Criminology, Law & Society professor receives Fulbright award

Henry Pontell, Criminology, Law & Society professor at UC Irvine, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture and conduct research at the University of Macau, China. Pontell will research economic crime and the region’s casino gambling industry, teach a course on international white-collar and corporate crime, and advise the university’s sociology department on curriculum issues. Pontell is one of about 800 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad through the Fulbright Scholar Program. The purpose of the program is to build mutual understanding between people of the United States and the rest of the world.