MSCJ Faculty
Listed below are the current faculty and staff for the Master of Science in Criminal Justice program at Kennesaw State University.
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Beverly Reece Churchwell
Beverly Reece Churchwell Assistant Professor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Assistant Professor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: breece11@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4067
Areas of expertise: Life-course criminology, desistance from crime, barriers to reentry, corrections, juvenile delinquency
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Stan Crowder
Stan Crowder Associate Professor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Associate Professor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: scrowder@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4063
Areas of expertise: Criminal investigations, serial offenders, victimology, criminal profiling, criminal justice ethics
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Sara Evans
Sara Evans Assistant Professor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Assistant Professor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: sevan120@kennesaw.edu
Location: PS 142
Areas of expertise: Neighborhoods and crime, public space, delinquency, scholarship of teaching and learning, high-impact practices
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Melanie Holland
Melanie Holland Assistant Professor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Assistant Professor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: mholla47@kennesaw.edu
Location: PS 144
Areas of expertise: Sentencing policies and theories, sentencing inequality, contextualization of disparate court outcomes
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Gang Lee
Gang Lee Professor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Professor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: glee18@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4072
Areas of expertise: Cybercrime, international criminology, comparative criminal justice, program evaluation
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Tanja Link
Tanja Link Interim Assistant Chair of Sociology & Criminal Justice; Crimminal Justice Internship Coordinator; Associate Professor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Interim Assistant Chair of Sociology & Criminal Justice; Crimminal Justice Internship Coordinator; Associate Professor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-2292
Email: tlink1@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4066
Areas of expertise: Vulnerable populations, corrections and reentry, barriers to reentry, desistance from crime, juvenile delinquency, substance use -
James McCafferty
James McCafferty Associate Professor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Associate Professor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-7771
Email: jmccaff4@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4074
Areas of expertise: Risk assessment, juvenile corrections, community corrections, campus gun policies
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Jennifer McMahon
Jennifer McMahon Interim Chair of Sociology and Criminal Justice; Professor of Criminal Justice and SociologyPosition:
Interim Chair of Sociology and Criminal Justice; Professor of Criminal Justice and SociologyPhone: (470) 578-2643
Email: jmcmaho7@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4054
Areas of expertise: Victimization, violence prevention, sexual assault case processing, gun control, program evaluation
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Rebecca Petersen
Rebecca Petersen Associate Professor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Associate Professor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-4732
Email: rpeterse@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4062
Areas of expertise: Juvenile justice, juvenile delinquency, youth gangs, research methods -
Heidi Scherer
Heidi Scherer Criminal Justice Program Coordinator; Associate Professor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Criminal Justice Program Coordinator; Associate Professor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-2894
Email: hscherer@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4065
Areas of expertise: Criminology, victimology, campus safety, sexual violence -
Richard Stringer
Richard Stringer Assistant Professor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Assistant Professor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: rstring7@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4051A
Areas of expertise: Drug and alcohol policy,policing, advanced quantitative methods
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Christopher Totten
Christopher Totten Director, MSCJ Program; Professor of Criminal Justice (Law)Position:
Director, MSCJ Program; Professor of Criminal Justice (Law)Phone: (470) 578-4413
Email: ctotten@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4069
Areas of expertise: Criminal Law and Procedure, Criminal Law and Society, International Criminal Law