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. (Retired), Purdue University
Professor: Corrections, Program Evaluation, International Policing

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

Associate Professors:

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

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

Cherie Dawson-Edwards, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University 
Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
Associate Professor, Criminal Justice
Director, Social Change

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

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

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:

Jennifer R. Cox, Georgia State University
Assistant Professor

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

Katie Hughes, Ph.D. , University of Louisville
Term Assistant Professor: Juvenile Justice, Corrections, Intro, and Correctional Treatment and Rehabilitation

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

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

Adjunct Faculty:

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

Geetha Suresh, Ph.D., University of Louisville
Adjunct Faculty: Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methodology

Faculty Emeritus:

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

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

Part-Time Lecturers: 

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

Virginia Braden, Ph.D., University of Louisville 
Part-Time Lecturer: Wrongful Convictions and Cold Case Investigations

Barry Denton Ed.D, Spaulding University 
Part-Time Lecturer: Criminal Justice, Terrorism and Homeland Security

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

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