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2025 Committees

DCS Nominations: TaLisa Carter carter@american.edu

Awards: Daniel Butler hdbutler@iastate.edu

Newsletter: Deborah Koetzle (Chair) dkoetzle@jjay.cuny.edu

Program: TaLisa Carter carter@american.edu

Outreach: Meghan Novisky (Chair) M.novisky@csuohio.edu

Special Events: Cassandra Atkin-Plunk (Chair) catkinplunk@fau.edu

Historian: Victoria Rivera Laugalis (Chair) vrlaugal@loyno.edu

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The Division for Corrections and Sentencing brings together scholars, practitioners, students, and policy-makers to facilitate and encourage research pertaining to sentencing, rehabilitation, punishment, community and institutional corrections, diversionary programs and alternatives.

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  • Do you have any news for the DCS newsletter?
  • Are you embarking on a new project?
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How to become a member

The Division for Corrections and Sentencing brings together scholars, practitioners, students, and policy-makers to facilitate and encourage research pertaining to sentencing, rehabilitation, punishment, community and institutional corrections, diversionary programs and alternatives.

To join DCS, start by registering as a member as the American Society of Criminology, and then select a Division on Corrections and Sentencing membership.
If you are already a member of the American Society of Criminology and wish to join DCS, you may do so by simply selecting the divisions you wish to join on the ASC registration forms. You do not need to reregister your membership with ASC to join DCS.

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Recent Posts

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  • Congratulations to the 2025 DCS Award Winners

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21 May

Your first offer shouldn’t feel impossible to decode.🎸

Join DCS AltAc on 6/3 for “Backstage Pass: What’s Really in Your Offer Letter,” a webinar on salary, benefits, negotiations, unions, recruiters vs HR, and more in applied research careers.

Register: https://bit.ly/42Cpc5y

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8 May

📣 From Visa to Career: Navigating the Job Market as an International Scholar

6/12/26, 10-11:30am CT, Zoom

This workshop will discuss visas, cross-national research, and academic job market strategies.

Meeting ID: 813 6572 5972 | Passcode: 714612

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13 Apr

📣The DCS Newsletter Committee invites submissions for the Spring newsletter! Submit a focused teaching note, student section contribution, or research note (500-1000 words, APA with endnotes). Updated deadline: 4/30/26. Send submissions or questions to @DebiKoetzle.

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📣The DCS Newsletter Committee invites submissions for the Spring newsletter! Submit a focused teaching note, student section contribution, or research note (500-1000 words, APA with endnotes). Deadline: 4/15/26. Send submissions or questions to @DebiKoetzle.
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27 Mar

2026 Call for Proposals Now Open: Western Region Reentry Summit (October 14-16, 2026 | Reno, Nevada)

Seeking sessions on reentry, housing, employment, policy reform, mental health & more.

🗓 Deadline: April 1

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