Faculty & Staff
Listed below are the current faculty and staff for the Department of Sociology and
Criminal Justice at Kennesaw State University.
Administration
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Barbara Combs
Chair of the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice and Professor of Sociology
Chair of the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice and Professor of Sociology bcombs2@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-4384 SO 4058
Areas of expertise: Vulnerable populations, corrections and reentry, barriers to reentry, desistance
from crime, juvenile delinquency, substance use
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Tanja Link
Assistant Chair in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice and Coordinator of Internships for Criminal Justice and Professor of Criminal Justice and Sociology
Assistant Chair in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice and Coordinator of Internships for Criminal Justice and Professor of Criminal Justice and Sociology tlink1@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-2292 SO 4054
Areas of expertise: Neighborhoods and crime, public space, delinquency, scholarship of teaching and
learning, high-impact practices
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Sara Evans
MSCJ Program Director and Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
MSCJ Program Director and Associate Professor of Criminal Justice sevan120@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 SO 4067
Areas of expertise: Environmental sociology, Social inequality, Intersections of race, class, and gender
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Gail Markle
Professor of Sociology
Professor of Sociology gmarkle@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-2477 SO 4071
Areas of expertise:Life-course criminology, desistance from crime, barriers to reentry, corrections,
juvenile delinquency
Faculty web page
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Beverly Reece Churchwell
Coordinator of Criminal Justice and Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
Coordinator of Criminal Justice and Associate Professor of Criminal Justice breece11@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 SO 4066
Areas of expertise: Life-course criminology, desistance from crime, barriers to reentry, corrections,
juvenile delinquency
Faculty web page
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Camille Pfeifle
Academic Program Support Specialist
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Shari Sheridan
Academic Program Support Specialist
Full-time Faculty
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Samuel Abaidoo
Professor of Sociology
Professor of Sociology sabaidoo@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-4473 SO 5058
Areas of expertise: Technology and society, dark heritage studies, sociology of biotechnology
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Judy Allen
Principal Lecturer of Sociology
Principal Lecturer of Sociology jallen12@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-2070 SO 4068
Areas of expertise: Minority student retention, Social inequality, Social Isolation of Minorities in
Upscale Communities, Relationship Profiles, Adopt a Senior Bridge Building
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Jesse Benjamin
Professor of Sociology and International Conflict Management
Professor of Sociology and International Conflict Management jbenjam2@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-2067 SO 3003B
Areas of expertise: Pan-Africanism, decolonial theory, history of race, whiteness studies, epistemology,
development
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Mindy Bernhardt
Lecturer of Criminal Justice
Lecturer of Criminal Justice mbernha2@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Offender Decision Making, Criminological Theory, Offender Relationships, Violent Behavior,
Policing Technology, and Program & Process Evaluation
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Sinyong Choi
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice schoi35@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 PS 232
Areas of interest: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Ethical hacking, Digital forensic, Illegal online gambling,
Quantitative analysis, Cryptocurrency crime
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Joel Crombez
Associate Professor of Sociology
Associate Professor of Sociology jcrombez@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 SO 4076
Areas of expertise: critical, social, and sociological theory, political economy, mental health, technology
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Daniel Farr
Principal Lecturer of Sociology
Principal Lecturer of Sociology dfarr4@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-7970 SO 5006
Areas of expertise: Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQ Studies, Queer Health, Media, Body Studies
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Chris Hess
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Assistant Professor of Sociology chess11@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 PS 252
Areas of Interest: Urban Sociology, Computational Social Science, Housing and Neighborhoods, Quantitative
Methods, Social Demography, Data Visualization
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Melanie Holland
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice mholla47@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 SO 4064
Areas of expertise: Sentencing policies and theories, sentencing inequality, contextualization of disparate
court outcomes
Faculty web page
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Richard Hutchinson
Senior Lecturer of Sociology
Senior Lecturer of Sociology rhutch13@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 SO 5122
Areas of expertise: Social movements, social theory, environmental sociology, social stratification
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Wendell Johnson
Senior Lecturer of Sociology
Senior Lecturer of Sociology wjohn129@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Ethnography, community-based health interventions, health disparities
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Ian King
Lecturer of Criminal Justice
Lecturer of Criminal Justice iking25@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-4734 SO 4059
Areas of expertise: Prisoner Reentry, Community Corrections, Intimate Partner Violence, Health Disparities,
Policy Influences on Criminal Offending
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Carolee Larsen
Senior Lecturer of Sociology
Senior Lecturer of Sociology clarsen1@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-2365 UC 120
Areas of expertise: Race/class/gender, classical and modern theory, qualitative methods, sociology of
education
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Gang Lee
Professor of Criminal Justice
Professor of Criminal Justice glee18@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-2437 SO 4072
Areas of expertise: Cybercrime, international criminology, comparative criminal justice, program evaluation
Faculty web page
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Darina Lepadatu
Professor of Sociology
Professor of Sociology dlepadat@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6953 House 3201 - 110A
Areas of expertise: organizations, occupations, and work, international conflict management, transnational
migration, qualitative methods
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Michael Logan
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice mlogan21@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 SO 4063
Areas of expertise: Violence, Violent Extremism, Criminal Organizations, Offender Decision-Making, Malevolent
Creativity
Faculty web page
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James McCafferty
Professor of Criminal Justice
Professor of Criminal Justice jmccaff4@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-7771 SO 4074
Areas of expertise: Risk assessment, juvenile corrections, community corrections, campus gun policies
Faculty web page
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Jason Mueller
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Assistant Professor of Sociology jmuell18@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 PS 142
Areas of interest: Global Social Change; Political-Economy of Development; Social Theory; Protests, Uprisings,
& Insurgencies; Race, Ethnicity, & Indigeneity; Culture & Ideology; Psychoanalysis;
Africana Studies; Comparative & Historical Methods
