Faculty & Staff

FACULTY:

	DeVere D. Woods Jr., Ph.D. Michigan State University; Criminal Justice; December 1997 Chair, Associate Professor, and Director of the Institute of Criminology, 1999 Teaching assignments include Law Enforcement , Criminal Justice, Criminal Investigation, and Criminalistics. Research and publication interests include Community Policing, Police Management and Administration, and Policy Implementation. HH 206; (812) 237-2190; DeVere.Woods@indstate.edu
	Avdi Avdija, Ph.D.   Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Criminology; May 2010 Assistant Professor, 2010 Teaching assignments include Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice, Criminal Investigation, Techniques of Interviewing and Interrogation, and Crime Analysis. Research and publication interests include Police Policy Issues, Evidence-Based Policing, and Crime Analysis. HH 242; (812) 237-9652; Avdi.Avdija@indstate.edu
	Shannon M. Barton-Bellessa, Ph.D. University of Cincinnati; Criminal Justice; August 2000 Professor, 2002. Teaching assignments include Community-Based Corrections, Research Methods, and Criminological Theory. Research and publication interests include Issues in Juvenile Justice and Delinquency, Correctional Programming, Correctional Officer Job Satisfaction, Court Improvement, Intermediate Sanctions, Gangs, and Homicides. Curriculum Vita HH 240; (812) 237-8332; Shannon.Barton-Bellessa@indstate.edu
	Lisa Kay Decker, J.D. Indiana University School of Law; Doctor of Jurisprudence; May 1985 Associate Professor, 1995. Teaching assignments include Law Enforcement, Courts, and Criminal Law and Law and Society.   Research and publication interests include Criminal Law, Decision making processes in the Courts, Police Personnel Selection and Education/Training in Law Enforcement. HH 212; (812) 237-2200; Lisa.Decker@indstate.edu
	Jennifer N. Grimes, Ph.D. Arizona State University; Justice Studies; May 2007 Assistant Professor, 2006. Teaching assignments include Corrections, Research Methods, and Theory.  Research and publication interests include Corrections and Sentencing, Media & Justice, and Punishment & Social Control. HH 237; (812) 237-2168;  Jennifer.Grimes@indstate.edu
	Mark S. Hamm, Ph.D. Arizona State University; Public Administration; May 1985 Professor, 1985. Teaching assignments include Research Methods, Criminology Theory, Terrorism and Public Policy.  Research and publication interests include Terrorism, Prison Subcultures, Human Rights, Cultural Criminology. HH 238; (812) 237-2197; Mark.Hamm@indstate.edu
	Jennifer L. Murray, Ph.D. Arizona State University; Justice and Social Inquiry; May 2011 Assistant Professor, 2011 Teaching assignments include Serial Killers, Introduction to Law Enforcement, Introduction to Criminal Justice, and Ethics in Criminal Justice. Research and publication interests include The Origins of Violent Crime and Social Deviancy, Mass and Serial Murder, The Psychology of Identity, and Surveillance and Social Control. HH 231; (812) 237-3006; Jennifer.Murray@indstate.edu
	David Polizzi, Ph.D. Duquesne University; Psychology; December 2002 Assistant Professor, 2005. Teaching assignments include Correctional Counseling, Techniques of Correctional Interviewing, Criminology, Correctional Group Therapy and Report Writing. Research and publication interests include Correctional Counseling and Rehabilitation and  Social Construction of Race and the Offender. HH 239; (812) 237-3437; David.Polizzi@indstate.edu
	Sudipto Roy, Ph.D.  Western Michigan University; Criminal Justice; May 1991 Professor, 1994. Teaching assignments include Research Methods, Theory, Juvenile Delinquency, and Community Corrections.  Research and publication interests include Intermediate Sanctions (Electronic Monitoring, Day Reporting, Restitution, etc.) and Victimology. HH 228; (812) 237-2198; Sudipto.Roy@indstate.edu
	Franklin T. Wilson, Ph.D. Sam Houston State University; Criminal Justice; August 2006 Assistant Professor, 2008 Associated Professor with the ISU Department of African American Studies Founding Chair of the Annual International Crime, Media, and Popular Culture Studies Conference www.indstate.edu/ccj/popcultureconference Editor of The Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture (August 2010 to Present) http://www.albany.edu/scj/jcjpc/jcjpc_home.html Member of the Board of Directors for Crimcast Winner of the 2010 Indiana State University Tenure-track International Faculty Award Dr. Wilson teaches classes in “Research Methods”,” Advanced Criminological Theory”, “Drugs and Society”, and “Crime and Media”’. Research and publication interests include “Crime, Media and Popular Culture” with a current focus on the depiction police violence in the first forty years of the COP Film Genre. Additionally, Dr. Wilson is currently studying prison cemeteries using historical and photo ethnographic research methodologies.  Other areas of research and publication include “Race and Class Issues”, “Public and Prison Health Issues”, “Death Penalty Issues” and ‘the history of island prisons”. HH 230; (812) 237-2199; Frank.Wilson@indstate.edu

