• Director of the first online interdisciplinary Criminal Justice Masters Degree Program in Wisconsin – third in the Nation; Currently; Lead faculty member in the development and implementation of the Criminal Justice Master Program. This cost-recovery degree program brings hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue to the university, college, and department.
• Director of collaborative and partnership initiatives in the development and management of distance learning diploma and certificate programs.
• Highly motivated and accomplished teaching profession with more than 20 years of exemplary experience; Tenured Professor at University of Wisconsin-Platteville.
• 20+ years of curriculum development and course development in the areas of sociology, criminology, criminal justice, family, and methodology (graduate and undergraduate).
• Lifelong advocate of continued learning and advancement; very effective in influencing the grasp of knowledge and love of learning to others (20 years of superior teaching evaluations).
• High energy level complemented by demonstrated ability to reach learners at all levels and incite them with a thirst for learning to the maximum extent possible (20 years of superior peer and student evaluations documented in Department Review records).
• American Council on Education (ACE) Course Evaluator.
• UWP Nominee: UW-System, 2004 Regents Teaching Excellent Award and 2004 Alliant Energy Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Award.
• Awarded the 2003 National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) Outstanding Advising Award; Awarded the 2002 UW-Platteville Academic Advising Award.
• Served extensively as Chairperson for several university, college, and department committees.
• Several research grants awarded; Extensive research presented at professional conferences.

• Ph.D. in Sociology, May 1997. North Carolina State University.
  Specializations: criminology, social control, deviance, family, methodology.
• M.A. in Sociology, December 1980. The University of Toledo.
  Specializations: criminology, deviance, family, methodology and social theory.
• B.S. in Criminal Justice, May 1979. The University of Toledo.
  Specializations: criminology, criminal justice administration, law enforcement.

General Responsibilities: Provide leadership, oversight, and creative strategic thinking, planning and management for UWP Criminal Justice Department and the College of Liberal Arts and Education to assure a high quality of excellence in the learning experience and the development of the online Criminal Justice Masters Program, to include online undergraduate, credit and non-credit degree and training programs.

Specific Responsibilities and Duties as Director of the Master of Science in CJ Program:

• Assures that online criminal justice programs’ goals are consistent with the mission of UW-Platteville and the goals and vision of the UWP CJ Masters Program.
• Insures that the graduate degree program meets accreditation.
• Insures that curriculum and resources are aligned in each program.
• Oversees the development of assessment plans and program reviews.
• Promotes and facilitates relationships with external constituencies.
• Insures fiscal solvency and strongly encourages financial self-sufficiency.
• Oversees recruitment of personnel.
• Articulates personnel processes to College Deans and Department Chairs.
• Works with Deans and Chairs to determine resource needs for the programs.
• Oversees budget development and expenditures of programs.
• Works with Department and College to develop fund raising strategies and goals.
• Works with Chairs and Faculty to accomplish program review in a timely manner.
• Works with Chairs and Faculty to determine course development needs.
• Encourages (and develops) new cutting-edge curriculum and courses.
• Works with Chairs to insure that hiring practices promote a diverse faculty.
• Promotes curriculum development that represents diversity.
• Promotes recruitment strategies that encourage a diverse student population.
• Research and Develop Articulation Agreements with other colleges and universities.
• Markets the degree programs to state, federal, and local agencies and corporations.
• Mentor and cross-train Instructors and course revisers.

Other duties as Professor of Criminal Justice:

