Jessica won Suffolk's 2023 Innovative Teaching Award for developing experiential learning activities to help her students understand the historical forces of institutionalized racism at the core of the criminal legal system. She provides a two-part experiential learning activity for her students that involves an in-class plea bargaining simulation followed by a trip to observe courtroom proceedings at Boston Municipal Court.
Photo credit: Michael Clark, Suffolk University
Courses Taught
Intro to Criminal Justice
Theories of Crime
Police and Society
Urban Sociology
Special Topics in Criminal Justice: Alternative Response Models