Dr. Kristie Blevins
Professor
Department: School of Justice Studies
Office: Stratton 110
Mailing Address: Stratton 467
Email: Kristie.Blevins@eku.edu
Phone: 859-622-6869
Bio
Dr. Blevins received her Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from the University of Cincinnati. Her research interests include corrections, the occupational reactions of criminal justice employees, and crime prevention. Dr. Blevins has teamed with local law enforcement agencies to study theft, robberies, and prostitution. Her work can be found in the Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, Criminal Justice Policy Review, American Journal of Criminal Justice, Deviant Behavior, and International Journal of Police Science and Management. She has also coauthored several book chapters and co-edited Taking Stock: The Status of Criminological Theory and Transformative Justice: Critical and Peacemaking Themes Influenced by Richard Quinney. She is a member of the American Society of Criminology, the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and the Southern Criminal Justice Association.
Courses
Subject | Title | Dates | Location | Term |
CRJ 400 | Criminal Justice Statistics | Internet Classes | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 400 | Criminal Justice Statistics | Internet Classes | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 888 | Research Methods in Crim Just | R 6:00pm-8:45pm | Stratton Building 446 | Fall 2023 |
PLS 340 | Conservation Officer | Internet Classes | Fall 2023 |
Paul J. Boyles
Adjunct
Department: School of Justice Studies
Office: Stratton 440
Mailing Address: Stratton 467
Email: paul.boyles@eku.edu
Courses
Subject | Title | Dates | Location | Term |
PLS 403 | Homicide | T 6:00pm-8:45pm | Stratton Building 423 | Fall 2023 |
Dr. John J. Brent
Associate Professor
Department: School of Justice Studies
Office: 412A
Mailing Address: Stratton 467
Email: john.brent@eku.edu
Courses
Subject | Title | Dates | Location | Term |
CPL 878 | Capstne Applied Resrch Project | Internet Classes | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 101 | Intro. to Criminal Justice | TR 11:00am-12:15pm | Stratton Building 434 | Fall 2023 |
CRJ 331 | Criminological Theory | Internet Classes | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 829 | Juvenile Justice | T 2:00pm-4:45pm | Stratton Building 446 | Fall 2023 |
CRJ 897 | IS: KY Juv Support Systems | Fall 2023 |
Dr. Avi Brisman
Professor
Department: School of Justice Studies
Office: Stratton 311
Mailing Address: Stratton 467
Email: avi.brisman@eku.edu
Bio
Avi Brisman is a Professor in the School of Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky University, an Adjunct Professor in the School of Justice at Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), an Honorary Professor at Newcastle Law School at the University of Newcastle (Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia), and Editor-in-Chief of Critical Criminology: An International Journal. He received a B.A. from Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH), an M.F.A. from Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, NY), a J.D. with honors from the University of Connecticut School of Law (Hartford, CT), where he was a Notes and Comments Editor of the Connecticut Law Review and a member of the Moot Court Board, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in anthropology from Emory University (Atlanta, GA). His books include the Routledge International Handbook of Green Criminology (2013, 2020), co-edited with Nigel South; Water, Crime and Security in the Twenty-First Century: Too Dirty, Too Little, Too Much (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018), co-authored with Bill McClanahan, Nigel South and Reece Walters; Environmental Crime in Latin America: The Theft of Nature and the Poisoning of the Land (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017), co-edited with David Rodríguez Goyes, Hanneke Mol, and Nigel South; Introducción a la criminología verde. Conceptos para nuevos horizontes y diálogos socioambientales
[Introduction to Green Criminology: Concepts for New Horizons and Socio-Environmental Dialogues] (Editorial Temis S.A. and Universidad Antonio Nariño, Fondo Editorial, 2017), co-edited with Hanneke Mol, David Rodríguez Goyes and Nigel South; The Routledge Companion to Criminological Theory and Concepts (2017), co-edited with Eamonn Carrabine and Nigel South; Geometries of Crime: How Young People Perceive Crime and Justice (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016); Environmental Crime and Social Conflict: Contemporary and Emerging Issues (Ashgate, 2015), co-edited with Nigel South and Rob White; and Green Cultural Criminology: Constructions of Environmental Harm, Consumerism, and Resistance to Ecocide (Routledge, 2014), co-authored with Nigel South. His forthcoming books include Introdução à criminologia verde: perspectivas críticas, decoloniais e do Sul [Introduction to Green Criminology: Southern, decolonial and critical perspectives] (Tirant lo Blanch, 2021), co-edited with Marília de Nardin Budó, David Rodríguez Goyes, Lorenzo Natali, and Ragnhild Sollund. In 2015, he received the Critical Criminologist of the Year Award from the American Society of Criminology’s Division on Critical Criminology. His work has been translated into Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Italian, Portuguese, Slovenian and Spanish.
