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With over 100 students attending Center for Forensic Studies graduate programs, we have the best and brightest training to be the leading Forensic Psychologists in the nation and internationally. We will try to list their achievements and activities here, but there is too much happening to put it all on this page.
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Achievements
June 27, 2008- Incoming Fresno student Staff Sergeant William D. Kammerer is named 2008 Airman of the Year by the California National Guard. Staff Sergeant Kammerer is a satellite, wideband and telemetry systems journeyman. He volunteered for duty in Iraq and was selected three times for airborne missions--and was awarded the Air Force Achievement Medal.
June 6, 2008- Newsweek.com is working with CFS Director Eric Hickey, Ph.D. and CFS students Candace Caro, Jon Kingi, Alvin Lae, Ph.D., Seaira Reedy, M.S., Ryan Solomon, and Rozanna Tross, M.A. on a story about the history of American serial killers. Look for it on Newsweek.com soon.
May 27, 2008- The International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services announces its concurrent sessions schedule for their 8th Annual Conference in Vienna, Austria this July. The IAFMHS has accepted six papers from CFS students--look for them in the schedule! The students are: Shiloh Cantanese, M.A., Samantha James, M.A., Rose Jung, M.A., Anna Belisa Kafka, M.A., Natalie Lindemann, M.A., Avetis Topchyan, M.A., Hilary Tryttan, M.A., and Sammie Williams, Psy.D. CFS faculty members Drs. Robert A. Leark, Sherry Skidmore and Bill Holcomb are co-presenters.
May 5, 2008-- Fresno CFS Students Stephanie Starnes and Bethany Raines have been selected by the Center for Public Policy of the Czech Ministry of the Interior to attend the Summer School on Crime, Law, and Psychology 2008 in Prague, Czech Republic this July.
The Forensic Mental Health Association of California provided two of three conference scholarships to L.A. CFS students Tiffany Stuer and Karin Thebus.
Forensic Psychology Psy.D. student Michelle Wright had an article published in Neuromodulation: Journal of the International Neuromodulation Society. Drs. Philip Corrado and Burton Alperson are co-authors. The article is in Volume 11, No. 2, April 2008.
Avetis Topchyan, a Forensic Psychology Psy.D. student at the L.A. campus presented research at APA's Division 41: American Psychology-Law Society conference in March 2008. Drs. Leark and Skidmore are co-presenters.
Dr. Sarah Van Vulkenburgh is one of the nation's premier experts on critical incedent stress. A 2007 graduate of CFS' Fresno program, Dr. Van Vulkenburgh wrote the most comprehensive analysis of what happens to police officers after a shooting.
Notables
Read the latest CFS Student newsletters: May 2008, April 2008, March 2008
Take a look at The Envoy, Alliant's student-run publication.
Jared Linebach, a student at our Fresno Forensic Psychology program, is in the news.
Events
July 3, 2008--Join us! The Institute of Violence Abuse and Trauma is hosting its 13th annual international conference September 12-17th in San Diego at the Town and Country Resort and Convention Center.
Students at the Los Angeles campus will hold a symposium (May 6 at 5:30) at which students will present research that has been accepted for presentation at professional conferences. This serves as an opportunity for students to practice their presentations. RSVP here.
Careers in Forensic Psychology
When you graduate, employers are waiting. Look through these sites to find a job that's right for you!
American College of Forensic Examiners: Careers
APA's PsychCareers
Association of Psychological Science: Careers
California Bureau of Investigation
California Department of Corrections and Rehabiliation
California Psychological Association (career center under constuction)
Central Intelligence Agency
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Did you know? Alliant International University Career Services
Community
At Alliant, we celebrate diversity. Under the leadership of Alliant President Geoff Cox, I-MERIT, the Latino Achievement Initative, and Rockway Institute have been formed to institutionalize our commitment to diversity, thus providing students with a wholistic experience with regard to multiculturalism, internationalism, and diversity.
I-MERIT: International and Multicultural Education, Research, Intervention and Training (I-MERIT) serves as home for the University's diversity initiatives, which are aimed at institutionalizing multicultural and international values and perspectives in all of Alliant's education and training programs, and in its organizational culture.
The Latino Achievement Initiative mission is to create a University culture characterized by a Latino/a friendly environment which integrates culturally sensitive and competent approaches to education and training.
The Rockway Institute brings together scientific research and professional expertise to counter antigay prejudice and inform public policies affectiong lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
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