A Closer Look at Rikers: The Untold Story of Correctional Officers During COVID-19 As New York’s Rikers Island Jail prepares to close its doors in 2027, a new book sheds light on the often-overlooked experiences of t […]

Celebrating a Milestone: The Journey and Impact of Indoor Voices When Kathleen Collins, a Professor in the Library at John Jay College, launched Indoor Voices in 2017, she never imagined it would […]

Q&A: Provost Allison Pease Shares her Vision for Academic Excellence and ResearchAs Dr. Allison Pease embarks on her new role as Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at John Jay College of Criminal […]

Honoring the Legacy of Dr. Maureen Allwood                             John Jay College staff in the Office for the Advancement o […]

John Jay Institute Director Champions Education, Advocacy, and Policy Change for Black Empowerment   In celebration of Black History Month 2024, Andre Ward,  the Executive Director of the John Jay Institute for Justice and O […]

How Black Writers Sought Justice During the Jim Crow Era In American media history, the Saturday Evening Post, often celebrated for its nostalgic portrayal of American life, undergoes a […]

New Faculty Spotlight Interview: Prof. Alessandra Early                             Professor Alessandra Early is an assistant professor of […]

Q&A With Dr. Suvi Rautio, 2023 John Jay Research Visiting FellowIn our Q&A series, the Office for the Advancement of Research (OAR)  is excited to spotlight the 2023 Visiting Research Fellow, […]

Nightmarish conditions inside Ecuador’s prisons have exploded into international news. Overcrowding, a struggle for territory between drug cartels, and correctional officers’ loss of control inside carceral fac […]

John Jay College, along with CUNY schools across the city, are moving toward the resumption of on-campus life. Classes are attended in-person, events are being planned, and professors and students alike are […]

Wastewater is a topic that the average New Yorker doesn’t think about often, but perhaps we should. Sewage and run-off, over a billion gallons of which are treated every single day in New York City by 14 w […]

Dr. David Brotherton is in high demand. As founder and director of the Social Change and Transgressive Studies Project, a research project at John Jay, he leads grants that span multiple countries and touch […]

During the chaotic years of the Trump Administration, the United States experienced a rise in hate crimes. This increase has been confirmed by FBI data collection, media reporting, and independent scholarship. […]

The outbreak of COVID-19 has accelerated a number of existing trends in the United States; along with giving a big boost to remote work and the digital economy, and reinforcing existing socioeconomic inequality, […]

Have you ever been faced with a photo grid and asked to click on every traffic light to prove you weren’t a robot before your could access your email or bank? A recent proposal by Dr. Muath Obaidat, an Assistant […]

The Office for Academic Affairs through its Office for the Advancement of Research, in collaboration with Undergraduate Studies and a faculty leadership committee representing Africana Studies (Jessica […]

Police reform is everywhere in the news, and everyone has a different perspective on the issue, from activists to police practitioners to politicians. John Jay Associate Professor of Criminal Justice Dr. Eric Piza […]

Victoria Bond is a lecturer in John Jay College of Criminal Justice’s English Department, and the co-author with T. R. Simon of a series of young adult novels i […]

Dr. Yuliya Zabyelina is an Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department at John Jay College, whose research focuses on transnational organized crime. She is also the editor, along with Daan van Uhm, of […]