Courses
Subject | Title | Dates | Location | Term |
CRJ 325 | White Collar/Crimes of Powrful | Internet Classes | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 374 | Wildlife Crime | Internet Classes | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 890 | Crimes of the Powerful | M 10:00am-1:00pm | Stratton Building 446 | Fall 2023 |
Dr. Victoria Collins
Department Chair / Professor
Department: School of Justice Studies
Office: 467C
Mailing Address: Stratton 467
Email: victoria.collins@eku.edu
Phone: 859-622-7998
Bio
CV Victoria Collins March 2024
Victoria E. Collins is a Professor in the School of Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky University. Victoria’s research and teaching interests include state crime/crimes of the powerful, victimology, violence against women, and the sociology of sport. Victoria has published four books Fighting Sports, Gender, and the Commodification of Violence: Heavy Bag Heroines (Lexington Books), State Crime, Women and Gender (Routledge Taylor & Francis), The Violence of Neoliberalism: Crime, Harm and Inequality (Routledge Taylor & Francis, co-authored), and Explorations in Critical Criminology: Essays in Honor of William Chambliss (Brill, co-edited). Some of Victoria’s recent publications have appeared in journals such as Crime, Media, Culture, Critical Criminology, and Critical Sociology.
Books:
Fighting Sports, Gender, and the Commodification of Violence: Heavy Bag Heroines
State Crime, Women and Gender
The Violence of Neoliberalism: Crime, Harm and Inequality
Courses
Subject | Title | Location | Term |
CPL 802 | Violence Against Women | Online Course | Spring 2024 |
CRJ 424 | Field Experience | Online Course | Spring 2024 |
CRJ 424 | Field Experience | Online Course | Spring 2024 |
CRJ 424 | Field Experience | Online Course | Spring 2024 |
Rodney Copenhaver
Assistant Professor
Department: School of Justice Studies
Office: 458
Mailing Address: Stratton 467
Email: rodney.copenhaver@eku.edu
Christina B. Dewhurst
Senior Lecturer
Department: School of Justice Studies
Office: Stratton 408
Mailing Address: Stratton 467
Email: christina.dewhurst@eku.edu
Courses
Subject | Title | Dates | Location | Term |
CRJ 313 | Criminal Justice Ethics | TR 8:00am-9:15am | Stratton Building 414 | Fall 2023 |
CRJ 411 | Capital Punishment in the U.S. | TR 2:00pm-3:15pm | Stratton Building 414 | Fall 2023 |
PLS 216 | Criminal Law | TR 9:30am-10:45am | Stratton Building 414 | Fall 2023 |
PLS 216 | Criminal Law | TR 3:30pm-4:45pm | Stratton Building 414 | Fall 2023 |
PLS 316 | Criminal Evidence | TR 11:00am-12:15pm | Stratton Building 414 | Fall 2023 |
Dr. Greg K. Ferrell
Senior Lecturer
Department: School of Justice Studies
Office: Stratton 405
Mailing Address: Stratton 467
Email: greg.ferrell@eku.edu
Phone: 859-622-2010
Courses
Subject | Title | Dates | Location | Term |
COR 423 | Cont and Critical Iss in Correct | Internet Classes | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 101 | Intro. to Criminal Justice | TR 9:30am-10:45am | Internet Classes | Fall 2023 |
PLS 103 | Police, Order Mntnnc & Crime | TR 11:00am-12:15pm | Internet Classes | Fall 2023 |
PLS 415 | Contemporary Police Strategies | Internet Classes | Fall 2023 | |
PLS 415 | Contemporary Police Strategies | Internet Classes | Fall 2023 |
Chuck Fields
Emeritus Professor
Department: School of Justice Studies
Email: chuck.fields@eku.edu
Phone: 859-622-6555
Bio
Chuck Fields is Professor of Justice Studies and has a BA (1980) and MA (1981) in Political Science from Appalachian State University, and a PhD in Criminal Justice Theory (1984) from Sam Houston State University.
