Justice Studies - Department of Chemistry - San Jose State University

Identification. Undergraduate Sal Murillo co-presented a poster presentation at the 2006American Academy of Forensic Sciences meeting, and co-presented a paper at the CaliforniaAssociation of Criminalists meeting which received a “most outstanding research presentation”award. Students Kristy Ballinger and Erica Villa co-presented a poster at the 2006 Symposiumon Human Identification.Undergraduate Jun Wan participated in the Salzburg Seminar in 2007, presenting papers on theglobal economy’s impact on the third world and on the rape of Nanking.4.5 Student Engagement Activitiesa. Student service to the university: Many JS students are involved in our 3 student groups,Alpha Phi Sigma, which is the national criminal justice honor society, the co-ed justicefraternity, Chi Pi Sigma, and the forensic science student group. As noted above, students inthese clubs participate in department events and activities that aim to recruit and retain students,they assist in supporting the department on other events, including our graduation ceremoniesand with the logistics of our larger public speaking events. Alpha Phi Sigma co-sponsored a talkby a University of Santa Clara School of Law faculty member, and has been active in planningevents with the Pre-Law student club on campus.JS students have also been actively involved in college and university governance issues. JSstudent Michelle Graves, for instance, was deeply involved in the peer mentoring programs oncampus, serving as a peer mentor in multiple MUSE courses, as a peer mentor service learningspecialist, and as a member of the First Year Readings Project Committee. She also served onthe campus judicial committee. Former undergraduate and graduate student Susie Rivera wasactively involved in CASA governance, working closely with former Dean Ego on severalinitiatives. More recently, JS students have been actively involved in the Inclusive Excellenceand Vision 2010 activities, and have served on the CASA student affairs committee.b. Student engagement with the community, professional field, and other groups: As notedabove, JS graduate students and undergraduates have presented at several academic conferences(see section 4.4). Also as noted above, JS undergraduates have regular and sustained interactionwith the community and the professional field through the JS internship program. A number ofgraduate students take the elective JS 270 “Criminal Justice Practicum,” which is similar to theundergraduate internship program, except that it requires graduate students to undertake a projectthat contributes to the organization, rather than simply exposing students to the agency’s work.For example, in AY 2006-2007, Kristin Janiak completed a practicum with the Santa ClaraCounty YWCA Rape Crisis Center, during which she conducted a survey on volunteersatisfaction and retention and analyzed the results for the YWCA.Two current part-time JS faculty, Maureen Lowell and Pamela Serrano, also have recruited JSgraduate students to help perform research for Santa Clara County community organizations –one in conjunction with a new “parenting without violence” program in the county, and the otherto do research on teen suicide for the Department of Social Services. Assistant Professor PatrickTimmons has been instrumental in developing the partnership with the new Santa Clara CountyJusticeCorps program. JusticeCorps is an AmeriCorps funded program that trains and places20