• Mentor faculty in the development and instruction of graduate and undergraduate criminal justice courses for both on campus and online delivery; developing, refining, and implementing procedures and policies to advance both on campus and online teaching delivery methods.
• American Council of Education Evaluator, 2005 – Present.
• Collaborative writing for the Higher Learning Commission Report: Criterion III Committee Member (2004-2006) in preparation for HLC visit to campus December of 2006.
• Member of the Wisconsin DOJ Training & Standard Bureau, Management and Leadership Advisory Committee; involved in policy review and development for new educational training programs (collaborative partnerships with UWP and DOJ), 2004- Present.
• Member of several universities, college, and department search and screen committees.
• Member of the Graduate Council (Chair, sub-committee member – Higher Learning Committee-Strategic Planning); Currently Vice-President of the Council, 2006-2007; Secretary, 2004-2006.
• Member of the University Rank, Salary, and Tenure Policy Commission (RSTPC), 2006-2008.
• Chair /Member of the Department Rank, Salary, and Tenure Review Board, 1997-present.
• Chair, Criminal Justice Admissions/Transfer of Credits Committee.
• Criminal Justice Graduate Academic Advisor (Career Development).
• Thesis and Seminar Paper Advisor for students completing the capstone course as part of the Master of Science in Criminal Justice Degree Program.
• Member, Distance Learning Programs - Retention Committee.
• Council Member: Wisconsin Department of Justice Management and Leadership Advisory Board.
• Council Member: Wisconsin Department of Justice Curriculum Committee.
• Community Relations Board: Wisconsin Secure Program Facility - Correctional Facility.
• Manuscript Reviewer, JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY.
• Book Reviewer, WEST PUBLISHING and ALLYN & BACON PUBLISHING.
• Testing marketing strategies with the UWP Distance Learning Marketing Committee.

• Director, Master of Science in Criminal Justice Degree Program
• Course Developer and instructor of graduate and undergraduate courses; specialization in the areas of Corrections, CJ Research Methods, Criminological Theory, Gender and Crime
• Chair, Criminal Justice Graduate Admissions/Course Transfer Committee
• Chair, Search & Screen Hiring of Online Instructor for CJ Graduate Program
• Chair, Department Review Board (DRB) for Tenure, Promotion and Retention (3 years)
• Department and Program Representative, Graduate Council (6 years)
• Chair, Graduate Council – subcommittee: revision of online/campus procedures
• Academic Advisor, graduate and undergraduate students
• Faculty Advisor, Criminal Justice Association
• Coordinator and Faculty Advisor, Pi Gamm Mu International Honor Society
• Faculty Advisor, Zeta Beta Chi
• Chair, Scholarship Committee
• Member, Women Studies Council (Chair of several ad hoc committees)
• Representative, Women’s Studies Representative to College Curriculum Committee
• Member, ByLaws Committee
• Chair, Institutional Review Board for Human Subject Research (3 years appointed)
• Member, Student Discipline Appeal Tribunal
• Member, Pioneer Review Program
• Member, Criminal Justice Faculty Search & Screen Committee
• Chair, Criminal Justice Writing Competency Test
• Advisor, New Freshman Advising/Registration
• Manuscript Reviewer, JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY
• Manuscript Reviewer, GENDER AND SOCIETY JOURNAL
• Manuscript Reviewer, SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW
• Book Reviewer, WEST PUBLISHING
• Book Reviewer, Allyn & Bacon
• Trustee, Board of Directors for Family Advocates, Grant, Iowa, Lafeyette, and Crawford Co.
• Trustee, Board of Directors for Community Relations, Boscobel Super-Max Prison Project

• Assistant Director, Criminal Justice Program, Department of Arts & Science (1994-96)
• Course Developer and Lecturer, undergraduate criminal justice and sociology courses (courses developed and taught at both FSU Main Campus and Ft. Bragg Campus)
• Academic Advisor, undergraduate students
• Coordinator, Criminal Justice Internship Program (Main Campus)
• Coordinator, Criminal Justice Internship Program (Ft. Bragg Campus)
• Coordinator and Faculty Advisor, Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society
• Coordinator and Faculty Advisor, Criminal Justice Student Association
• Co-Manager, Chancellor’s Mentoring Program
• Faculty Mentor, New FSU Faculty
• Chair, Teaching Effective Committee
• Member, Special Project Committee
• Member, Library Department Committee
• Chair, Sexual Harassment Policy/Procedures Committee
• Chair, Campus Security Task Force Committee
• Chair, Lecture Series Committee
• Member, Multi-Cultural Affairs Committee
• Chair, Planning Review Committee
• Member, Research and Grants Committee
• Chair, Curriculum Development Committee
• Manuscript Reviewer, JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY
• Manuscript Reviewer, GENDER AND SOCIETY JOURNAL
• Manuscript Reviewer, SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW
• Book Reviewer, WEST PUBLISHING
• Trustee, Board of Directors for Crime Stoppers, Cumberland County
• Trustee, Board of Directors for People Assisting Victims, Cumberland County
• Member, Advisory Council for Cumberland Regional Juvenile County
• Mediator, Cumberland County Dispute Mediation Center
• Speaker’s Bureau, Fayetteville State University

