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

(Police Investigations, Eyewitness Identification procedures, Police Body-worn cameras)

Cherie Dawson-Edwards

Associate Professor; Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University

(Public Policy & Administration)

Benjamin W. Fisher

Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

(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, Advanced Quantitative Analysis, and Cybercrime.)

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)

Justin Nix

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

(Policing, police legitimacy, organizational justice, police use of force)

Kristin Swartz

Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati

(Criminal Justice)

Richard Tewksbury

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

(Deviant Behavior, Qualitative Methods)

Angela J. Thielo

Assistant Professor; Ph.D. , University of Cincinnati

(Effective correctional practices and public attitudes toward correctional policy)

Gennaro Vito

Professor, Department Chair; 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)

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)

Rodney Brewer

M.S. Criminal Justice, University of Louisville

(Police Management, Leadership and Ethics)

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)