Criminal Justice Faculty

Department Chair:

Cherie Dawson-Edwards, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University 

Associate Professor: Public Policy & Administration, Restorative Justice

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

Elizabeth L. Grossi, Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Associate Professor: Corrections and Criminology, International Service Learning

Thomas W. Hughes, J.D., University of Dayton, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati

Associate Professor: Policing, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law

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:

Kathy A. Eigelbach, M.S., Eastern Kentucky University

Adjunct Faculty: Internship/Practicum Coordinator, Crime Prevention, Career Development

Joseph S. Grant, Ph.D., University of Louisville

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

George Richards, Ph.D. CPP, University of Akron

Part-Time Lecturer: Occult Crime, Emergency Mgmt., Homeland Security

Geetha Suresh, Ph.D., University of Louisville

Part-Time Lecturer: Quantitative Analysis & Crime Mapping

Mark Wettle, J.D., University of Kentucky

Part-Time Lecturer: Criminal Law