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Chris Jones, '08, is a world-renowned hypnotist and comedian who had his big break hypnotizing Howie Mandel during a 2015 episode of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent.” Jones got his start performing card and magic tricks at UW-La Crosse. Magic man Posted 8 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022 Renowned hypnotist Chris Jones got his start at UW-La Crosse Read more about Magic man UWL Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice Associate Professor Dawn Norris has been named a Fulbright Scholar. She will travel overseas during the spring 2023 semester to study job impacts in the Czech Republic. A Czech experience Posted 10:15 a.m. Wednesday, June 8, 2022 UW-La Crosse associate professor becomes Fulbright scholar Read more about A Czech experience UWL students will join students at the state capitol for the 18th “Research in the Rotunda” from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 9. The event, pictured, was last held in 2020. Research in the Rotunda Posted 3:26 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, 2022 UWL students sharing their outstanding research Read more about Research in the Rotunda A course taught by UW-La Crosse Associate Professor Peter Marina and his father, longtime New Orleans Police Officer Pedro Marina, is designed to teach law enforcement to uphold each person's human rights. Reimagining law enforcement Posted 8 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022 UWL human rights policing course building compassion among officers Read more about Reimagining law enforcement Faith Fisher, a sociology major and psychology minor, is one of more than 1,500 soon-to-be graduates who will be honored at UW-La Crosse’s commencement Saturday, May 15. “I’ve grown a lot since my freshman year, when I was sometimes scared to put myself out there, ‘I’ve really come out of my shell’ Posted 2:53 p.m. Tuesday, May 4, 2021 UWL May graduate reflects on transformative college experience Read more about ‘I’ve really come out of my shell’
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Laurie Cooper Stoll

Laurie Cooper Stoll, Sociology & Criminal Justice, received the award for 2023 Jane Addams Outstanding Service Award from Midwest Sociological Society. Presented by the MSS Women in the Profession Committee, this award makes visible the often hidden and under-rewarded service work done for girls and women, or service done by women. It highlights positive role models who use service to advance the issues, causes, or status of underrepresented and vulnerable groups. Named after Jane Addams, the award recognizes, highlights, and awards a modern-day individual who embodies the passion, dedication, and activism of sociologist Jane Addams.

Submitted on: Feb. 28

Nicholas Bakken and Lisa Kruse

Nicholas Bakken and Lisa Kruse, both Sociology & Criminal Justice, presented "La Crosse County Fresh Start Program: A Reentry Program for Adults with Co-Occurring Disorders" at the Criminal Justice Management Council on Feb. 15 in La Crosse. Bakken and Kruse presented the findings and recommendations from a multi-year evaluation of the La Crosse County Fresh Start Program to the La Crosse County Criminal Justice Management Council. Fresh Start is a new reentry program in La Crosse County designed to provide tailored support for individuals who come into the county jail with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, a population that is high-risk and high-need with significant rates of incarceration and poor chances at successful reintegration into the community. The development of the reentry program and concurrent evaluation was funded by a U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance grant.

Submitted on: Feb. 17

Peter Marina

Peter Marina, Sociology & Criminal Justice, authored the article "School Resource Officers: ‘Momma Bear’ and the Human Rights Approach" in The Blue Magazine published on Jan. 31 by the Blue magazine | Vol. 13 - issue 6 . In his ongoing project developing a path for human rights policing in the U.S., Marina writes about reimagining the function of policing in public schools. In all of his teaching, research, talking, and writing about law enforcement, Marina's goal is to transform policing from a social control institution to a human rights organization. Can we reimagine a better future? Marina says yes.

Submitted on: Feb. 1

Peter Marina

Peter Marina, Sociology & Criminal Justice, presented "A Transgressive Model of Policing: Transforming the Legal Gang to a Human Rights Organization" at American Society of Criminology Conference on Nov. 19 in Atlanta. The presentation stems from Marina's newly published book "Human Rights Policing: Reimagining Law Enforcement in the 21st Century" (Routledge Press (2022). This book is part of his larger work on analyzing new modalities of transgression, struggle, resistance, and transformation.

Submitted on: Nov. 21, 2022

Peter Marina

Peter Marina, Sociology & Criminal Justice, authored the book "Human Rights Policing Reimagining Law Enforcement in the 21st Century" published on Monday, Oct. 10 by Routledge Press. Relying on intense ethnography and extensive experiences teaching human rights policing to police officers, this book teaches law enforcement professionals how to apply human rights to their careers. But this book does more. It reimagines the institution of law enforcement as we push toward the later stages of modernity. It provides the intellectual tools on how to think about policing in new and creative ways.

Submitted on: Oct. 10, 2022