The upcoming academic year marks the second full year of the
Criminal Justice program! As we look ahead to the start of the school
year, we want to take this opportunity to introduce the Criminal Justice
faculty who will be teaching for the program this year. In particular,
we'd like to welcome Dr. Lori Burrington, our newest full-time faculty
member! We also want to highlight the CRJ courses being offered in both
fall and winter semesters, so below each biographical sketch is a list
of the courses that faculty member will teach this year. Please note
that many of the courses still have openings, so be sure to check SAIL
if you are looking to enroll!
Looking forward to a great year!
FULL-TIME FACULTY
Jay Meehan, Professor and Chair
Dr. Meehan is Professor of Sociology and director of
the criminal justice program at Oakland University. He has a
long-standing research interest in police record-keeping practices, the
interactional organization of police work, and the impact of information
technologies on the police. His work has appeared in the
British Journal of Criminology, Psychiatric Quarterly, Qualitative Sociology, Symbolic Interaction, Sociological Quarterly, and
Urban Life.
Teaching in Fall
CRJ 342 The Surveillance Society (AFC)
CRJ 490 Criminal Justice Capstone
Teaching in Winter
CRJ 327 Police & Society
Amanda Burgess-Proctor, Assistant Professor
Dr. Burgess-Proctor is an assistant professor of Criminal Justice at Oakland
University. She received her Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from Michigan
State University in 2008. Her primary research and teaching interests include
feminist criminology, criminological theory, intimate partner abuse, and crime and drug policy. She has published articles in
Justice Quarterly,
Journal of Crime & Justice,
Feminist Criminology,
Violence Against Women, and
Violence & Victims.
Teaching in Fall
CRJ 200 Criminological Theory
CRJ 300 Alcohol, Drugs & Society
Teaching in Winter
CRJ 300 Alcohol, Drugs, & Society
CRJ 330 Women, Crime & Justice
CRJ 490 Criminal Justice Capstone
Lori Burrington, Assistant Professor
Dr. Burrington
is an assistant professor of Criminal Justice at Oakland University.
Originally from southeastern Michigan, she received her undergraduate
degree in political science from the University of Michigan and a law
degree from Ohio State University. After practicing corporate and
intellectual property law in metropolitan Columbus, Ohio for 11 years,
she re-entered academe and obtained a Ph.D. in sociology from Ohio
State, specializing in criminology. Her primary research and teaching
interests focus on the importance of social contexts -- such as
residential neighborhoods, schools, families, and romantic partnerships
-- for predicting crime, delinquency, and problem behavior among
adolescents and early adults. In particular, she is interested in the
ways that social contexts inhibit (or contribute to) behavioral outcomes
such as youth violence, substance abuse, and sexual risk-taking.
Teaching in Fall
CRJ 100 Intro to Criminal Justice
CRJ 300 Alcohol, Drugs & Society (AFC)
Teaching in Winter
CRJ 100 Intro to Criminal Justice (AFC)
CRJ 200 Criminological Theory
CRJ 395 Neighborhoods, Schools & Crime
Kimberly Byrd, Director of Field & Student Support
Kimberly Byrd is the Director of Field & Student
Support for the criminal justice program at Oakland University. She
received her Bachelor in Psychology from Oakland University in 1996 and
Master in Social Work from Wayne State University in 1998. Upon
graduating, she worked with the juvenile delinquent population and with
family systems. Before coming to OU, she spent the last 15 years working with the
terminally ill population. She is currently responsible for academic
and career advising, placing criminal justice students in internship
settings, and teaching CRJ 430, a required course for CJ majors.
Teaching in Fall
CRJ 430 Internship in Criminal Justice
Teaching in Winter
CRJ 430 Internship in Criminal Justice
Ray Liedka, Special Instructor
Dr. Liedka
teaches courses in statistics and research methods, as well as
corrections. His research and teaching interests include quantitative
methods, statistics, correctional organizations, and social
stratification. His research has appeared in
Criminology & Public Policy and
Crime & Delinquency, and he recently was quoted in a
New York Times article about prisons and poverty.
Dr. Liedka will be on leave for the 2013-2014 academic year and so will not be teaching any courses.
PART-TIME FACULTY
DeAnne Bukari
DeAnne Bukari, LMSW, is the
Chief Probation Officer at the 52-3 District Court in Rochester Hills.
An OU graduate, she has worked in the corrections field for decades. In
2005, she helped develop the 52-3 DC’s Sobriety/OWI Court, where she
supervises an intense caseload of repeat alcohol/drug offenders. She is
an LMSW, LPC and a CAADC and has been teaching SW 364: Substance Abuse
Theory & Addiction I & II, since 2011. In Fall 2013, she will
also teach CRJ 324: Corrections & Rehabilitative Institutions at
AFC. She also “employs” 3-5 OU interns annually, training them to become
future probation officers!
