Michael R. Cavanaugh, Ph.D.
Director and Associate Professor
Specialization: Policy; Guns; Criminal Justice Education; Program Evaluation
Richard H. Lewis, Ph.D.
Graduate Coordinator and Associate Professor
Specialization: Biosocial Criminology; Quantitative Methodology
David R. Montague, Ph.D.
Professor
Specialization: Policy and Administration; Prison Education; JFK Assassination
Tusty ten Bensel, Ph.D.
Professor
Specialization: Violence and Victimization; Crime Against Special Populations; Program Evaluation; Mixed Methodology
Matthew Matusiak, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Specialization: Police Organizations; Law Enforcement Leadership; Organizational Theory; LEMAS
Molly Smith, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Specialization: Victimization; Human Trafficking; Institutional Corrections; Correctional Healthcare
Robert “Bob” Lytle, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Specialization: Institutional and Community Corrections; Criminal Justice Policy Process; Applied and Evaluation Research
Lacey Roughton, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Specialization: Police Misconduct and Accountability; Program Evaluation; Police Officer Wellness; Secondary Trauma
Amanda Sharry, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Specialization: Punishment, Institutional, and Community Corrections; Mass Incarceration; Reentry and Labor Markets; Criminal Justice Policy
Haley Moon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Specialization: Legal Decision Making; Sentencing and Punishment; Mental Health and Legal System Involvement; Program Implementation and Evaluation; Quantitative Methods
Taylor Tolles, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Specialization: Law Enforcement and Military Socialization; Drug Use and Mental Health; Adolescent Violence; Deviance
Kilby Raptopoulos, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Coordinator and Senior Instructor
Specialization: Violence and Victimization; Sex Offenders; Media Portrayal of Victims and Offenders; Empathy and Criminal Justice; Online Pedagogy
Misty Ladd, Ph.D.
Professional Instructor, Undergraduate Career Advisor and Internship Coordinator
Specialization: Forensic Psychology; Shift Work and Burnout; Security Management and Investigations; Crime Prevention through Environmental Design
Emeritus Professors
Dr. Mary Parker
Professor
Email: [email protected]
Specialization: Institutional and Community Corrections, Teaching Strategies
Dr. Jim Golden
Professor
Email: [email protected]
Specialization: Policing, Community-Oriented Policing