Master of Science in Criminal Justice Faculty

Listed below are the current faculty and staff for the Master of Science in Criminal Justice program at Kennesaw State University.

Name
Position

  • Dr. Shelley Keith

    Professor of Criminal Justice

    skeith19@kennesaw.edu

    Areas of expertise: Criminological theory, identity, emotions, restorative justice, bullying, inequality and crime

  • Sinyong Choi, assistant professor at KSU

    Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice

    schoi35@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6739
    Kennesaw Campus, 375 Pilcher Public Service Bldg, Room 232

    Areas of Interest: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Ethical hacking, Digital forensic, Illegal online gambling, Quantitative analysis, Cryptocurrency crime

  • Beverly Reece Churchwell, associate professor at KSU

    Coordinator of Criminal Justice and Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

    breece11@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6739
    Kennesaw Campus, 402 Social Sciences Bldg, Room 4066

    Areas of expertise: Life-course criminology, desistance from crime, barriers to reentry, corrections, juvenile delinquency 

    Faculty web page

  • Sara Evans, associate professor at KSU

    Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

    sevan120@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6739
    Kennesaw Campus, 402 Social Sciences Bldg, Room 4067

    Areas of expertise: Neighborhoods and crime, public space, delinquency, scholarship of teaching and learning, high-impact practices

    Faculty web page

  • Melanie Holland, associate professor at KSU

    Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

    mholla47@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6739
    Kennesaw Campus, 402 Social Sciences Bldg, Room 4064

    Areas of expertise: Sentencing policies and theories, sentencing inequality, contextualization of disparate court outcomes

    Faculty web page

  • Gang Lee, professor at KSU

    Professor of Criminal Justice

    glee18@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2437
    Kennesaw Campus, 402 Social Sciences Bldg, Room 4072

    Areas of expertise: Cybercrime, international criminology, comparative criminal justice, program evaluation

    Faculty web page

  • Tanja Link, associate professor at KSU

    Coordinator of Internships for Criminal Justice and Professor of Criminal Justice and Sociology

    tlink1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2292
    Kennesaw Campus, 402 Social Sciences Bldg, Room 4054

    Areas of expertise: Vulnerable populations, corrections and reentry, barriers to reentry, desistance from crime, juvenile delinquency, substance use

  • Michael Logan, assistant professor at KSU

    Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

    mlogan21@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6739
    Kennesaw Campus, 402 Social Sciences Bldg, Room 4063

    Areas of expertise: Violence, Violent Extremism, Criminal Organizations, Offender Decision-Making, Malevolent Creativity

    Faculty web page

  • James McCafferty, associate professor at KSU

    Professor of Criminal Justice

    jmccaff4@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7771
    Kennesaw Campus, 402 Social Sciences Bldg, Room 4074

    Areas of expertise: Risk assessment, juvenile corrections, community corrections, campus gun policies

    Faculty web page

  • Jennifer McMahon, professor at KSU

    Executive Director of Planning and Accreditation Readiness and Professor of Criminal Justice and Sociology

    jmcmaho7@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2643
    Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3453

    Areas of expertise: Victimization, violence prevention, sexual assault case processing, gun control, program evaluation 

    Faculty web page

  • Heidi Scherer, professor at KSU

    Professor of Criminal Justice

    hscherer@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2894
    Kennesaw Campus, 402 Social Sciences Bldg, Room 4062

    Areas of expertise: Criminology, victimology, campus safety, sexual violence

  • Richard Stringer, associate professor at KSU

    Assistant Chair of the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice and Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

    rstring7@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6739
    Kennesaw Campus, 402 Social Sciences Bldg, Room 4051A

    Areas of expertise: Drug and alcohol policy,policing, advanced quantitative methods 

    www.richardstringer.net

    Faculty web page

  • Lisa Thompson, assistant professor at KSU

    Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice

    lthom255@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6739
    Kennesaw Campus, 402 Social Sciences Bldg, Room 4070

    Areas of Interest: Offending and Decision-Making; Military and Police Decision-Making; Violence Against Women, Quantitative Methods, Violent Extremism, Sex Offenses, Sexually Deviant Behavior, Forensic Psychology

  • Christopher Totten, professor at KSU

    Professor of Criminal Justice

    ctotten@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4413
    Kennesaw Campus, 402 Social Sciences Bldg, Room 4069

    Areas of expertise: Criminal Law and Procedure, Criminal Law and Society, International Criminal Law

  • Kenneth White, associate professor at KSU

    Associate Professor of Political Science and Criminal Justice

    kwhite88@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2928
    Kennesaw Campus, 402 Social Sciences Bldg, Room 5085

    Areas of expertise: Constitutional law, political theory, criminal procedure and ethics

    Faculty web page