Faculty Web Page
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Felipe Salazar-Tobar
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice fsalaza4@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 PS 140
Areas of expertise: Policing; Criminal Justice Policy; Comparative Criminology; Policy Diffusion, Research
Methods; Social Networks Analysis
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Heidi Scherer
Professor of Criminal Justice
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Brian Starks
Associate Professor of Sociology
Associate Professor of Sociology bstarks3@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6710 SO 3002A
Areas of expertise: Religion and Politics, Catholic Identity, Campus Ministry and Young Adults
Faculty web page
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Cristina Stephens
Associate Professor of Sociology
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Evelina Sterling
Professor of Sociology
Professor of Sociology esterlin@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-2268 SO 4065
Areas of expertise: Health disparities, sexual and reproductive health, maternal and child health, mental
health, chronic conditions
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Richard Stringer
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
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Lisa Thompson
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice lthom255@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 PS 141
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
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Christopher Totten
Professor of Criminal Justice
Professor of Criminal Justice ctotten@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-4413 SO 4069
Areas of expertise: Criminal Law and Procedure, Criminal Law and Society, International Criminal Law
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Linda Treiber
Workforce Interpersonal Relations Certificate Coordinator and Professor of Sociology
Workforce Interpersonal Relations Certificate Coordinator and Professor of Sociology ltreiber@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-2279 SO 4070
Areas of expertise: Medical Sociology, Nursing, Social Determinants of Health, Work/Organizations Gender
Linda Treiber Selected Works
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Kenneth White
Associate Professor of Political Science and Criminal Justice
Associate Professor of Political Science and Criminal Justice kwhite88@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-2928 SO 5085
Areas of expertise: Constitutional law, political theory, criminal procedure and ethics
Faculty web page
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William White
Senior Lecturer of Sociology
Senior Lecturer of Sociology wwhite61@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 SO 5122
Areas of expertise: Racial Identity, Housing Discrimination, Neighborhood Redevelopment, Education (Sociology
of Knowledge), and Motorcycle Clubs
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Adeline Fauth
Office Manager
Part-time and Limited Term Faculty
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Tony Bailey
Part-Time Instructor of Criminal Justice
Part-Time Instructor of Criminal Justice tbaile20@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Police Administration, Police in America
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Dennis Brown
Part-Time Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Part-Time Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice dbrown3@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Ideological/Group Violence and Law Enforcement, Information and Cyber Security
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James Bullock
Part-Time Instructor of Criminal Justice
Part-Time Instructor of Criminal Justice jbulloc9@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Foundations of Criminal Justice, Police Administration, Corrections
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Jennifer Combs
Part-Time Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Part-Time Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice jcombs10@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Corrections, Criminal Investigation, Ethics in Criminal Justice, Police in America
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Peter Fenton
Part-Time Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Part-Time Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice pfenton@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Policing, Organized Crime, Ethics in CJ, Criminal Procedure, Intro to CJ
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Rodney Hendrix
Part-Time Instructor of Criminal Justice
Part-Time Instructor of Criminal Justice rhendr21@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Crimes and Defenses, Criminal Investigation
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Laquanda Jackson
Part-Time Instructor of Sociology
Part-Time Instructor of Sociology ljack170@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Intro to Sociology, Social Problems, Social Organization
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Steve Kish
Part-Time Instructor of Criminal Justice
Part-Time Instructor of Criminal Justice smk8041@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Foundations of Criminal Justice, Police
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Calvin Moss
Part-Time Instructor of Criminal Justice
Part-Time Instructor of Criminal Justice cmoss38@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Police in America, Police Administration
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Shanika Perry
Part-Time Instructor of Criminal Justice
Part-Time Instructor of Criminal Justice sperry59@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Juvenile Justice, Profiling of the Serial Offenders, Criminal Courts
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Jennifermichele Petersen
Limited Term Instructor of Criminal Justice
Limited Term Instructor of Criminal Justice jpete173@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 SO 4055
Areas of Expertise: Criminal Courts, Corrections, Criminology, Victimology, Crimes and Defenses, Juvenile
Justice
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Malachi-Chaim Robinson
Part-Time Instructor of Criminal Justice
Part-Time Instructor of Criminal Justice mrobin86@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Tech and Cyber-crime
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Joseph Rush
Part-Time Instructor of Sociology
Part-Time Instructor of Sociology jrush20@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Criminology, Intro to Sociology, Medical Sociology
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Phyllis Russell
Part-Time Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Part-Time Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice prussel6@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Criminal Courts, Criminal Procedures, Crimes and Defenses, Foundation of Criminal
Justice
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Gary Shoats
Part-Time Instructor of Criminal Justice
Part-Time Instructor of Criminal Justice gshoats@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Foundation of Criminal Justice, Police in America
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Angie Smith
Part-Time Instructor of Criminal Justice
Part-Time Instructor of Criminal Justice astephe8@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Cyber-crime
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Frank Starosto
Part-Time Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Part-Time Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice fstarost@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Criminal Courts, Criminal Procedures, Crimes and Defenses, Foundations of Criminal Justice
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Todd Vande Zande
Part-Time Instructor of Criminal Justice
Part-Time Instructor of Criminal Justice tav6723@kennesaw.edu (470) 578-6739 SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Technology & Cyber Crime, Police in America, Police Administration, Juvenile Justice
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Gary Killam
Part-Time Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
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Nicole Lehner
Part-Time Instructor of Criminal Justice
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Olasubomi Ayeni
Limited Term Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
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