Policy conversations in Washington, D.C. included Rutgers Graduate School–Camden last week, as graduate students stepped into meetings with congressional staff to speak directly about the conditions shaping their education and research. Graduate Student Organization (GSo) President Alwin Phillip, a Computer Science student, and Secretary Zion Harris, a Computational and Integrative Biology student, joined Kristina Cagle,… continue reading
Before he became a gun violence researcher, Dan Semenza – faculty in the Criminal Justice graduate program – was chasing something entirely different: music, uncertainty, and a path that didn’t yet have a name. In “How I Became a Gun Violence Researcher (Even Though I Had No Idea What I Was Doing)”, a recent post… continue reading
Research examining the long-term health consequences of violence exposure continues to expand beyond immediate injury and trauma. In “What doesn’t kill us, hurts us longer: a cross-sectional analysis of gun violence exposure and chronic pain in the United States,” published in BMC Public Health, Daniel C. Semenza, who teaches in the Criminal Justice MA program,… continue reading
Graduate school does not slow down at the midpoint of the semester – if anything, it sharpens. In this Voices of Rutgers-Camden reflection, Alexa Nichols writes straight into that tension with insight and calm. Now the newest member of the Graduate School team, a Rutgers-Camden alum, and a Criminal Justice MA student, Alexa captures the… continue reading
When a family loses someone to homicide, the last thing they should face is a system that questions their right to relief. Yet Daniel Semenza, associate professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice at Rutgers University–Camden and Director of Interpersonal Violence Research at the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center, has found… continue reading
When WHYY reported on New Jersey’s new initiative to provide academic support to children of incarcerated parents, the outlet turned to Rutgers–Camden faculty for expertise. The September 4, 2025 article, “New Jersey to provide academic support to children of incarcerated parents” by P. Kenneth Burns, highlighted the perspective of Laura Napolitano, Ph.D., Chair and Associate… continue reading
