granted tenure. Senior lecturers Cora Bruno, Katherine Crowley and Chandra Crudup were promoted from lecturer

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First responders and essential workers who apply for graduate degree programs at Arizona State University’s Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions will have their application fees paid for by the college through June 30, Dean Jonathan Koppell announced.

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Crime analysts from across the state joined faculty and students at ASU’s School of Criminology and Criminal Justice (CCJ) Feb. 26 to learn about partnerships between academic researchers and analysis practitioners, among other topics, at the quarterly meeting of the Arizona Association of Crime Analysts.

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