Teaching Experience
Adjunct Faculty Criminal Justice 2022- present
Criminal Justice Program Coordinator 2018-2022
Illinois Valley Community College
Oglesby, Illinois
Faculty Lead Instructor 2013-2017
Providing guidance to 15-39 Online Instructors
College of Online and Continuing Education
Southern New Hampshire University
Online Adjunct Faculty 2011-2017
Criminal Justice
College of Online and Continuing Education
Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, New Hampshire
Professor’s Assistant 1994-1995
Writing-Intensive Grader
Harvard University Extension School
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Publications
Contributory Author
(2020) The Encyclopedia of Crime, Law
Enforcement, Courts, and Corrections, ABC-CLIO
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Politics and American Policing: The Protect and to Serve Travesty
(2012) Seattle, WA: Amazon
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Is Panhandling a Deviant Activity?
(2011) Faculty Writer's Network, Southern New Hampshire University
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Occupy Wall Street: Is Corporate Deviance Carving the Path of Revolution?
(2011) Faculty Writer's Network, Southern New Hampshire University
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Who is the Ideal FTO?
(2006) National Association of Field Training Officers
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Hitting the Street v. In-House Training
(2006) National Association of Field Training Officers
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Innovation v. the Status Quo
(2006) National Association of Field Training Officers
My teaching interest is to provide the entry level, returning, non-traditional undergraduate and graduate student an in-depth learning environment that will focus upon student-centered instruction, which is ignited through critical thinking, extensive student-specific feedback, coupled with theoretical academic foundations, along with in-depth examinations of practical application.
Presentation
National Institute of Staff and Organizational Development
May, 2019 ~ Austin, Texas
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International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence
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Presented Roundtable Discussion:
Is Community College Criminal Justice Education Contributing to
Systemic Issues
Among our Nation’s Police?
Research
Doctoral Student, Helms School of Government, Liberty University
Lynchburg, Virginia
September 2019 Social Control Theory, Labeling Theory, Reintegrative Shaming Theory, and Faith-Based Correctional Programs
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March 2020 Fear in Policing: An Undeniable Contributory Factor toward Acute Stress
Graduate Student, Department of Criminal Justice, American Public University
Charles Town, West Virginia
October 2006 Research Design for the Examination of Premature Resignations among Probationary Police Officers within the Chicago Police Department
Graduate Student, Department of Criminal Justice, American Public University
Charles Town, West Virginia
October 2007 Pedophilia and the Internet
Graduate Student, Department of Criminal Justice, American Public University
Charles Town, West Virginia
June 2009 Methadone Treatment Programs: History, Use, and Future