Forging ahead in forensic science

Colored photo of test tubes

Jensen leveraged her passion, previous achievements, high GPA, and participation in the Illinois State University Honors Program to score a seat at the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility.

Protecting pets in the face of disaster

Ashley Farmer and Sarah DeYoung with one of the Hurricane Harvey cats at an animal shelter.

While working on a project on hurricane evacuation and sheltering, as a graduate student at the University of Delaware’s Disaster Research Center, Ashley Farmer, currently a criminal justice science professor at Illinois State, discovered the gap in research on pet preparedness in the face of disasters.

Criminal justice faculty receive top honors

Illinois State bridge near Milner covered in snow

Three Illinois State University faculty members in the Department of Criminal Justice Sciences received top national honors for exemplary service and scholarship at the recent American Society of Criminology national conference.