Courses Taught
Comparative Criminal Justice Systems (online only)
Community Corrections
Criminal and Delinquent Behavior
Criminology
Crime, Deviance, and Social Control
Deviant Behavior (graduate)
Diversity in Criminal Justice (doctoral)
Ethnic and Gender Issues in Criminal Justice
Introduction to Criminal Justice
Juvenile Delinquency
Minorities, Crime, and Social Policy
Research Methods (undergraduate and graduate)
Proseminar in Criminology and Criminal Justice (graduate)
Seminar in Criminal Justice (graduate)
Statistics
Terrorism (graduate)
Theoretical Criminology (undergraduate and graduate)
Victimology
Violence and Victimization (graduate)
Women and Crime (undergraduate and graduate)
Areas of Research Interest
Fear of crime
Punitive Attitudes
Media and Perceptions of Crime and Justice
Women in prison
Violence against women
Professional Affiliations
American Society of Criminology
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
European Society of Criminology
Southwest Association of Criminal Justice
Recognition and Awards
TSU School of Criminology, Criminal Justice & Strategic Studies, Excellence for Academic Achievement, 2016
UT Arlington Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice Outstanding Service Award, 2007
UT Arlington Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice Special Recognition Award winner, 2006-2007
Golladay Award winner, 2005-2006
Nominated – Chancellors Council Outstanding Teaching Award, 2005-2006
Who’s Who Among American College Professors, 2005
Nominated – Outstanding Student Organization Advisor, 2004-2005
Favorite Professor, UTA Summer Orientation, 2004