Rodrigo Murataya: Department Chair, Professor, and Regular Graduate Faculty

A.A., Yakima Valley College; B.A., Law and Justice, Psychology Minor, Central Washington University; Master of Public Administration, International/Comparative Criminal Justice Systems, University of Washington; Ph.D., Gonzaga University, Interdisciplinary Leadership. Professor Murataya has served as a police officer and specializes in criminal law, law enforcement and comparative criminal justice with a particular focus on Mexico.

murataya@cwu.edu | 509-963-3667 | Murataya: Vitae (114KB .doc)

Teresa Francis: Associate Professor and Associate Graduate Faculty

B.A., Political Science, University of New Mexico; J.D., Mississippi College School of Law; L.L.M., Criminal Law, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law. Professor Francis is a lawyer, specializing in criminal and civil law and procedure, family law, and correctional law.

francist@cwu.edu | 509-963-1624 | Francis: Vitae (78KB .doc)

Krystal E. Noga-Styron: Associate Professor, Center Director at CWU Lynnwood, and Associate Graduate Faculty

B.A., Political Science & Spanish, University of Illinois; M.A., Journalism & Communication Law, University of Oregon; J.D., University of Oregon. Professor Noga-Styron is a former Deputy Prosecuting Attorney and is currently appointed as Judge Pro Tempore in Lewis County, WA. Her research and teaching interests include Legal Research and Writing, Report Writing, Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Family Law, Ethics, Criminal Justice and the Media, Intellectual Property Law, Election Law, and Comparative Law.

nogak@cwu.edu | 425-640-1574 | Noga-Styron: Vitae (72KB .doc)

J. Michael Olivero: Professor, Center director at CWU Yakima, and Regular Graduate Faculty

B.A., Sociology, San Francisco State University; M.S., Illinois University, Criminal Justice Sciences; PhD., Southern Illinois University, Sociology; Master of Social Work, Eastern Washington University. Professor Olivero has been published numerous times and has served as both a police officer and corrections officer. Professor Olivero specializes in research methods, correctional counseling, gangs, criminology and comparative criminal justice.

oliverom@cwu.edu | 963-2398 | Olivero: Vitae (98KB .doc)

Charles E. Reasons: Professor and Regular Graduate Faculty

A.A., Olympic College; B.A., Sociology, Central Washington State College; M.A., Sociology, Ohio University; Ph.D., Sociology, Washington State University; LL.B.,  University of British Columbia Law School. He has both a Ph.D. and a law degree, which he used to practice law in British Columbia, Canada. Prior to his arrival at CWU, professor Reasons chaired the Criminal Justice Department at Buffalo State College, in New York. He has been published extensively in many different areas, including nine books, numerous book chapters, and journal articles. He has taught and completed research in Canada, Australia, and the United States. Professor Reasons specializes in law, criminology, criminal justice and minorities, crime, and comparative homicide between Canada and the United States.

reasonsc@cwu.edu | 509-963-1779 | Reasons: Vitae (213KB .pdf)

Mary Ellen Reimund: Associate Professor, Center Director at CWU Des Moines, and Associate Graduate Faculty

B.S., Journalism, Bowling Green State University; M.A., Mass Communications; J.D., Drake University; LL.M., University of Missouri Law School. Professor Reimund has been a public information officer for a Sheriff’s Department, pretrial release interviewer in corrections, and practiced law as a county prosecutor. She has also taught as a part-time adjunct at several colleges and full-time in the School of Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice and Public Safety at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Professor Reimund teaches law-related classes. Her scholarship focuses on dispute-resolution and restorative justice.

reimundm@cwu.edu | 206-439-3800 | Reimund: Vitae (102KB .doc)

Key Sun: Professor, Center Director at CWU Pierce, and Regular Graduate Faculty

B.L., Law, Law School of Beijing University; M.A., Criminal Justice, Rutgers University; M.S.W., Community Mental Health, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign); Ph.D., Psychology, Rutgers University. Professor Sun has worked as a Correctional Mental Health Counselor at the WA Department of Corrections. Professor Sun has taught criminal justice and criminology at East Tennessee State University and at Marshall University. His publications have appeared in psychology and in criminal justice journals and textbooks.

sunk@cwu.edu | 253-964-6260 | Sun: Vitae (45KB .doc)

Cody Stoddard: Assistant Professor and Associate Graduate Faculty

B.A., Criminal Justice Administration, Boise State University; B.S., Political Science, Boise State University; M.A., Criminal Justice Administration, Boise State University; Ph.D., Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati. Professor Stoddard has taught policing and courts in the criminal justice system at Boise State University and court related courses at the University of Cincinnati. His dissertation focused on utilizing an ecological and organizational perspective in order to improve models explaining police decision making. His publications have appeared in Criminal Justice Journals.

stoddardc@cwu.edu | 509-963-3252 | Stoddard: Vitae (20KB .doc)

Lecturers

Adjunct Professors

Michelle Bennett: bennetm@cwu.edu

Saul Chacon: chacons@cwu.edu

Steve Cordero: corderos@cwu.edu

Rich LaRosa: larosar@cwu.edu

Carolyn Thurston: thurstoc@cwu.edu

Scott Willis: willissc@cwu.edu

Greg Zempel: zempelg@cwu.edu

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