Undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to participate in the poster competition at the Annual Conference. Awards will be given in each division. Entries are limited to students who are first author on the poster (though faculty may co-author). Students interested in entering the Student Poster Competition must indicate so by completing this submission form.
Procedures and Guidelines:
-Students may compete in both the paper and poster competition.
-Awards given for an undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral division.
-Students may co-author the research with a faculty member, but students are required to be first author.
-Entries for this competition are limited to a single submission per participant.
Awards will be announced and distributed during the MCJA business meeting at the annual conference and students participating in the competition must be present at that meeting to receive an award. The best poster from each division (doctoral, master’s, and undergraduate) will receive $75.00.
To learn more about the Student Poster Competition, please contact Lisa Bostaph Growette.
2025 Awardees
Doctoral
Exploring Discrepancies in Juvenile Justice Legislation Across the United States
Sadie Brewer
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Master’s
Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Cold Case Triage Data
Alyssa Cullen,
Lisa Growette-Bostaph, & William King
Boise State University
Undergraduate
The Effect of True Crime Media on Perceptions of the Criminal Justice System
Anna Guzek & Omeed Ilchi
Purdue University Northwest
Prior Poster Award Recipients
| Year | Graduate | Undergraduate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Applying Social Learning Theory to Understand Racial Extremist Ideologies: A Comparison of U.S. Youth and Adults Sara Lucak, Jennifer Peck, and Kristina Childs University of Central Florida | From Street to Suit: The Effects of Adolescent Gang Involvement on Adult Employment Throughout Life Course Theory Sonyah Ngwafang, University of Maryland Maizie Hill, Curry College Isabelle Gochtovtt, American University Maria Holmes, Gonzaga University Lawrence Pear, Lafayette University Beth Bjerregaard, University of North Carolina, Charlotte |
| 2023 | OPD-UNO Collaboration for the Prevention and Intervention of Human Trafficking Against Children in Omaha Micheala Goldsmith, Teresa Kulig, and Tara Richards University of Nebraska Omaha | Examining the Effectiveness of Program Policies: A Policy Analysis of ODRC Morgan Perkins, Emma Lau, and Zachary Lewis Bowling Green State University |
| 2022 | Examining Fatal and Non-Fatal Gun Violence in Kansas City Alejandro Cervantes and Kenneth Novak University of Missouri – Kansas City | Pressure Pushing Down on Me: Finding and Internship Placement Kayla Hauser, Hannah Snoke, Kevin Spade, Kaitlin McClintik, Catherine Pape, Melissa Burek Bowling Green State University Required Internships for Criminal Justice Degree Attainment: Now I’m Stressed Out Karlee Augustus, Madeline Loso, Jonathan Ralston, Joshua Lawless, Catherine Paper, Melissa Burek Bowling Green |
| 2021 | Are We Protecting Our Transgender Inmates? A Policy Analysis of States with the Least and Most Protections for Transgender Inmates, 2017 – 2021 Rachel Rearden Southern Illinois University Carbondale | Bench vs. Jury Trials: Sentencing and Conviction Outcomes for Criminally Charged Police Officers (2006-2016) Bethany Sager, Chloe Wentzlof, and Philip Stinson Bowling Green State University |
| 2020 | Police Perceptions of Responsibility to Engage in Pre- and Post-Overdose Interventions Laurie Becker Roger Williams University | |
| 2019 | Discussing the Relationship Between Crime and Craft Beer in Chicago, IL Tylar William Kist University of Toledo | Does Location Matter? Domestic Violence from a Geographical Perspective Shalane Scott and Julie Hibdon Southern Illinois University |