FACULTY ON ONE YEAR ASSIGNMENTS:

	Melissa A. Benningfield, M.S. Indiana State University Instructor, 1994. Teaching assignments include Introduction to Criminology, Introduction to the Criminal Justice System, and Law Enforcement Internships. HH 232; (812) 237-2441; Melissa.Benningfield@indstate.edu
	Tyler Burns, M.S. Indiana State University Instructor, Distance Education Coordinator, 2009 Teaching assignments include Introduction to Criminal Justice System, and Introduction to Individuals, Societies, and Justice. HH 211; (812) 237-3039; Jonathon.Burns@indstate.edu

EMERITI FACULTY:

	Edmund W. Grosskopf, Ed.D. Indiana University Assistant Professor Emeritus. Teaching assignments include Introduction to Law Enforcement, Criminal Investigations, Law Enforcement Administration, Police Community Relations, Private Security, and Loss Prevention. HH 243; (812) 237-2162; Edmund.Grosskopf@indstate.edu
	Robert G. Huckabee, Ph.D. Sam Houston State University Associate Professor Emeritus. Teaching assignments include Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement, and Corrections. Research and publication interests include Victimization and History of Criminal Justice. HH 219; (812) 237-2195; Robert.Huckabee@indstate.edu
	Jeffrey L. Schrink, Ed.D. Indiana University Professor Emeritus. Teaching assignments include Introduction to Criminology and Corrections Internships. HH 229; (812) 237-2172; Jeffrey.Schrink@indstate.edu
	David T. Skelton, J.D., Ed.D. Indiana University Professor Emiritus. Teaching assignments include Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Law and Society, Legal Aspects of Private Security, Environmental Law Enforcement and Comparative Criminal Law.  Research and publication interests include Legal Aspects of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Tort Liability of Public Safety Agencies, Legal Issues in Private Security, Legal Aspects of Correctional Administration, Law and Traffic Safety Administration, Police Use of Force, and Criminal Justice Education. HH 214; (812) 237-2196; David.Skelton@indstate.edu

ADJUNCT FACULTY:

	Gary Hartsock, M.S. Indiana State University Lecturer. Teaching assignments include Institution Based and Community Based Corrections, Correctional Counseling, and Correctional Administration.
	Roland M. Kohr, M.D. Indiana University Visiting Associate Professor. Teaching assignments include Advanced Criminalistics and Death Investigations. Current research includes examination of less-than lethal weapons and their effects.
	Matthew J. Morgan, M.S. Indiana State University Lecturer. Teaching assignments include Criminology and Introduction to Law Enforcement. Matthew.Morgan@indstate.edu
	Edward B. Motley, M.S. Salve Regina University Lecturer. Teaching assignments include Institution Based and Community Based Corrections, and Correctional Administration.
	Eloise Pitt, M.P.A. Kentucky State University Lecturer. Academic Advisor, 2007 Teaching Assignments include Introduction to Corrections, Correctional Institutions, Community Based Corrections, and Juvenile Delinquency. HH 233; (812)-237-2180; Eloise.Pitt@indstate.edu

OFFICE STAFF:

Linda Everly Office Assistant HH 210  (812) 237-2193 Linda.Everly@indstate.edu	Brenda Starkey Student Services Assistant Institute of Criminology HH 208  (812) 237-2191 Brenda.Starkey@indstate.edu
Paul Lawson Student Assistant HH 210  (812) 237-2192 plawson5@sycamores.indstate.edu

GRADUATE ASSISTANTS:

Kevin Firestone HH 205 (812) 237-8437 kfirestone@sycamores.indstate.edu	John Gonsler HH 205 (812) 237-8437 jgonsler@sycamores.indstate.edu	Jordan Isaacs HH 205 (8120 237-8437 jisaacs2@sycamores.indstate.edu
Maja Mladineo HH 217 (812) 237-4360 mmladineo@sycamores.indstate.edu	Maggie Rumler HH 205 (812) 237-8437 mrumler@sycamores.indstate.edu	Mateja Vuk HH 217 (812) 237-4360 mvuk@sycamores.indstate.edu