Congratulations CCJS 2026 Honors Graduates!
The Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice congratulates our 2026 Honors Program Students. We celebrate your hard work and successful completion of your honors thesis research. We know that graduation marks just the beginning of your journey and we look forward to watching you continue to grow in your professional careers as budding scholars. On behalf of the faculty, staff, and students in the CCJS Department, we congratulate you on this major accomplishment and wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors!
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Joanee Dias
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Shulamit Frenkel Thesis: How States Criminalize Swatting: An Exploratory Analysis of Swatting in the 50 States
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Ephraim Ho Thesis: Memory Over Time: Examining The Effect of Retention Interval on Recall Accuracy |
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Julieta Magud Thesis: Federal and State Inmates’ Participation in Leisure and Recreation
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Shanze Nadeem Thesis: School Resource Officers and Juvenile Arrest Rate
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The CCJS Honors Program provides a unique opportunity for students to challenge themselves academically and engage in intensive study in a small group setting. The research intensive program helps to catalyze careers and inspire research literacy that can be translated to applied and academic settings. Our students are admitted to top graduate programs, law schools, and secure competitive career positions.
Help support the next generation of research scholars by donating to the
Criminology and Criminal Justice Honors Program Fund: https://giving.umd.edu/giving/fund.php?name=criminology-criminal-justice-honors-program-fund
These funds are used to support participant recruitment, data access, analytic software, and conference participation.
To learn more about the CCJS Honors Program, access the Undergraduate Independent Research Archive, and find other ways to support the program please visit:
https://ccjs.umd.edu/landingtopic/undergraduate-honors-program




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