{"id":1792,"date":"2026-02-17T16:01:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/justice-law-administration\/?page_id=1792"},"modified":"2026-04-29T16:55:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:55:38","slug":"showcase","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/justice-law-administration\/showcase\/","title":{"rendered":"JLA Showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\"\"Human Rights: A Student Perspective<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

As part of the Justice and Law Administration curriculum, students participate in the\u00a0Human Rights Presentation Project<\/strong>, an academic experience designed to deepen their understanding of global human rights issues while strengthening essential research and communication skills. The purpose<\/strong> of this project is to encourage students to explore diverse human rights challenges\u2014past and present\u2014and to analyze how these issues intersect with law, public policy, society, and ethical responsibility.<\/p>

Students choose a human rights topic (with faculty approval) and create a 7\u201310 minute digital presentation using various media. Projects incorporate text, images, video, audio, interviews, or other multimedia elements. Presentations are shared on Blackboard and reviewed through structured peer evaluations.<\/p>

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Global human rights issues encompass a range of grave challenges, including genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and crimes of aggression. This category includes presentations that examine a serious human rights violation.<\/span><\/p>

Fashion’s Hidden Victims by Nicoletta Smith (.pptx)<\/a><\/p>

The African Child Labor Crisis_Ryle Litwin (.pptx)<\/a>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Global human rights trafficking refers to the recruitment, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons for the purposes of exploitation. Millions of people continue to be trafficked worldwide today. This category includes presentations that focus on an area of human trafficking to include: sex, labor, organ harvesting, child soldiers, and domestic servitude. <\/span><\/p>

Global Organ Trafficking and the Murder of Victims in China Prisons by Faith Reilly (.pptx)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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The U.S. Constitution, particularly the Bill of Rights, and subsequent amendments, guarantees a range of human rights that protect individual freedoms and promote equality. Political and social rights are fundamental entitlements that every individual is born with, regardless of their nationality, ethnicity, gender or social status. This category of presentations focuses on these protections and violations.<\/span><\/p>

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Amnesty International is a nongovernmental organization comprised of a network of more than 10 million people that work to prevent and end human rights abuses worldwide. This category of presentations includes the rights of prisoners, refugees, migrants, asylum seekers and people from marginalized communities. In addition, topics concerning the rights found under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights are discussed.<\/span><\/p>

My Personal Journey from Iraq to the United States by Qais Alrubaya (.pptx)<\/a><\/p>

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JLA Scholarly Activities<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

This section highlights the scholarly activities of JLA students and faculty as they engage with the broader academic community. It features participation in national and international conferences, research presentations, panel and roundtable discussions, invited talks, and other academic events.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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On April 18, 2026, JLA faculty (Dr. Hasan T. Arslan and Dr. Divya Sharma) and JLA senior, Alisson Espana, participated in the Sigma Xi Interdisciplinary Research Conference at WCSU, highlighting collaborative scholarship and student-led research across disciplines.<\/p>

The Sigma Xi Conference committee awarded Dr. Arslan’s research poster, “Bridging Criminal Justice and Computer Science: The SHOT AI Database on Officer-involved Shootings,” first place in the Professional category.<\/p>

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The Provost<\/strong>‘s\u00a0<\/strong>Distinguished <\/strong>Lecture\u00a0<\/strong>Series<\/strong>\u00a0is a university\u2011wide lecture series that brings leading scholars and creative voices to WCSU to share innovative research, scholarship, and ideas across disciplines, fostering dialogue and intellectual engagement within the campus and broader community.<\/div>
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JLA at Western Research Day<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Western Research Day (WRD<\/a>)<\/strong>\u00a0is WCSU\u2019s annual, campus\u2011wide event where undergraduate and graduate students present faculty\u2011mentored research, scholarship, and creative work in a professional conference\u2011style setting.\u00a0<\/div>

Key features of Western Research Day include:<\/p>