Dr. Tusty ten Bensel – Director
Associate Professor
Email: ixzohra@ualr.edu
Specialization – Violence and victimization, crimes against special population, program evaluation, and mixed methodology
Dr. Robert “Bob” Lytle – Graduate Coordinator
Assistant Professor
Email: rdlytle@ualr.edu
Specialization – Institutional and community corrections, criminal justice public policy, program evaluation, and mixed methodology
Dr. Mary Parker
Full Professor
Email: mlparker@ualr.edu
Specialization – Institutional and community corrections and teaching strategies
Dr. James Golden
Full Professor
Email: jwgolden@ualr.edu
Specialization – Policing, environmental criminology, and quantitative methodology
Dr. David Montague
Full Professor
Email: drmontague@ualr.edu
Dr. Montague is currently the Interim Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs at UA Little Rock
Dr. Molly Smith
Assistant Professor
Email: mesmith8@ualr.edu
Specialization – Victimization, human trafficking, criminal justice system and mental health
Dr. Richard “Rick” Lewis
Assistant Professor
Email: rhlewis@ualr.edu
Specialization – biosocial criminology and quantitative methodology
Dr. Tara Martin
Assistant Professor
Email: temartin@ualr.edu
Specialization – Victimization, Developmental and life-course criminology, community context, and measurement and research design
Dr. David “Dave” Tyler
Assistant Professor
Email: dtyler@ualr.edu
Specialization – Policing and quantitative methodology
Instructors
Kilby Raptopoulos, MA
Advanced Instructor
Email: vkerwin@ualr.edu
Specialization – Violence and victimization, sex offenders, the media’s portrayal of victims and offenders, empathy as it intersects with criminal justice, and online pedagogy
Bobby Forrest, JD
Instructor
Email: blforrest@ualr.edu
Specialization – Excessive bond on criminal defendants, prosecutorial misconduct, policing, and juvenile justice