This is his 30th year of teaching at several universities in the United States, and was Department Chair of Criminal Justice at the California State University, San Bernardino, and Corrections and Juvenile Justice Studies at EKU. He is a member of numerous regional, national, and international professional associations and has published 11 edited books and Technical Reports, over 30 scholarly articles, chapters, encyclopedia entries, and reviews, and presented at over 30 academic conferences. Current research interests include The “Terza Scuola” (Third School) of the Italian Socialists: 1880–1910, Drugs and International Drug Policy, and Comparative Justice Systems.
His involvement in international education began in 1997 when he was invited to participate in the International Summer Law School Program at Lapin Uliopisto (The University of Lapland) in Finland. Has been a visiting lecturer at several institutions in Finland and Slovenia, and over the past 15 years, has collaborated with scholars and students on several publication and research endeavors in a variety of disciplines. The College of Justice and Safety has hosted numerous faculty and student groups from these countries on several occasions, and annually takes student groups to Washington, DC, Finland & Estonia, Cuba, and periodically Slovenia. He is on the program committee and The College of Justice and Safety is a co-sponsor of the Bienniel (even years) Conference on Policing in Eastern and Central Europe held in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Richard Frans
Adjunct
Department: School of Justice Studies
Office: Stratton 440
Mailing Address: Stratton 467
Email: richard.frans@eku.edu
Katy Goins
Adjunct
Department: School of Justice Studies
Office: Stratton 440
Mailing Address: Stratton 467
Email: Katie.goins@eku.edu
Teresea Grider
Administrative Professional I
Department: School of Justice Studies
Office: Stratton 467a
Mailing Address: Stratton 467
Email: Teresea.grider@eku.edu
Phone: 859-622-1980
Stacy R. Groce
Administrative Coordinator
Department: School of Justice Studies
Office: Stratton 467
Mailing Address: Stratton 467
Email: stacy.groce@eku.edu
Phone: 859-622-1978
Chelsea Holliday
Adjunct
Department: School of Justice Studies
Office: Stratton 440
Mailing Address: Stratton 467
Email: chelsea.holliday@eku.edu
Courses
Subject | Title | Dates | Location | Term |
PLS 220 | Criminal Investigation | Fall 2023 | ||
PLS 220 | Criminal Investigation | R 6:00pm-8:45pm | Stratton Building 438 | Fall 2023 |
PLS 220 | Criminal Investigation | R 6:00pm-8:45pm | Stratton Building 438 | Fall 2023 |
PLS 220 | Criminal Investigation | R 6:00pm-8:45pm | Stratton Building 438 | Fall 2023 |
PLS 220 | Criminal Investigation | R 6:00pm-8:45pm | Stratton Building 438 | Fall 2023 |
Stephen F. Kappeler
Regional Campuses Coordinator and Senior Lecturer
Department: School of Justice Studies
Office: One Pennington Way
Mailing Address: Perkins 202
Email: stephen.kappeler@eku.edu
Phone: 859-622-6710
Courses
Subject | Title | Dates | Location | Term |
CRJ 311 | Juvenile Justice System | R 12:00pm-2:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 311 | Juvenile Justice System | R 12:00pm-2:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 311 | Juvenile Justice System | Fall 2023 | ||
CRJ 311 | Juvenile Justice System | Fall 2023 | ||
