In 2021, she received the Stockholm Prize in Criminology, the most prestigious international academic award in the field of law.
[1] As a graduate student, Giordano received Minnesota's inaugural fellowship for research in criminal justice in 1972.
[2] After receiving her PhD in 1974, Giordano accepted a faculty position at Bowling Green State University (BGSU).
[1] One of her first projects at BGSU involved interviewing female inmates incarcerated in state institutions to understand what influenced their delinquency.
[5] Shortly after, she was promoted to the rank of Distinguished Research Professor and inducted into the Ritenour School District Hall of Fame.