• Developer and Lecturer, undergraduate criminal justice and sociology courses
• Academic Advisor, undergraduate students
• Coordinator and Faculty Advisor, Criminal Justice Student Association
• President, Faculty Senate (2 years)
• Member, Criminal Justice Advisory Board (5 years)
• Chair, Southern Accreditation Committee (SACS)
• Chair, Transfer Credit Agreements and Articulation Committee
• Co-Chair, Planning Review Committee
• Chair, Curriculum Committee Development
• Member, Telecommunications Committee
• Member, Multi-Cultural Activities Committee
• Faculty Mentor, New SCC Faculty

• Developed and taught graduate courses in security management; graduate academic advisor

• Criminology/ Sociology Instructor, Fayetteville Community College, Fayetteville, NC
• Criminology/ Sociology Instructor, Pembroke State University, Pembroke, NC
• Adjunct Professor of Sociology/Criminology, Methodist College, Fayetteville, NC
• Adjunct Professor of Criminology/Sociology, Saint Leo College, Norfolk, VA
  June 1984 to May 1986
• Criminology/ Sociology Instructor, East Carolina State University, Camp Lejeune Campus, NC
  August 1981 to May 1984
• Sociology Instructor/Graduate Teaching Assistant, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, January 1981 to June 1981

• Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
• American Association for Higher Education
• American Society of Criminology (Division of Women and Crime)
• American Sociological Association (Criminology Section)
• American Corrections Association
• American Criminal Justice Association
• Mid-Western Criminal Justice Association
• National Council on Crime and Delinquency

• Nominated by UWP – The 2004 Regents Teaching Excellence Award (Board of Regents Award)
• Nominated by UWP – The 2004 Alliant Energy Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Award
• Awarded the 2004-05 Assessment Activity Grant: Curriculum Assessment Review of the Online Master of Science in Criminal Justice Degree Program
• Awarded the 2003 National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) Outstanding Advising Award – faculty academic advising category
• Awarded the 2002 University of Wisconsin-Platteville Academic Advisor Award
• Awarded the 2000-01 Scholarly Activity Improvement Grant, University of Wisconsin-Platteville
• Awarded 1999 College of Liberal Arts and Education Foundation Honorarium for the development and presentation of the UWP Master of Science in Criminal Justice Degree Program to WI Board of Regents. The graduate degree program was approved June, 1999 by the WI Board of Regents.
• Awarded the 1999-2000 Scholarly Activity Improvement Grant, University of Wisconsin-Platteville
• Awarded the 1998-99 Scholarly Activity Improvement Grant, University of Wisconsin-Platteville
• Awarded the 1998-99 Curriculum Improvement Grant, University of Wisconsin-Platteville
• Awarded the University of North Carolina Board of Governors’ Faculty Study Grant, 1996-1997
• Awarded Teaching Fellowship Scholarship, Bowling Green State University, 1981-1983
• Awarded Graduate Assistantship Scholarship, University of Toledo, 1979-80
• Pi Gamma Mu International Honors
• Sigma Omega Chi Honors
• Alpha Kappa Delta Honors

2005-2009 Awarded (in collaboration with CJ Department and Distance Learning Center) funding of $225,000.00 from UW-Extension for the Special Programs Development Initiative Proposal entitled Online Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice as part of what President Reilly is calling the “Adult Access Initiative.” This initiative that now supports an undergraduate degree completion program in Criminal Justice will serve as a feeder to the CJ Master’s program.

