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STUDENT POSTER COMPETITION

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 (highlights below):
  • Students may compete in both the paper and poster competition.
  • Awards given for both an undergraduate and graduate 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.
  • Each student will have 3 minutes to present followed by 2 minutes of Q&A with judges, to be completed at a judging session on Thursday of the conference..
  • Judged posters must also be present at the poster session on Friday.

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 of three divisions (undergraduate, Master's, PhD) will receive $75.00. Evaluations will be based on the rubric found here. 
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To learn more about the Undergraduate and Graduate Poster Competition, please contact Lisa Bostaph or the MCJA Board. . 

2024 Student Poster Award Winners

 

Graduate


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Applying Social Learning Theory to Understand Racial Extremist Ideologies: A Comparison of U.S. Youth and Adults
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Sara Lucak with Jennifer Peck and Kristina Childs, University of Central Florida

Undergraduate


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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​

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            PRIOR POSTER AWARD WINNERS

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2019

Graduate


OPD-UNO Collaboration for the Prevention and Intervention of Human Trafficking Against Children in Omaha
Micheala Goldsmith, Teresa Kulig, Tara Richards
University of Nebraska at Omaha

Examining Fatal and Non-Fatal Gun Violence in Kansas City
Alejandro Cervantes and Kenneth Novak
University of Missouri - Kansas City





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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

Police Perceptions of Responsibility to Engage in
​Pre- and Post-Overdose Interventions

Laurie Becker
Roger Williams University

Discussing the Relationship Between Crime and Craft Beer in Chicago, IL​
Tylar William Kist
University of Toledo

Undergraduate 


Examining the Effectiveness of Program Policies: A Policy Analysis of ODRC
Morgan Perkins, Emma Lau, Zachary Lewis
Bowling Green State University
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Pressure Pushing Down on Me: Finding and Internship Placement
Kayla Hauser, Hannah Snoke, Kevin Spade, Kaitlin McClintik, Catherine Paper, 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 State University

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 ​




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Does Location Matter? Domestic Violence from a Geographical Perspective
Shalane Scott and Julie Hibdon ​
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
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