Featured grants
- Pino, Nathan (Principal). Professional Travel Grant for an academic paper presentation at an International Conference in South Korea, Georgia Southern University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $1170. (Submitted: January 1, 2005). Grant.
- Pino, Nathan (Principal). Summer Faculty Teaching Award for course development, Georgia Southern University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $3000. (Submitted: 2004). Grant.

Featured scholarly/creative works
- Watson, D., Blaustein, J., Pino, N. W., & Berg, J. (2025). Crime and Governance in the Global South. Annual Review of Criminology, 8, 291–310.
- Watson, D., Pino, N. W., Amin, S., & Scott, J. (2025). Navigating Policing and Work-Life Balance in the South Pacific. Police Practice and Research, 26(3), 276–293.
- Johnson, L. M., Watson, D., & Pino, N. W. (2023). Policing in Trinidad and Tobago: Officers’ Experiences with Stress. The Social Science Journal, 60(3), 432–446.
- Blaustein, J., Chodor, T., & Pino, N. W. (2022). Unraveling the Crime Development Nexus. Rowman and Littlefield.
- Watson, D., Johnson, L. M., Pino, N. W., & Morgan, P. (2021). Police Perceptions of Residents in a High Crime Community in Trinidad & Tobago: Community Framing and Crime Wars. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 21(1), 3–20.
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Award of Distinction for Scholarly/Creative Activity, Office of the President, Texas State University. August 2016 - 2016
- Award / Honor Recipient: Golden Apple Award for Scholarly/Creative Activity, College of Liberal Arts, Texas State University. August 2016 - 2016
- Award / Honor Nominee: American Society of Criminology Hindelang Book Award, American Society of Criminology. January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015
- Award / Honor Recipient: Honorary Professor of International Studies, Texas State University. August 1, 2015
- Award / Honor Recipient: Traditional Fulbright Scholar Program. January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2009

Featured service activities
- Member
Presidential Upper-Level Scholarship Committee
- Member
Faculty Senate Academic Freedom Committee
- Chair
University of the West Indies Criminology and Criminal Justice Unit Quality Assurance Review Committee
- Member
Faculty Senate Academic Freedom Committee
- Board Member
Mano Amiga
- Editorial Review Board Member
The International Journal for Crime, Justice, and Social Democracy