Fellowships, Honors, Awards, Professional Affiliations & Activities
Fellowships, Honors & Awards
2020, University Faculty Excellence in Scholarship Award, Tarleton State University
2020, College Faculty Excellence in Scholarship Award, College of Liberal and Fine Arts, Tarleton State University
2019-2020, Fulbright Scholar, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
2019, Excellence Award, One Safe Place
2015, Recipient of College of Liberal Arts Excellence in Teaching, Associate Professor Category, Colorado State University
2013, Nominated for Colorado State University Best Honors Advisor
2012, Nominated for Colorado State University Alumni Association Best Teacher Award
2010, Recipient of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) and SAGE Junior Faculty Professional Development Teaching Award
2009, Nominated for the Colorado State University Alumni Association Best Teacher Award
2008, Nominated for Colorado State University Alumni Association Best Teacher Award
2004-2005, The Chancellor’s List for Graduate Students, Florida State University
2003, Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society, Florida State University
2002-2005, Recipient of the Richard L. Rachin Fellowship for the Journal of Drug Issues, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University ($13,500 annual)
2002, Nominated for Florida State University Teaching Award
2002, Phi Sigma Theta, National Honor Society, Florida State University
2001-2002, Recipient of the Joseph Harris Memorial Teaching Scholarship, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University
1999-2002, Recipient of a Graduate Assistantship with the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University ($8,500 annual)
1995, Pi Gammu Mu International Honor Society for Social Sciences, University of Redlands
1994, Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society, University of Redlands
Memberships in Professional Societies
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, 1999-present
American Society of Criminology, 1999-present
American Sociological Association, 2014
European Society of Criminology, 2016-present
International Green Criminology Working Group, 2011-present
Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), 2008-2010
Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice, 2017-present
Western Society of Criminology (WSC), 2010-2012
White Collar Crime Research Consortium, 2005-2016
Service for Professional Societies and Organizations
External Program Reviewer, Department of Law, Police Science, and Criminal Justice Administration, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, October 2023
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Chair of the Environmental and Green Crime topic area for the 2023 Program Committee, 2022-2023
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Outstanding Book Award Subcommittee, 2022-2023
Appointed to National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice Peer Reviewer Panel, 2021-present
