Criminal Justice Faculty

Viviana Andreescu

Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Louisville.

(Criminological Theory, Criminal Behavior, Quantitative Analysis.)

Bradley Campbell

Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Sam Houston State University

(Policing: Investigations, Decision-Making, Training, Responses to Victims)

Cherie Dawson-Edwards

Associate Professor; Department Chair; Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University

(Public Policy & Administration)

Benjamin W. Fisher

Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

(School Safety, Research Methods)

Elizabeth L. Grossi

Associate Professor; Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

(Corrections and Criminology.)

George E. Higgins

Professor; Vice Chair: Director of Graduate Studies; Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

(Criminological Theory Testing and Advanced Quantitative Methods)

Thomas W. Hughes

Associate Professor; J.D., University of Dayton, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati.

(Policing, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law)

Deborah G. Keeling

Professor and Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs, College of A&S; Ph.D., Purdue University.

(Corrections, Program Evaluation, International Policing)

Kimberly Kempf-Leonard

Professor and Dean of College of A&S; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, the Wharton School

(Social Systems Sciences: Criminology & Criminal Law)

Michael M. Losavio

Assistant Professor; J.D., Louisiana State University.

(Criminal Procedure and Law, Computer Forensics)

Heather Ouellette

Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of South Carolina

(Institutional and community corrections, public views on correctional policies and practices, disparities in punishment)

Kristin Swartz

Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati

(Criminal Justice)

Angela J. Thielo

Assistant Professor; Ph.D. , University of Cincinnati

(Effective correctional practices and public attitudes toward correctional policy)

Gennaro Vito

Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

(Research Methods, Statistics, Capital Punishment)

William F. Walsh

Professor Emeritus; Ph.D., Fordham University.

(Police Leadership & Administration,  Criminal Justice Issues, &  Law Enforcement Personnel)

Alex O. Widdowson

Assistant Professor; Ph.D. Florida State University

(Criminology, Criminal Behavior, Life-Course Criminology)

Adjunct Faculty

Harry E. Allen

Adjunct Faculty; Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

(Corrections, Terrorism, Ethics, Computer Applications, and Substance Abuse)

Charles D. Baker

Lecturer; Ed. D., Arizona State University.

(Crime Prevention Theory, Practice & Management, and Police Administration)

Terry D. Edwards

Associate Professor Emeritus; JD Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville.

(Criminal Law and Evidence, Criminal Procedure, Constitutional Law, ad Legal Aspects of CJ Personnel Mgmt)

Kathy A. Eigelbach

Internship Coordinator / Lecturer

 J. Price Foster

Professor Emeritus; Ph.D., Florida State University.

(Criminology, Juvenile Justice, Ethics, Cross Cultural Perspectives in Criminal Justice)

Theresa C. Hayden

Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of Louisville.

(Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methodology, Crimes Against the Elderly, Human Trafficking)

Ronald M. Holmes

Professor Emeritus; Ed.D., Indiana University.

(Violent Crimes, Profiling, and Corrections)

Bruce S. Ponder

Lecturer / Instructor

(Corrections, Alternatives to Incarceration, International Terrorism)