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Professor Collica-Cox Honored with Proclamation and Award for Extensive CRJ Career

By
Antonia Gentile
Posted
April 4, 2025
Pace University Professor of Criminal Justice and Security Kimberly Collica-Cox, PhD, standing with awards next to deputy Westchester County executives
Collica-Cox with a deputy Westchester County executive

Professor of Criminal Justice and Security Kimberly Collica-Cox, PhD, for her instrumental work in supporting incarcerated individuals with both a proclamation and an award.

As part of Women鈥檚 History Month, the Office of County Executive, Westchester County presented a proclamation to Collica-Cox, a 鈥渇emale trailblazer鈥 with unwavering commitment to the Westchester County Department of Correction (WCDOC)鈥檚 core values, providing education, healing, and hope to hundreds of incarcerated individuals over the past 28 years on a federal, state, and county level. In addition, she received an award from the WCDOC in recognition of her outstanding vision and dedicated service to the individuals at the county jail.

As part of her extensive career in criminal justice, Collica-Cox, also an author, has shared her passion for providing meaningful educational services to incarcerated individuals at both the WCDOC, a county jail, and other correctional institutions, such as the Metropolitan Correctional Center and the New York State Department of Correction, with Pace students, who, in turn, have gained valuable experiential learning opportunities.

Pace University Professor of Criminal Justice and Security Kimberly Collica-Cox, PhD, with student Alicia Bennett holding awards
Collica-Cox with student Alicia Bennett

One of those students, Alicia Bennett, English, Criminal Justice 鈥24, MS in Publishing 鈥25 has been a teaching and research assistant for Collica-Cox over the years, assisting her with projects as part of the award-winning, evidence-based Parenting, Prison, and Pups program, provided to female jail-based prisoners, as well as the Inside-Out College course where students learn alongside adult learners at the WCDOC.

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