Professor Earns Recognition from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

October 1, 2014

[caption id="attachment_3774" align="alignleft" width="200"] Chad Posick, Ph.D.[/caption] Chad Posick, Ph.D., College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology has earned the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences’ (ACJS) New Scholar Award in the victimology section. The New Scholar Award recognizes the achievements of a scholar who shows outstanding merit at the beginnings of his or her career. Outstanding merit may be based on a single book or work, including dissertation or a series of theoretical or research contributions to the area of victimology. Eligibility includes scholars who are active ACJS members and members of the victimology section and have held a Ph.D. for less than five years at the time of their nomination. Upon learning the news, Posick says he was excited and surprised. “I am very humbled,” he said. “This is a great organization doing some very important things. I am very happy to be a small part of it.” Posick is teaching in his second year at Georgia Southern. He teaches victimology, criminal behavior and statistics, and serves as a faculty advisor to the Justice Studies Club. He researches victimization, biosocial criminology and self-harming behavior. A native of Fairport, New York, Posick earned his doctorate in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Northeastern University, Boston, Mass. He earned his Master of Science degree in Public Policy and his Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice from Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, N.Y. He is a member of the University’s Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) committee, the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, the Scholars Strategy Network, the American Society of Criminology and the European Society of Criminology.