2005-2006 Awarded grant of $40,000.00 from Wisconsin Department of Justice, Training and Standards to develop 2 training programs on line: First Line Supervisory Training for CJ Professionals; Leadership in Police Organizations.

Presented “Advantages to Online Learning for Law Enforcement Officers” at the Mid-Winter 2006 WI Chiefs of Police Association Conference, Oconomowoc, WI.

Expert Reviewer and presenter for the Teaching Online 2006 Project Grant conducted by UW-Extension – reviewing content modules and activities for use in future profession development events.

2004-05 Assessment Activity Project: Curriculum Assessment Review: Does the UWP Master of Science in Criminal Justice Degree Program Meet the Needs of the New Specialties in the Criminal Justice Field?

Developed and presented proposal to the Wisconsin Department of Justice, Bureau of Training and Standards Commission and Wisconsin Chiefs of Police, December 2003 – for the first online course, “1st-Level Supervisory Training” to be offered to Wisconsin Law Enforcement Personnel. Grant was awarded to begin the development of the first series of modules for online teaching to begin September, 2004.

Key UWP Participant in the development and presentation of the grant proposal “Collaborative Online Criminal Justice Degree: A Proposal for Program Development” to UW-Systems Administrators, 2003 – ongoing. This proposal seeks funding to plan, create, and launch a collaborative online criminal justice baccalaureate degree. The program will target working lawn enforcement personnel who met the WI Department of Justice, Bureau of Training and Standard minimum requirement of 60 credits. Eight UW institutions with criminal justice majors, minors and/or course concentrations will work together to establish this program.

Presented “A Successful Criminal Justice Masters Program” at Penn State World Campus, “Managing Faculty Online Workload Invitational Conference” October 20-23, 2002. Awarded the 2003 Award for Excellence for Faculty and Staff Development by the University of Continuing Education Association (UCEA Mid-Atlantic Region; Sloan-grant-funded project with a team of peers across the globe: “Effective Workload Management Strategies for the Online Environment.”

Key UWP Participant in the development and presentation of the proposal “Collaborative Online Criminal Justice Degree: A Proposal for Program Development” to UW-Systems Administrator, 2002-ongoing.

Online Presentation entitled “UW-P Criminal Justice Masters Program: A Success Story” at the International 2001 Online Conference on Teaching Online in Higher Education, “Synthesizing Online Teaching Strategies” November 12-14, 2001.

Presented “UW-P Criminal Justice Masters Program: A Success Story” and demonstrated online course, CJ 713 Criminal Justice Research and Statistical Methods via LotusLearning Space to the Dane County Connection Alumni Association at Learning Innovations in Madison, October 10, 2001.

Presented paper entitled “Peer Influences, Parental Bond, School Bonds and Peer Pressure to Commit a Violent Act: A Platteville Study” at the Midwestern Criminal Justice Association 2001 Annual Meeting, “Expanding the Frontiers of Criminal Justice” October 3-5, 2001.

Published Interview with ELLE MAGAZINE “Woman and Violent Crime” (February 2002 Issue).

Published Interview for an article on “Faculty Issues in the Online Environment: How Faculty Can Make a Course Their Own Whether Or Not They Created It,” Online Classroom, Magna Publications, July 17, 2001.

Chief Investigator, 2000-2001 SAIF Grant, University of Wisconsin Research Project “The Power of Parental Bonds on Adolescents’ Perceptions of Peer Pressure to Drink Alcohol and Smoke Marijuana.” (SAIF 2001 Report is on file at UW-P Karrmann Library and Office of Sponsored Programs).

Chief Investigator, 1998-99 SAIF Grant, University of Wisconsin Research Project “Peer Influences, Parental Bonds, School Bonds, and Peer Pressure to Commit Delinquent Behavior: A Platteville Study.” (SAIF 1999 Report is on file at UW-P Karrmann Library and Office of Sponsored Programs).

Presented “Online Teaching: Demonstration of CJ 723 Criminological Theory” to UW-P Faculty as part of a Distance Learning Faculty Development Series via UW-P Distance Learning Center, March 22, 2001.

