In anticipation of the launch of Volume 25, Issue 1 of CUNY Law Review, we are excited to invite you to our 25th Anniversary Event! This event will be a very special occasion as we reflect on prior years since the Law Review’s founding to today. We have a rich agenda planned and many names and articles to lift up.
Current Issue Spotlight: Restorative Justice in Cases of Sexual Harm
We are also thrilled to spotlight our article, Restorative Justice in Cases of Sexual Harm, featured in Volume 25.1 and to invite you to a cutting-edge discussion in the social justice arena with authors Alexa Sardina and Alissa R. Ackerman. This discussion and Q&A will be co-moderated by Dean Yvette Wilson-Barnes and CUNY Law Review Executive Articles Editor, Brittney Frey.
Friday, March 4, 2022
6-7 pm ET
CUNY Law Review‘s 25th Anniversary Event will be live streamed. Please RSVP here.
Followed by an Intimate Conversation with the Authors
Current CUNY students and staff are invited to stay after the event for an intimate gathering with the authors. The purpose of this session is to provide a smaller, emotionally safe space for sharing and connection among CUNY community members. This space will not be recorded.
Separate RSVP to brittney.frey@live.law.cuny.edu required.
The first issue of Volume 25, featuring Alexa and Alissa’s article, will be available on February 22nd. Stay tuned!
Dr. Alissa R. Ackerman is an Associate Professor in the Division of Politics, Administration and Justice at California State University, Fullerton.She has dedicated her career to studying sex crimes policy and practice, the etiology of sexual offending, the effects of sexual victimization, and restorative justice options for those impacted by sexual harm. She is a “survivor scholar”, in that she integrates her personal experience with sexual violence with her professional expertise as a sex crimes researcher. She has worked with over 500 men and women who have perpetrated acts of sexual harm using vicarious restorative justice. Alissa has written extensively on topics related to sexual violence in blogs and magazine articles and has published over 35 peer-reviewed journal articles. She has authored or edited six books and recently served as co-editor on a special edition of the Journal of Sexual Abuse. Her most recent book, Healing from Sexual Violence: The Case for Vicarious Restorative Justice was published in 2019. Alissa has been an invited speaker in venues across North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. She has given over fifty national and international talks on her sex crimes work including a TEDx Talk in 2018. With Alexa, she hosts the popular podcast, Beyond Fear: The Sex Crimes Podcast.
Dr. Alexa D. Sardina, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at California State University, Sacramento in the Division of Criminal Justice. Her scholarship focuses on female-perpetrated sexual violence, and how restorative processes can be used to address acts of sexual harm. Dr. Sardina has written and presented on research that combines her experience as an expert on sexual violence and rape survivor to encourage the perspective of “survivor scholars”. This brings an important perspective to sex crimes policy, treatment and healing, and aid in communal sexual violence prevention efforts. Dr. Sardina is also a co-founder of Ampersands Restorative Justice, a non-profit organization dedicated to using restorative processes to address sexual harm. She also co-hosts the popular podcast, Beyond Fear: The Sex Crimes Podcast.
