Meet Outstanding Master杏吧专区檚 Mentor Dr. David Khey
Dr. David Khey is an associate professor and department head for the Department of Criminal Justice. He is also the associate director for the . Dr. Khey's work focuses on drug policy, effective policing strategies, campus crime and safety, drug testing technology, medicolegal research and jury decision making.
The Graduate School has selected Khey as a recipient of the 2022 Outstanding Master杏吧专区檚 Mentor Award.
杏吧专区淒r. Khey is extremely active in the world of sponsored research in his field, and he regards the graduate students as much as collaborators as students,杏吧专区 says Dr. Jordan Kellman, professor and dean of the College of Liberal Arts. 杏吧专区淗e is someone who has tremendous positive energy for students, and really cares about them as students, researchers, young professionals, and people.杏吧专区
Kellman describes Khey as a 杏吧专区渢ireless advocate for master杏吧专区檚 students.杏吧专区 Khey杏吧专区檚 efforts include securing a lounge area to facilitate community building among grad students, and creating a peer mentoring program that pairs second-year and first-year master杏吧专区檚 students together.
Khey also frequently goes out of his way to connect directly with students and offer support.
杏吧专区淒r. Khey checks in on how we are doing, and will specify that he is asking about us, not about how our work is coming along,杏吧专区 explains Victoria Mello, a master杏吧专区檚 candidate in criminal justice.
杏吧专区淓very time that I started to doubt myself, we would call a meeting, and by the end of those meetings I always felt better about the work I was doing and had a better idea of what I should work on to progress through the research,杏吧专区 she adds.
Mello has since been accepted to present her thesis research at a large criminal justice conference; Khey assisted in securing funding for her and others in the department to attend.
杏吧专区淚f someone is in need and has a passion, I challenge them to work with me to figure out a path forward,杏吧专区 Khey says.
杏吧专区淭here may be a misstep or two along the way 杏吧专区 but, more likely than not, we find ways to thrive together. In the end, we teach resiliency to make the next generation better than my own.杏吧专区