CRJ 311 | Juvenile Justice System | R 12:00pm-2:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 311 | Juvenile Justice System | R 12:00pm-2:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 388 | Research Methods | Internet Classes | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 388 | Research Methods | T 12:00pm-2:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 388 | Research Methods | T 12:00pm-2:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 388 | Research Methods | T 12:00pm-2:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 388 | Research Methods | Fall 2023 | ||
CRJ 388 | Research Methods | Fall 2023 | ||
CRJ 388 | Research Methods | T 12:00pm-2:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 388 | Research Methods | T 12:00pm-2:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 388 | Research Methods | T 12:00pm-2:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 388 | Research Methods | T 12:00pm-2:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 388 | Research Methods | T 12:00pm-2:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 388 | Research Methods | T 12:00pm-2:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 388 | Research Methods | T 12:00pm-2:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
PLS 326 | Ethical Decisions and Police | T 9:00am-11:45am | Fall 2023 | |
PLS 326 | Ethical Decisions and Police | T 9:00am-11:45am | Fall 2023 | |
PLS 326 | Ethical Decisions and Police | Fall 2023 | ||
PLS 326 | Ethical Decisions and Police | Fall 2023 | ||
PLS 326 | Ethical Decisions and Police | Fall 2023 | ||
PLS 326 | Ethical Decisions and Police | T 9:00am-11:45am | Fall 2023 | |
PLS 326 | Ethical Decisions and Police | T 9:00am-11:45am | Fall 2023 | |
PLS 326 | Ethical Decisions and Police | T 9:00am-11:45am | Fall 2023 | |
PLS 326 | Ethical Decisions and Police | T 9:00am-11:45am | Fall 2023 | |
PLS 414 | Social Forces and Policing Socie | R 9:00am-11:45am | Fall 2023 | |
PLS 414 | Social Forces and Policing Socie | Fall 2023 | ||
PLS 414 | Social Forces and Policing Socie | Fall 2023 | ||
PLS 414 | Social Forces and Policing Socie | Fall 2023 | ||
PLS 414 | Social Forces and Policing Socie | R 9:00am-11:45am | Fall 2023 | |
PLS 414 | Social Forces and Policing Socie | R 9:00am-11:45am | Fall 2023 | |
PLS 414 | Social Forces and Policing Socie | R 9:00am-11:45am | Fall 2023 | |
PLS 414 | Social Forces and Policing Socie | R 9:00am-11:45am | Fall 2023 | |
PLS 414 | Social Forces and Policing Socie | R 9:00am-11:45am | Fall 2023 |
Victor Kappeler
Emeritus Foundation Professor
Department: School of Justice Studies
Email: victor.kappeler@eku.edu
Dr. Pete Kraska
Professor
Department: School of Justice Studies
Office: Stratton 466
Mailing Address: Stratton 467
Email: peter.kraska@eku.edu
Phone: 859-622-2011
Bio
Dr. Pete Kraska is a professor in the School of Justice Studies. He has distinguished himself as a leading scholar in the areas of police militarization, criminal justice theory, and criminological research methods, publishing numerous books and influential academic journal articles. He has testified at the U.S. Senate and in numerous congressional hearings in various states. His work is routinely featured in media outlets such as 60 Minutes, The Economist, Washington Post, BBC, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and National Public Radio. He recently developed model “No-Knock” legislation on no-knock police raids with Campaign Zero, and is helping to pass this legislation in over 60 state and local legislative bodies.
