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Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty & Staff
The faculty of the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice are committed to providing high-quality education in criminal justice, emergency and disaster management, and criminology to our majors, other students across the University, and to the professional community. They are strongly committed to the life-long learning and professional development of our students and to facilitating their transition into the professional milieu.
| Stephen E. Brown | Ph.D., Professor and Department Head |
| Ms. Pipa Swentzel | Administrative Assistant |
| Robert T. Berry | M.P.A., Associate Professor |
| Lisa Thomas Briggs | Ph.D., Assistant Professor |
| F. Frederick Hawley | Ph.D., Professor |
| Cynthia Caravelis Hughes | Ph.D., Assistant Professor |
| Ronald Hunter | Ph.D., Professor |
| Karen Mason | Ph.D., Associate Professor |
| Carlie Merritt | M.S., Director, Emergency and Disaster Management Distance Learning Program |
| Larry J. Myers | Ph.D., Director, Criminal Justice Distance Learning Program |
| Laura B. Myers | Ph.D., Professor |
| Jamie Vaske | Ph.D., Assistant Professor |
| Part-time Faculty | |
| Tom Johnson | Ph.D., Chief of Police, Western Carolina University |
| Bill Hollingsed | M.P.A., Chief of Police, Waynesville, NC |
| Wayne Knight | M.S., Adjunct Professor |
| Ross Robinson | M.P.A., Retired Deputy Chief of Police, Asheville, NC |
| Aaron Vassey | M.S., Advising Coordinator, Distance Learning Programs |