Dr. Burillo-Hopkins comes to her new presidency after over three decades of higher education experience. Most recently, she served as vice chancellor for workforce instruction for the Houston Community College System, and president of the community college's Southwest campuses.
A new study led by Melinda Tasca, an associate professor in the department of criminal justice and security studies at the University of Texas at El Paso, reveals women were 40 percent more likely to receive a defiance infraction and accrue them at a greater rate than males. Defiance acts are the most minor of rule violations and are often verbal in nature, including disrespect, being disruptive, or disobeying an order.
Dr. Alisa White is currently president of Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. She previously served as vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at Tyler and Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Since 2012, Dr. Pehrsson has been serving as dean of the College of Education and Human Services at Central Michigan University. Earlier, she served on the faculty at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Oregon State University and Sam Houston State University in Texas.
Givens is an adjunct professor at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, and Texas Southern University in Houston. She is also a doctoral student in music at the University of Houston.
Created in 1969, the National Institute of Justice funds and supervises criminal justice research that focuses on crime reduction and the promotion of justice on the state and local level. President Obama has nominated Nancy Rodriguez to be the institute's next director.
Mary Rittling, Shannon Rinaldo, Cortney Franklin, Ji Kying Park, Barbara Johnson, Mary Hamilton, Bronwen Lichtenstein, and Susan Adams are the honorees.
