Some of our students engage in undergraduate research and are mentored by CJS faculty. They enroll in CJS 4999, SOC 4999/4998, PSY 4999/4998, and HSS 4999/4998 (your faculty mentor will help you with registration). Students can also enroll in an internship with CJS 4985. Students can use these credits as elective credits for their CJS minor. Below are some examples of students who engaged in CJS-related research and internships.

In the summer of 2025, Chloe Capone ’26 interned at the Boston Regional Intelligence Center (BRIC), the  Boston Police Department’s fusion center. A fusion center is where local, state, and federal agencies come together to share information and work on crime and public safety. As a crime analysis intern and research assistant, Chloe got hands-on experience working alongside police officers, crime analysts, and federal partners. She helped track patterns in real-time crime data and supported efforts to prevent terrorism and reduce violence in Boston. The internship gave her a behind-the-scenes look at how law enforcement uses data and teamwork to keep communities safe. Chloe also got to see other sides of policing by shadowing community service officers, mental health responders, and members of the Special Investigations Unit.

Grace Caluri ‘24 took part in undergraduate research with Dr. Allison in the psychology  department. Grace worked on two studies pertaining to alibi believability and judicial instructions. In the first study, she analyzed the believability of alibis when alibi evidence and prosecution evidence were either present or absent. In the second study, she looked to confirm her findings from the prior study, while also examining how confession evidence and a simplified version of the judges instructions would also affect alibi believability. During her time at Elon, she presented her work at Elon’s Spring Undergraduate Research Forum (SURF) three times and presented at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR). Her work was presented at the American Psychology-Law Society annual national conference twice by Dr. Allison. She has one publication (Allison et al., 2024) for her first study and a manuscript under review for her second study. Grace is now pursuing a MA in Forensic Mental Health Counseling at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Learn more about the undergraduate research program.

Learn more about internships in CJS.