Law and Justice Faculty

Welcome to the department of Law and Justice. On this page you can learn about the professors that teach in Law and Justice. If you ever wanted to know where your professor went to college or how they got to CWU, this is the place to be.

Professor Mary Ellen Reimund, Department Chair - 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 and as a staff attorney for Minnesota Legal Services. Besides providing domestic violence training for police, she has 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 focuses academically on law-related classes and has interest in mediation and dispute-resolution areas. (reimundm@cwu.edu) 206-439-3835

Professor Sarah Britto - Ph.D., M.S., Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University; B.A., Criminal Justice, Louisiana State University. Professor Britto conducts research in the areas of the media and fear of crime, restorative justice, and inequality and violent crime. Her teaching interests include research methods, ethics, media, gender, and crime theory. She has also worked as a probation officer and with a program for troubled teens. (brittos@cwu.edu) 509-963-3262.

Professor Teresa Francis - B.A., 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 .

Professor Robert C. Moore - B.A. Central Washington University; M.A., Sociology, New Mexico State University; has worked many years for the Washington Department of Corrections as a prison superintendent, Assistant Director and Regional Administrator and for the King County Department of Youth Services as the Probation Manager. His focus is in criminology and corrections. (moorerob@cwu.edu) 509-963-3875.

Professor Rodrio Murataya - A.A., Yakima Valley College; B.A., Central Washington University; Master of Public Administration, University of Washington; Ph.D., Gonzaga University. 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) 509-963-3720.

Professor Krystal E. Noga - B.A., University of Illinois; M.A., Journalism & Communication, University of Oregon; J.D., University of Oregon; Professor Noga is a former Lewis County Deputy prosecutor; she specialized in Criminal and Civil law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Intellectual Property. (nogak@cwu.edu) 425-640-1574 .

Professor J. Michael Olivero - B.A., B.A., San Francisco State University; M.S., Illinois University; Ph.D.,Southern Illinois University; M.S.W., 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) 509-963-2398.

Professor Charles E. Reasons -A.A., Olympic College; B.A., Central Washington University; M.A., Ohio University; Ph.D., 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 was the Chair of the Criminal Justice Department at Buffalo State College, in New York. Like many of our other professors, he has been published extensively in many different areas. Professor Reasons specializes in law, criminology, criminal justice and minorities, crime and comparative homicide. (reasonsc@cwu.edu) 509-963-1779

Professor James B. Roberts - B.A., Adelphi University; J.D., Southern Illinois University School of Law; M.S.W., Southern Illinois University. Professor Roberts has practiced law in Illinois and focuses academically on conflict resolution, mediation, legal research and civil procedure. (robertsj@cwu.edu) 509-963-2990

Professor Key Sun - M.A., Criminal Justice, Rutgers University; B.L. Law School of Beijing University; M.S.W., Community Mental Health, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), Ph.D., Psychology, Rutgers University. Professor Sun has worked as a Correction Mental Health Counselor at the WA DOC. Dr. Sun has taught criminal justice and criminology at East Tennessee State University and at Marshall University. His publications have appeared in psychology and criminal justice journals and textbooks.(sunk@cwu.edu) 253-964-6260