Frequently Requested Talks / Presentations
Dr. Pete Kraska Speaks at Advancing Justice Conference
The Hammer of Militarism; Kraska’s Chautauqua Talk
Kraska’s U.S. Senate Testimony
Frequently Requested Articles
Exploding Number of Swat Teams Sets Off Alarms
The Relationship Between Community Policing and Militarized Policing
Police Sexual Violence Against Female Citizens Article
Police Militarization Documentary
Normalizing Police Militarization, Living in Denial
Fighting is the Most Real and Honest Thing: Violence and the Civilization/Barbarism Dialectic
Militarization and Policing—Its Relevance to 21st Century Police
Criminal Justice Theory: Toward Legitimacy and an Infrastructure
Militarizing American Police: The Rise and Normalization of Paramilitary Units
Militarizing Mayberry and Beyond: Making Sense of American Paramilitary Policing
Enjoying Militarism: Political/Personal Dilemmas in Studying U.S. Police Paramilitary Units
Moving Beyond our Methodological Default: A Case for Mixed Methods
Books
Criminal Justice Research Methods
Militarizing the American Criminal Justice System
Other
Disciplinary, Theoretical, and Philosophical Foundations
Courses
Subject | Title | Dates | Location | Term |
CPL 812 | Lead w Pol, Eth, and Emo Intel | Internet Classes | Fall 2023 | |
CPL 835 | Adv Jus Admin and Leadership | Internet Classes | Fall 2023 | |
CPL 840 | Adult Corrections | Internet Classes | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 313 | Criminal Justice Ethics | M 6:00pm-9:00pm | Stratton Building 423 | Fall 2023 |
GRD 897A | MS Corr/JJ Stud Written Comp | Fall 2023 |
Dr. Carla F. Lawson
Regional Campuses Lecturer
Department: School of Justice Studies
Office: 808 Monticello Street
Mailing Address: Stratton 467
Email: carla.lawson@eku.edu
Phone: 859-622-7288
Courses
Subject | Title | Dates | Location | Term |
CRJ 301 | Drugs, Crime, and Society | T 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 301 | Drugs, Crime, and Society | T 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 301 | Drugs, Crime, and Society | T 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 301 | Drugs, Crime, and Society | T 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 301 | Drugs, Crime, and Society | WEB & ON CAMPUS | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 301 | Drugs, Crime, and Society | Fall 2023 | ||
CRJ 301 | Drugs, Crime, and Society | Fall 2023 | ||
CRJ 301 | Drugs, Crime, and Society | Fall 2023 | ||
CRJ 301 | Drugs, Crime, and Society | T 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 301 | Drugs, Crime, and Society | T 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 301 | Drugs, Crime, and Society | T 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 301 | Drugs, Crime, and Society | T 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 301 | Drugs, Crime, and Society | T 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 301 | Drugs, Crime, and Society | T 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 301 | Drugs, Crime, and Society | T 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 301 | Drugs, Crime, and Society | T 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 301 | Drugs, Crime, and Society | T 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 301 | Drugs, Crime, and Society | T 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 301 | Drugs, Crime, and Society | T 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 301 | Drugs, Crime, and Society | T 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 301 | Drugs, Crime, and Society | T 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 301 | Drugs, Crime, and Society | T 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 301 | Drugs, Crime, and Society | T 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 301 | Drugs, Crime, and Society | T 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 314 | Law and Society | W 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 314 | Law and Society | W 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 314 | Law and Society | W 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 314 | Law and Society | W 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 314 | Law and Society | Fall 2023 | ||
CRJ 314 | Law and Society | Fall 2023 | ||
CRJ 314 | Law and Society | Fall 2023 | ||
CRJ 314 | Law and Society | Fall 2023 | ||
CRJ 314 | Law and Society | W 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 314 | Law and Society | W 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 314 | Law and Society | W 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 314 | Law and Society | W 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 314 | Law and Society | W 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 314 | Law and Society | W 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 314 | Law and Society | W 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 314 | Law and Society | W 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 314 | Law and Society | W 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 314 | Law and Society | W 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 314 | Law and Society | W 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 314 | Law and Society | W 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 314 | Law and Society | W 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 314 | Law and Society | W 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 314 | Law and Society | W 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 314 | Law and Society | W 6:00pm-8:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 340 | Crime and Media | W 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 340 | Crime and Media | W 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 340 | Crime and Media | W 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 340 | Crime and Media | W 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 340 | Crime and Media | Fall 2023 | ||
CRJ 340 | Crime and Media | Fall 2023 | ||
CRJ 340 | Crime and Media | Fall 2023 | ||
CRJ 340 | Crime and Media | Fall 2023 | ||
