Western Carolina University

The faculty of the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice are committed to providing high-quality education in criminology and criminal justice, and emergency and disaster management to our majors, other students across the University, and to the professional community. The faculty 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
No photo available.	Ms. Pipa Swentzel Administrative Assistant
	Robert T. Berry Ph.D., Assistant Professor
	Lisa Thomas Briggs Ph.D., Associate Professor
	F. Frederick Hawley Ph.D., Professor
	Cynthia Caravelis Hughes Ph.D., Assistant Professor
	Thomas Johnson Ph.D., Assistant Professor
No photo available.	Wayne Knight M.S., Assistant Professor
	Al Kopak Ph.D., Assistant Professor
	Hoon Lee Ph.D., Assistant Professor
	Karen Mason Ph.D., Associate Professor and Assistant Department Head
	Carlie Merritt M.S., Director, Emergency and Disaster Management Distance Learning Program
	Maggie Orender M.A., Assistant Professor
	Jamie Vaske Ph.D., Assistant Professor
	Aaron Vassey M.S., Advising Coordinator, Distance Learning Programs
Part-Time Faculty
Bill Hollingsed	M.P.A., Chief of Police, Waynesville, NC
Tamara Vander Molen	A.B.D., Investigator, Waynesville, NC