The following students earned the Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice and Criminology:  

Najma Ahmed

Zuleyma Alatorre

Butool Ali

Zayda Alvarado

**Nicola Andrews

Fernanda Aragon

**Jostin Ascue-Trinidad

**Grace Begeman

**Anna Berg

**Ashley Berger

*Anna Bryant

Cindy Bucio Marin

Cody Cantrell

**Patrick Carabell

Kimberly Cazares

Kaseba Chibweth

*Asha Clark

Skyler Cordova

***Emily Coric

Angelica DePina

Musa Disli

**Divya Diwan

Ella Doyle

Lucas Dudek

Prada Fallin

Rodrigo Flores-Leon

Colman Gillis

**Caitlyn Gray

Katelyn Griggs

***Anna Hart

*Elena Hoeferle

Isabelle Horio

**Nicole Houde

Lina Househ

Tyler Huguez

Jaikylah Jackson

Shaelyn Johnson

Sunghun Jung

Isabelle Jurasz

**Elizabeth Karalexis

**Ramsha Khan

McKenna Kraft

Abigail Leister

Thomas Lewis

Margaret Lien

**Mark Magdaleno

Sydney Mallett

Chad Malloy

*Aleigha McNulty

Natalie Merza

Alice Meyer

Margaret Micetich

Yael Mishlati

*Ambur Momon

Mallorie Monckton

Daniela Montiel

*Solaris Naquin

Jazmin Navarro

**Edgar Nazario

Alyssa Negron

**Kinsey Newhams

*Trevor Norberg

*Kaila Ohsowski

Brooklyn Ongkiko

Branden Padilla

Sandra Pajda

Samantha Passman

*Divya Patel

Ishika Patel

***Anna Pecci

Madison Peck

Faith Peterson

**Nicole Pysz                         

Alejandra Quintana

Mawaddah  Raeedy

Ainsley Ramirez

Sean Raslavicz

Brianna Reed

Jamiah Reese

Andrew Reyes

**Teirsa Reyes

Kamdyn Rhodes

**Allison Riklin

Jasmine Rivera

Clarice Rocchi

**Nicholas Rodriquez

***Diana Rojas

***Arman Safari

*Kristina Salem

**Alicia Sanchez

Shae Sauer

Steven Sciwiarski

Olivia Sheen

David Silva

**Nova Sinskul

**Madison Slusser

Yesenia Soto

Elizabeth St. Mary

Yasmeen Taher

Kaleb Thomas

**Jeanne-Arnelle Tonye Mbog

**Emmanuela Vavilis

Analise Wackrow

Justin Werderitch

**Naomi White

Madeline Woltman

*Summa Cum Laude

**Magna Cum Laude

***Cum Laude

The following students earned the Master of Arts degree in Criminal Justice and Criminology:

Ryan Campbell

Maria DiMeglio

Christine Graf

Edith Kowalik

Mary Nowlan

Cristina Penate

Cameron Pozzi

Darien Romero

Andrew Sain 

Alexandros Skarlatos

Kimberly Slusarczyk

Sophia Sobeski

Gabrielle Thomas 

Allison Wiederin

Oksana Zharovsky

Dr. Paul Mundy was a professor at Loyola University for 38 years, was the chair of the Department of Sociology, and in 1975 founded Loyola's Department of Criminal Justice. The Dr. Paul Mundy award is presented each year for outstanding scholarship to the graduating Criminal Justice and Criminology student with the highest overall grade point average. This year’s recipient is:

Divya Patel

Dr. Charles W. Hart was a Loyola Graduate, a Faculty member in the Department of English, and an Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences where he showed great devotion to helping students both academically and personally. The Charles W. Hart Award is presented every year for academic excellence in the College of Arts and Sciences to all graduating Criminal Justice and Criminology students who have achieved a 3.7 overall grade point average. To be eligible for the Charles W. Hart Award, undergraduate students must have a minimum grade point average of 3.7 by January 1 of the academic year. This year's recipients include:

Nicola Andrews                

Jostin Ascue-Trinidad    

Grace Begeman  

Anna Berg          

Ashley Berger              

Anna Bryant    

Patrick Carabell              

Asha Clark        

Emily Coric       

Divya Diwan 

Caitlyn Gray

Elena Hoeferle

Nicole Houde 

Elizabeth Karalexis

Ramsha Khan                      

Mark Magdaleno       

Solaris Naquin                   

Edgar Nazario  

Kinsey Newhams            

Trevor Norberg          

Divya Patel

Nicole Pysz

Brianna Reed

Teirsa Reyes

Allison Riklin

Nicholas Rodriguez

Kristina Salem

Alicia Sanchez

Nova Sinskul

Madison Slusser

Jeanne-Arnelle Tonye Mbog

Emmanuela Vavilis

Naomi White

Dr. Gad Bensinger was a faculty member in Criminal Justice and Criminology for over 30 years, inspiring the lives and careers of his many students with his commitment to educating students and his dedication to social justice. Through a generous gift from his family, the Gad, and Ana Bensinger Award recognizes undergraduate students who share Gad's commitment to social justice in understanding criminology and criminal justice issues. Students are selected for the award based on their submitted essays addressing social justice issues. This year's winners include:

Anna Bryant

Title: “Being Dehumanized: Transgender Women in the IL Department of Corrections”

Lilliana Irvine

Title: “Black Maternal Mortality Rate on the Southside of Chicago”

Lydia Rogers

Title: “I am Batman, I am Vengeance”: An Examination of Heroic Morality”

Nicholas Knoblauch

Title: “Pimps' Views as a Function of Neutralization: Analyzing Factors Contributing to Condemnation”