CRJ 340 | Crime and Media | W 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 340 | Crime and Media | W 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 340 | Crime and Media | W 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 340 | Crime and Media | W 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 340 | Crime and Media | W 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 340 | Crime and Media | W 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 340 | Crime and Media | W 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 340 | Crime and Media | W 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 340 | Crime and Media | W 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 340 | Crime and Media | W 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 340 | Crime and Media | W 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 340 | Crime and Media | W 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 340 | Crime and Media | W 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 340 | Crime and Media | W 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 340 | Crime and Media | W 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 340 | Crime and Media | W 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 422 | Human Trafficking | T 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 422 | Human Trafficking | T 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 422 | Human Trafficking | T 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 422 | Human Trafficking | T 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 422 | Human Trafficking | Fall 2023 | ||
CRJ 422 | Human Trafficking | Fall 2023 | ||
CRJ 422 | Human Trafficking | Fall 2023 | ||
CRJ 422 | Human Trafficking | Fall 2023 | ||
CRJ 422 | Human Trafficking | T 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 422 | Human Trafficking | T 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 422 | Human Trafficking | T 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 422 | Human Trafficking | T 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 422 | Human Trafficking | T 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 422 | Human Trafficking | T 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 422 | Human Trafficking | T 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 422 | Human Trafficking | T 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 422 | Human Trafficking | T 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 422 | Human Trafficking | T 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 422 | Human Trafficking | T 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 422 | Human Trafficking | T 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 422 | Human Trafficking | T 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 422 | Human Trafficking | T 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 422 | Human Trafficking | T 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 422 | Human Trafficking | T 3:00pm-5:45pm | Fall 2023 |
Dr. Betsy Matthews
Professor
Department: School of Justice Studies
Office: Stratton 102
Mailing Address: Stratton 467
Email: Betsy.Matthews@eku.edu
Phone: 859-622-8113
Bio
Dr. Betsy Matthews’ primary areas of focus are community corrections and correctional rehabilitation. She has published several articles and book chapters on both of these issues.
Dr. Matthews joined the EKU faculty in 1999 and received her Ph.D. in criminal justice from the University of Cincinnati in 2003. Dr. Matthews has a blend of practical and academic experience. She began her career as a child care worker in a residential treatment facility for behaviorally disordered adolescents before moving into an adult probation officer position in Greene County, Ohio. After earning her master’s degree, Dr. Matthews accepted a position with the American Probation and Parole Association, serving as a research associate on federally funded grant projects.
Courses
Subject | Title | Dates | Location | Term |
CRJ 303 | Community Corrections | TR 11:00am-12:15pm | Stratton Building 438 | Fall 2023 |
CRJ 311 | Juvenile Justice System | TR 2:00pm-3:15pm | Stratton Building 438 | Fall 2023 |
CRJ 313 | Criminal Justice Ethics | Internet Classes | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 313 | Criminal Justice Ethics | Internet Classes | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 460 | IS: Mental Health DV SS Rel | Fall 2023 |
Joseph McClure
Adjunct
Department: School of Justice Studies
Office: Stratton 440
Mailing Address: Stratton 467
Email: Joseph.mcclure@eku.edu
Courses
Subject | Title | Dates | Location | Term |
PLS 103 | Police, Order Mntnnc and Crime | MWF 8:00am-8:50am | Stratton Building 423 | Fall 2023 |
Bethany Nelson
Adjunct
Department: School of Justice Studies
Mailing Address: Stratton 467
Email: bethany.nelson@eku.edu
Dr. Carl A. Root
Senior Lecturer
Department: School of Justice Studies
Office: Stratton 461
Mailing Address: Stratton 467
Email: carl.root@eku.edu
Courses
Subject | Title | Dates | Location | Term |
APP 355 | Rural Crime and Justice | TR 9:30am-10:45am | Stratton Building 457 | Fall 2023 |
CRJ 101 | Intro. to Criminal Justice | TR 8:00am-9:15am | Stratton Building 330 | Fall 2023 |
CRJ 355 | Rural Crime and Justice | TR 9:30am-10:45am | Stratton Building 457 | Fall 2023 |
PLS 375 | Terrorism/Counterterrorism | Internet Classes | Fall 2023 | |
PLS 414 | Social Forces and Policing Socie | Internet Classes | Fall 2023 |
James Root
Adjunct
Department: School of Justice Studies
Office: Stratton 440
Mailing Address: Stratton 467
Email: james.root@eku.edu
Dr. Irina Soderstrom
Professor
Department: School of Justice Studies
Office: Stratton 108
Mailing Address: Stratton 467
Email: Irina.Soderstrom@eku.edu
Phone: 859-622-1156
Bio
Dr. Irina R. Soderstrom is a professor in the Department of Criminal Justice. She received her B.A. in sociology/pre-law at the University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign in 1987. She received her M.S. in administration of justice in 1990 and her Ph.D. in educational psychology/statistics and measurement in 1997 from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
Her primary teaching interests include statistics, research methods and research seminar courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Her primary research focus is in program evaluation and she has conducted considerable evaluative research on parole programs, boot camps, correctional industries, teen courts and school safety.
