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About

Grad CATS is founded by a group of PhD students in the School of Criminal Justice and Criminology and is officially registered as an Academic organization by Student Involvement, Texas State University in 2022.

Mission: The mission of CJCGSA is to support the educational, professional, and personal development of students enrolled in the Masters and PhD programs within the School of Criminal Justice and Criminology (SCJC) at Texas State University.

Grad CATS will strive to achieve its mission by:

Providing opportunities for students to interact and network with other students to foster mutual support, intellectual exchange, and camaraderie.

Conducting social activities through which students can build relationships with other students as well as SCCJ faculty and staff.

Providing support to incoming students to facilitate their transition into the program.

Sharing knowledge and contacts about external agencies with which students could participate in research and training. 

Providing programming to share research and information from students, Texas State faculty, external faculty, and practitioners.

Officers

President 2022 – 2023

April Chai

Email: april_chai@txstate.edu

Vice President 2022 – 2023

Meagan Robbins

Email: mer24@txstate.edu

Treasurer 2022 – 2023

Vitor Goncalves

Email: vsg27@txstate.edu

Secretary I 2022 – 2023

Katlyn Fritz

Email: kmc243@txstate.edu

Secretary II 2022 – 2023

Madison Doyle

Email: mkd62@txstate.edu

Social Chair 2022 – 2023

John Lopez

Email: jfl46@txstate.edu

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Shayne Jones

Email: sej57@txstate.edu

Committee Members

Social Committee 2022 – 2023

Emily Spivey

Email: emilyspivey@txstate.edu

Writing Group Committee 2022 – 2023

Alison Jarzombek

Email: sxd6@txstate.edu

Writing Group Committee 2022 – 2023

Elisa Descartes

Email: edescartes@txstate.edu

Student-Faculty Representative 2022 – 2023

Jeffery Nelson

Email: jan62@txstate.edu

Members At Large (PhD) 2022 – 2023

Alyssa Shallenberger

Email: as1945@txstate.edu

Members At Large (MA) 2022 – 2023

Regan Frederick

Email: reganfrederick@txstate.edu

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