DCS needs your help at ASC 2026! Volunteer to staff our outreach table or donate a recently published book for our raffles!
✍️ Sign up for tabling: docs.google.com/spreadsheets…
📚 Book donations? Email [email protected]
🗳️ DCS Executive Board Elections: Voting Is Open!
Check your inbox/spam for an email titled "DCS Board Elections" (ballot from Iowa State University).
Deadline: 10/20, 5pm CST
Active DCS members are eligible. Make sure your voice is heard in shaping the future of the DCS!
📢 Upcoming webinar:
Crossing Borders on the Job Market: Preparing, Applying, and Positioning Work
10/9/26, 10-11:30am Central
Practical guidance on navigating the academic job market as an international or internationally focused scholar.
Questions? Contact @MarijanaKotlaja
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🔎🎓 Going on the academic job market?
Join us on Friday, 9/25, 4-5pm ET via Zoom! Hear from Drs. Andrea Giuffre, @BryantJG, and Colleen Berryessa as they share insights and advice. We hope to see you there!
Register: bit.ly/jobmarket_panel_dcs
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📝 Corrections: Policy, Practice, and Research is seeking applications for its next Associate Editor. This is a great opportunity to support rigorous scholarship on sentencing, confinement, community corrections, treatment, and reentry. See the full call for more details.
🔎🎓 Going on the academic job market?
Join us on Friday, 9/25, 4-5pm ET via Zoom! Hear from Drs. Andrea Giuffre, @BryantJG, and Colleen Berryessa as they share insights and advice. We hope to see you there!
Register: bit.ly/jobmarket_panel_dcs
📣 Nominations for the DCS Executive Board are due August 31. 🌟
We're seeking candidates for Vice Chair, Secretary/Treasurer, and Executive Counselor. Nominate yourself or a colleague by sending a brief bio and statement of interest to Daniel Butler ([email protected]).
📢 Calling all student corrections scholars!
The ACJS Corrections Section is accepting submissions for the 2027 American Correctional Association Student Research Award.
🏆 Awards up to $500 $ additional opportunities
📅 Deadline: Dec. 18, 2026
See flyer for details!
Join @ascdicX for a conversation on culture, belonging, and navigating academic life as an international scholar.
Fresh Semester, Foreign Ground: Culture, Belonging, and the International Scholar Experience
8/28 | 10–11:30 AM CT | Questions? @chzhangsoc
sc-edu.zoom.us/j/89646913296…
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Looking for a mentor or ready to be one? The DCS Mentorship for Success Program is back for 2026-2027!
🎓 Academia & alt-ac tracks
⏰ 1 hour virtual meeting per month
📅 Apply by Aug. 31
❓Questions? Ask chair @KatieD_PhD
utah.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/…
Looking for a mentor or ready to be one? The DCS Mentorship for Success Program is back for 2026-2027!
🎓 Academia & alt-ac tracks
⏰ 1 hour virtual meeting per month
📅 Apply by Aug. 31
❓Questions? Ask chair @KatieD_PhD
utah.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/…
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🏆 Award Season is Back! Know a fellow DCS'er who deserves recognition? Help us celebrate their achievements by nominating them for one of our nine awards. See the attached files for eligibility criteria and application instructions. (1/3)
What’s actually negotiable in a job offer? Salary? PTO? Start date? Benefits?
Join DCS AltAc on Sept. 15 for Backstage Pass: What’s Really in Your Offer Letter and learn how to navigate your next offer like a pro!
Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
Let’s Rock #AltAc Together
📣The DCS Newsletter Committee invites submissions for the Fall newsletter! Submit a corrections/sentencing teaching note, student section contribution, or research note (500-1000 words, APA).
Deadline: 9/15/26. Send submissions or questions to DCS Vice-Chair @DebiKoetzle.
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Your first offer shouldn’t feel impossible to decode.🎸
Join DCS AltAc on 6/3 for “Backstage Pass: What’s Really in Your Offer Letter,” a webinar on salary, benefits, negotiations, unions, recruiters vs HR, and more in applied research careers.
Register: bit.ly/42Cpc5y
Your first offer shouldn’t feel impossible to decode.🎸
Join DCS AltAc on 6/3 for “Backstage Pass: What’s Really in Your Offer Letter,” a webinar on salary, benefits, negotiations, unions, recruiters vs HR, and more in applied research careers.
Register: bit.ly/42Cpc5y

















