The Criminal Justice Department will present "The Women in Criminal Justice," a virtual speaker panel at 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 4, sponsored by the David F. Cutler ‘74 Public Justice Excellence Fund.
Free and open to all SUNY Oswego students and faculty and the community, the discussion is scheduled to include:
- Detective Heather Rose from the Blacksburg Police Department in Virginia, where she is a crime scene analyst and detective
- Deputy Chief Stephanie Cox from Evansville Police Department in Indiana, who serves as the chief of that agency's Investigations Bureau
- Officer Chelsea Giovo from Oswego Police Department, where she is the public information and communications officer
- Chief Danielle D'Abate from the Erie County District Attorney's Office in Buffalo; she is the chief of the Community Prosecution Bureau
"These are four women who work in a predominantly male-dominated field in different parts of the criminal justice system, across different organizational environments, and are in vastly different stages of their careers," said event organizer Marthinus C. Koen of the college's criminal justice faculty.
"As such, I think they would offer great insights to our students who aspire to have careers in criminal justice, regardless of their gender," Koen added. "I hope that the panel highlights the differences that exist across these different contexts and leaves those students who attend with more nuanced expectations of what they might face as future criminal justice practitioners. More importantly, this panel should serve to garner an appreciation for the unique challenges and opportunities that the participants have encountered across their careers."
The campus and community are invited to join the Zoom conversation on Feb. 4.
"As such, I think they would offer great insights to our students who aspire to have careers in criminal justice, regardless of their gender," Koen added. "I hope that the panel highlights the differences that exist across these different contexts and leaves those students who attend with more nuanced expectations of what they might face as future criminal justice practitioners. More importantly, this panel should serve to garner an appreciation for the unique challenges and opportunities that the participants have encountered across their careers."
The campus and community are invited to join the Zoom conversation on Feb. 4.