Criminal Justice Faculty

Department Chair:

Thomas W. Hughes, J.D., University of Dayton, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
Associate Professor: Policing, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law

Professors:

George E. Higgins Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Professor: Criminological Theory Testing, Advanced Quantitative Methods, Cybercrime

Deborah G. Keeling, Ph.D., Purdue University
Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs, College of A&S
Professor: Corrections, Program Evaluation, International Policing

Gennaro F. Vito, Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Professor:  CJ Leadership, Capital Punishment

Associate Professors:

Viviana Andreescu, Ph.D., University of Louisville
Associate Professor: Criminological Theory, Women & Crime, International Persp. on Violence

Cherie Dawson-Edwards, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University 
Associate Dean, A&S Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Associate Professor, Criminal Justice
Director, Social Change

Elizabeth L. Grossi, Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Associate Professor: Corrections and Criminology, International Service Learning

Kristin Swartz, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
Vice Chair - Director of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor: Communities & Crime, Effectiveness of Correctional Intervention, Correctional Staff Issues & School Crime

Assistant Professors:

Bradley Campbell, Ph.D., Sam Houston State University
Assistant Professor: Policing: Investigations, Decision-Making, Training, Responses to Victims

Barry Denton Ed.D, Spaulding University 
Assistant Professor: Criminal Justice, Terrorism and Homeland Security

Benjamin W. Fisher, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Assistant Professor: School Safety & Security Measures, Exclusionary Discipline, School Climate, Perception of School Safety & Inequality

Michael M. Losavio, J.D., Louisiana State University
Assistant Professor: Criminal Procedure, Law & Computer Forensics

Heather Ouellette, Ph.D.,  University of South Carolina
Assistant Professor: Institutional and Community Corrections, Offender Assessment & Management

Angela J. Thielo, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
Assistant Professor: Effective Corrections, Juvenile Justice

Alex O. Widdowson, Ph.D., Florida State University
Assistant Professor: Criminal & Delinquent Behavior, Criminology, Capital Punishment

Adjunct Faculty:

Joseph S. Grant, Ph.D., University of Louisville
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Adjunct Faculty: Law Enforcement, Cultural Intelligence, Conflict Management

Theresa C. Hayden, Ph.D., University of Louisville
Adjunct Faculty: Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methodology, Human Trafficking

Cynthia Shain, M.S., Eastern Kentucky University
Director: Southern Police Institute
Adjunct Faculty: Law Enforcement & Leadership 

Faculty Emeritus:

J. Price Foster Ph.D., Florida State University
Professor Emeritus

William F. Walsh Ph.D., Fordham University.
 Professor Emeritus

Part-Time Lecturers:

Harry E. Allen Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Part-Time Lecturer: Corrections,  Ethics, White Collar Crime

Charles D. Baker Ed. D., Arizona State University
Part-Time Lecturer: Law Enforcement, Serial Murder, Criminalistics

Terry D. Edwards, J.D., University of Louisville
Part-Time Lecturer: Criminal Law & Evidence, Criminal Procedure, Constitutional Law

John Gregory, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University
Part-Time Lecturer: Law Enforcement

Joe Gutmann, J.D., University of Louisville
Part-Time Lecturer: Criminal Law & Evidence, Criminal Procedure

Wesley Jennings, Ph.D., University of Florida
Part-Time Lecturer: Sex Crimes, Gender Race/Ethnicity, Gangs

Bruce Ponder 
Part-Time Lecturer

Cassandra Rausch, Ph.D., University of Louisville
Part-Time Lecturer: Death Investigation

George Richards, Ph.D. CPP, University of Akron
Part-Time Lecturer: Occult Crime, Emergency Mgmt., Homeland Security