MSCJ Faculty

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

• Beverly Reece Churchwell

  Beverly Reece Churchwell Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice

  Position:
  Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice

  Phone: (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 Justice

  Position:
  Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

  Phone: (470) 578-6739
  Email: scrowder@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 4063

  
  

  Areas of expertise: Criminal investigations, serial offenders, victimology, criminal profiling, criminal justice ethics

• Sara Evans

  Sara Evans Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice

  Position:
  Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice

  Phone: (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 Justice

  Position:
  Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice

  Phone: (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 Justice

  Position:
  Professor of Criminal Justice

  Phone: (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 Justice

  Position:
  Interim Assistant Chair of Sociology & Criminal Justice; Crimminal Justice Internship Coordinator; Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

  Phone: (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 Justice

  Position:
  Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

  Phone: (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 Sociology

  Position:
  Interim Chair of Sociology and Criminal Justice; Professor of Criminal Justice and Sociology

  Phone: (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 Justice

  Position:
  Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

  Phone: (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 Justice

  Position:
  Criminal Justice Program Coordinator; Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

  Phone: (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 Justice

  Position:
  Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice

  Phone: (470) 578-6739
  Email: rstring7@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 4051A

  
  

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

  www.richardstringer.net

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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