Teaching

My teaching philosophy is based on the idea that learning is a collaborative enterprise. You never learn more than when you're teaching a course, and the more you're engaged with the material you're teaching, the better your students will understand the material. This means that any course I teach, I try to invest as much in as I can, so that both my students and I get as much out of their (our) learning experience as possible.

I've taught a variety of courses across institutions, ranging from introductory courses in criminal justice, to special topics graduate courses focused on advanced statistical methods. A full listing of my courses at the University of Southern Mississippi is below, and can be found in my CV.

TEACHING

Courses Taught

CJ 325-Criminal Justice Theory

CJ 470-Political Economy of Criminal Justice

CJ 480CA-Seminar in Criminal Justice

CJ 480-Seminar in Criminal Justice

CJ 492CA-Special Problems

CJ 492H-Special Problems

CJ 492-Special Problems

CJ 570-Political Economy of Criminal Justice

CJ 580CA-Seminar in Criminal Justice

CJ 600-Seminar in Theory of Criminal Justice

CJ 620-Applied Research Methods for Criminal Justice

CJ 625-Applied Statistical Methods for Criminal Justice

CJ 692-Special Problems

CJ 697-Independent Study and Research

CJ 698-Thesis

CJ 700-Qualitative Research and Analysis

CJ 720-Quantitative Research and Analysis

CJ 721-Regression Analysis in Justice Administration

CJ 792-Special Problems

CJ 898-Dissertation

FSC 497CA-Field Study in Forensic Science

HON 111-Honors Colloquium

HON 112-Honors Colloquium

HON 303-Honors Seminar

IDS 460-Designing Solutions for Defense

IDS 460-Hacking for Defense (H4D)

IDS 560-Hacking for Defense (H4D)

Teaching Innovation and Curriculum Development

New Course

CJ 480CA. June 2018.

Created a study abroad to Ireland and Northern Ireland focused on the Irish criminal justice system and the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

CJ 480CA. June 2017.

Created a study abroad to Italy focused on migration and human rights

Revise Existing Course

CJ 470. August 2016.

Revised CJ 470 - Political Economy of Criminal Justice, a course which had not been taught in 10 years.

Directed Student Learning

Doctoral Thesis Committee Chair

Matthew Allen - "Organizational Capture from Within: A Case Study of a Department of Corrections in the Southeast United States," (August 2019 - October 2021).

Master's Thesis Committee Chair

Blake Edwards - "Acting Black: An Analysis of Blackness and Criminality in Film," (August 2017 - August 2019).

Zoe Livengood - "What's Cookin'?: An Analysis of Food as a Method of Control in the Criminal Justice System," (January 2018 - May 2019).

Christopher Brewer - "Born to Run: A Grounded Theory Study of Cheating in the Online Speedrunning Community," (August 2017).

Mary Thornhill - "Black and Blue: Competing Social Constructions of Police on Instagram and Twitter," (August 2017).

Master's Thesis Committee Member

Ashleigh Price - "A Spatial Examination of Offender Vulnerability and the Impacts to Community Corrections Operations in Coastal Mississippi," (May 2019).

Kayce Lowe - "A Case Study of Police Use of Force on Juveniles in a Southeastern Police Department," (January 2018 - May 2019).

Citlali Deverge - "Police Education and Training: A Comparative Analysis of Law Enforcement Preparation in the United States and Canada," (November 2016).

Kelly Helldorfer - "“I Can Haz Applicants”: An Analysis of Police Recruitment and Marketing Through Social Media.," (November 2016).

Undergraduate Honors Thesis

Carley Sistrunk - Trauma and Crime Scene

Brianna Mathis - "In for a Shock?: Discretion and Disparity in Program Assignment," (2019).

Antonia Peterson - "Risky Business: A Comparative Analysis of Risk Instruments of Sports Security Arenas," (May 2019).

Adrian Griggs - "African American Perceptions of Community Oriented Policing Programs," (May 2017).