Developed the following online courses for the Master of Science in Criminal Justice Degree Program: CJ 723 Criminological Theory; CJ 713 CJ Research and Statistical Methods; CJ 792 Criminal Justice Seminar Research Paper; CJ 6500 Directed Studies; CJ XXX Victimology (in progress) via Lotus Learning Space.

Presented the UW-P Masters of Science in Criminal Justice and Diploma in Criminal Justice, as well as demonstrated how to access and use web-based tools to acquire the masters degree to the Criminal Justice Advisory Board at UW-P Semi-Annual Meeting, Spring 2000.

Presented (in collaboration with other UW-P Colleagues) the Master of Science in Criminal Justice Degree Program Proposal to the UW Board of Regents at UW-Parkside, June 11, 1999. As a result, authorization was given to implement the Master of Science in Criminal Justice Degree at UW-P June 11, 1999.

Presented paper entitled “Prevalence and Incidence of Violence Against Women” as part of Session A “Violence toward Women at Home and at Work: Changing Responses” at the 15th Annual Conference of the Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies and the 24th Annual Conference of the University of Wisconsin System Women’s Studies Consortium, October 22, 1999.

Presented the following papers at various times and at various professional associations. Those associations include the following: the American Society of Criminology Annual Meetings (1991-present), the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Meetings (1991-present), the North Carolina Sociological Association Annual Meetings (1991-97), Southeastern Council on Family Relations Conferences (1991-97), Annual North Carolina Criminal Justice Association Conferences (1991-97), and Southern Society Meetings (1991-97).

“Peer Influences and Parental Bonds Effects on Peer Pressure to Commit Delinquent Behavior: A Platteville Study” (1999); “Interaction Effects: Delinquent Friends, Parental Bonding and Peer Pressure to Commit a Crime or Do Something Violent: A National Study” (1998);“Peer Influences, Parental Bonds, School Bonds and Perceived Peer Pressure to Commit Delinquent Behavior: A National Study” (1997); “Delinquent Friends and the Parental Bonding Process” (1997); “Gender and Social Stratification System” (1996); “Feminists’ Reconceptualization of American Families” (1996); “Theoretical and Methodological Differences in Studying Family Violence and Wife Abuse” (1996);“Gender Variations of Risk-Taking Behavior and Delinquency” (1996); “The Effects of Smoking Cigarettes on Cocaine Usage Among Juveniles” (1995); “Feminist Research: Freedom of Thought and Action” (1994); “The Effects of Exposures to Arrest and Risk-Taking Behavior on Delinquent Behavior” (1994); “Social Status, Social Support, and Health Promotion Behavior” (1993); “Exploring Levels of Abstraction in Concept Formation” (1993); “The Gendered Nature of Work-Family Linkages to Female Criminality” (1993); “The Utopian Lunar Space Station” (1992); “Applying Qualitative, Quantitative, Cross-Sectional, and Historical Methodologies to the Study of Divorce” (1992); “The Exchange Theory of Family Violence” (1992); “Marital Support, Health Promotion Behavior, and Perceived Health Status” (1992); “Females and Crime” (1992); “Feminism and Family Research” (1992); “A Book Critique: Women on Heroin” (1992); “Support for the Feminist Perspective: A Feminist Criminology” (1992); “A Comparative Analysis: Normative and Realistic Perspective on Deviance” (1991); “An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Intensive Supervision Probation Programs” (1992); “Structural-Functionalism, Conflict Theory, and Symbolic Interactionism : Theoretical Comparisons” (1991); “The Rise in Pink-Collar Crime” (1990).

Co-Investigator, 1994-95 Fayetteville State University Research Project, “Task Force on Campus Safety and Security.” (FSU Campus Security Manual was created as result)

Co-Investigator, FY 1993 North Carolina State University Research Project “Study of Family and Health” (developed and implemented a national survey on the interrelationships between family structure and function and the health status and health care of family members as part of the National Health Interview Survey).