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Education
2000 Ph.D. Division of Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Dissertation Title: The Meaning of Punishment: What Do Inmates Expect From Prison?
Chair: Patricia Van Voorhis
1996 M.A. Department of Sociology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Thesis Title: The Impact of Race on Perceptions of Criminal Injustice.
Chair: Francis Cullen
1992 B.A. Department of Sociology, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina
Current Projects
2012-date, International/Comparative Corrections
2010-date, Development and Implementation Homeland Security and Intelligence Programs
2008--date, Change Management in Correctional Agencies
2008--date, Reentry Needs of Long-term and Elderly Inmates
2005--date, Implementing Evidenced-Based Practices
Appointments
present, Department Head and Professor, in Criminal Justice, The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina.
2009 –2012, Associate Professor in Political Science and Criminal Justice, The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina.
2007-2008, Assistant Professor in Political Science and Criminal Justice, The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina.
2005- 2007, Assistant Professor in the Center for the Study of Crime, Delinquency, and Corrections, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois.
2001-2004, Assistant Professor in the Center for the Study of Crime, Delinquency, and Corrections, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois
1999-2001, Assistant Professor in Department of Criminal Justice Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois.
Other Positions & Employment
2004-2005, Social Science Research Specialist in the Bureau of Research, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. (Position involved design, implementation, and oversight of research projects and grant writing.)
Academics & Professional Awards
2013 The Brawley Award for Faculty Excellence within the Citadel’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences
1997 American Society of Criminology Minority Fellow