Teaching in Fall
CRJ 324 Corrections & Rehabilitative Institutions (AFC)
SW 364 Substance Abuse Theory & Practice I
Teaching in Winter
SW 365 Substance Abuse Theory & Practice II
George Constance
George Constance has been an Assistant Attorney General with the
State of Michigan for the past 2.5 years. Prior to that, he was an attorney
within the City of Warren City Attorney office for 25 years. He has
taught at the community college and university level for 25 years.
Also, he was the Macomb County Public Service Institute (Police Academy)
Instructor of the year in 2010.
Teaching in Winter
CRJ 329 Criminal Law & the Courts (AFC)
Linda Darga
Linda Darga, Ph.D., earned her
doctorate in biological anthropology from Wayne State University. She
had a three-year NIH research fellowship at Children's Hospital of
Michigan and then conducted research at the Beaumont Weight Loss Clinic
with numerous publications in weight loss and its physiological
correlates, and also worked with drug studies conducted at the clinic.
she then conducted studies at the Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne
State University in breast and prostate cancer. She also held positions
in Oncology at Children's Hospital and Karmanos working with clinical
trials. She has taught many years, both undergraduate and graduate
courses, in anthropology at Wayne State University, Oakland University,
and the University of Windsor.
Teaching in Fall
CRJ 395 Forensic Anthropology
Daniel Kennedy
Daniel
Kennedy, Ph.D., began his career in criminal justice and security
administration as a civilian crime analyst with the Detroit Police
Department in 1966. Over the next decade, Dr. Kennedy also served as a
counselor for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, as a probation officer in
Detroit, and as a senior administrator of two police academies in
southeastern Michigan. While serving in these capacities, he studied
sociology and criminology at Wayne State University, earning B.A.
(1967), M.A. (1969), and Ph.D. (1971) degrees along the way. Since
completing his formal education, Dr. Kennedy has had extensive
specialized training in various aspects of criminal behavior, policing
operations, corrections operations, and private sector security
management. For the past twenty-five years, Dr. Kennedy has developed
expertise in forensic criminology: the application of criminological
knowledge to matters of immediate concern to various courts of law.
Teaching in Fall
CRJ 346 Profiling & Threat Assessment
Sam Lucido
Sam
Lucido is the Chief of Police for the Oakland University Police
Department. Chief Lucido served for 25 years as a member of the Detroit
Police Department. He experienced the full range of working in an urban
policing environment while assigned to patrol operations, criminal
investigations, training and staff/administration. He served in the
ranks
of police officer, investigator, sergeant, lieutenant and retired at the
rank of inspector in 1997.Following his retirement from DPD, he taught
for two years
full-time as an assistant professor of criminal justice and
undergraduate student advisor at Madonna University. He then served for
four years as Chief of Police in Northfield
Township (near Ann Arbor) and the next eleven years as Chief of
Police here at Oakland University. He earned a BS in Police
Administration and an MS in
Criminal Justice, both from Wayne State University. He also attended
numerous professional training programs, including additional graduate
work at Northwestern University and coursework at the FBI National
Academy in Quantico, Virginia. He has also taught part-time at Wayne
County
Community College, Henry Ford Community College and here at Oakland
University in the MPA Program.
Teaching in Fall
CRJ 100 Intro to Criminal Justice
Matthew Switalski
The Honorable Matthew Switalski was elected to the Macomb
County Circuit Court in 2002. The youngest of seven children, he
graduated from Roseville High School in 1987, received his B.A. from the
University of Michigan in 1991, and his J.D. from the University of
Detroit in 1994. He served as Assistant City Attorney for St. Clair
Shores, Eastpointe, and Grosse Pointe Farms from 1995 to 1998. As a
Macomb County Assistant Prosecutor for 1999 to 2002, Judge Switalski won
jury convictions for murder, rape, arson, carjacking, kidnapping, and
armed robbery. As a Circuit Judge, he presides over criminal and
juvenile matters, including adoptions and the Macomb County Juvenile
Drug Court.
Teaching in Fall
CRJ 329 Criminal Law & the Courts
Teaching in Winter
CRJ 323 Delinquency & Juvenile Justice (AFC)
Aaron Westrick
Aaron Westrick, Ph.D., is a police supervisor with 31 years of law enforcement experience having served in many capacities including corrections supervisor, assault (SWAT) team member, hostage negotiator and major case detective. He is a highly decorated officer. Because of his status within law enforcement and the commercial body armor industry, he is able to access most ballistic fabrics. Dr. Westrick is a recognized expert in most armor materials and ballistic use of force issues.
Teaching in Fall
CRJ 327 Police & Society (AFC)
Teaching in Winter
CRJ 340 White Collar Crime
James Windell
James Windell, M.A., teaches criminal justice classes at Wayne
State University and Oakland University. Previously he was a court
clinical psychologist with the Oakland County Circuit Court's
Psychological Clinic for more than 25 years where he conducted group
therapy with delinquent adolescents and co-led the high-conflict
post-divorce group ADEPT. He was a probation officer in juvenile court
and a supervisor in Oakland County Youth Assistance, a delinquency
prevention program. As a psychotherapist, he specialized in work with
disruptive and oppositional children and teens.
Teaching in Fall
CRJ 323 Delinquency & Juvenile Justice