Courses
Subject | Title | Dates | Location | Term |
COR 413 | Mental Health Needs of Offend | Internet Classes | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 301 | Drugs, Crime, and Society | Internet Classes | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 360 | Rehab Strats for Adult/Juv Off | Internet Classes | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 388 | Research Methods | Internet Classes | Fall 2023 |
Dr. Judah Schept
Professor
Department: School of Justice Studies
Office: Stratton 411
Mailing Address: Stratton 467
Email: Judah.Schept@eku.edu
Bio
Judah Schept, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the School of Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky University. He holds a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from Indiana University and a BA in Sociology from Vassar College. Judah’s work examines the political economy, historical geography, and cultural politics of the prison industrial complex. He is the author of Progressive Punishment: Job Loss, Jail Growth, and the Neoliberal Politics of Carceral Expansion (New York University Press, 2015). In addition, Judah’s writing can be found in journals such as Radical Criminology, Theoretical Criminology, Punishment and Society, Social Justice, and Crime, Media, Culture, as well as in blogs and opinion pieces for academic and activist websites. Judah’s current research examines the historical, spatial and political relationships between extractive and prison economies in Central Appalachia.
Courses
Subject | Title | Dates | Location | Term |
CRJ 101 | Intro. to Criminal Justice | MWF 10:10am-11:00am | Stratton Building 434 | Fall 2023 |
CRJ 101 | Intro. to Criminal Justice | Internet Classes | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 800 | Advanced Crimi Justice Studies | W 2:00pm-4:45pm | Stratton Building 446 | Fall 2023 |
CRJ 897 | IS: Corp Workplace Politics | Fall 2023 | ||
CRJ 899 | Thesis II | Fall 2023 | ||
GRD 897B | MS Crim Justice Written Comp | Fall 2023 | ||
GRD 898C | MS Crim Justice Thesis Defense | Fall 2023 |
Dr. Ken Tunnell
Emeritus Foundation Professor
Department: School of Justice Studies
Email: Ken.Tunnell@eku.edu
Bio
Dr. Ken Tunnell is a prolific writer. Some of his books include Pissing on Demand, Living Off Crime and Political Crime in Contemporary America. He has also been published in numerous journals, including Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology, Social Justice, Deviant Behavior, Journal of Criminal Justice Education and Journal of Popular Culture.
Dr. Tunnell’s areas of academic interest include field research, cultural criminology, rural crime and visual sociology.
Dr. Shannon D. Williams
Lecturer
Department: School of Justice Studies
Office: Stratton 410
Mailing Address: Stratton 467
Email: shannon.williams@eku.edu
Courses
Subject | Title | Dates | Location | Term |
AFA 347 | Under. Soc. Jus. and Hum. Strugg | MWF 12:20pm-1:10pm | Stratton Building 438 | Fall 2023 |
CRJ 331 | Criminological Theory | MWF 9:05am-9:55am | Stratton Building 438 | Fall 2023 |
CRJ 331 | Criminological Theory | Internet Classes | Fall 2023 | |
CRJ 388 | Research Methods | MWF 10:10am-11:00am | Stratton Building 438 | Fall 2023 |
SJS 101 | Underst Soc Just and Hum Strug | MWF 12:20pm-1:10pm | Stratton Building 438 | Fall 2023 |
SOC 131 | Introductory Sociology | TR 9:30am-10:45am | Combs Building 108 | Fall 2023 |