College of Liberal Arts

Dept. of Criminal Justice and Criminology

Criminal Justice Faculty

Photo: David BrodyDavid Brody

Associate Professor & Interim Director
brody@wsu.edu
509-358-7952
SAC 403A, WSU Spokane

Curriculum vitae

Dr. Brody's interests include criminal law, criminal procedure, administration of justice, judicial evaluation, judicial selection systems, prosecution and adjudication, law and social control, and the jury system.

Laurie Drapela

Associate Professor
ldrapela@vancouver.wsu.edu
360-546-9485
MMC 102F, WSU Vancouver

Curriculum vitae

Dr. Drapela's research interests include probation officer discretion, the sociological impacts of prison siting, the implementation and operation of therapeutic courts, and offending desistance trajectories among youth. Her work has appeared in Crime & Delinquency, the Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Deviant Behavior, and Youth & Society.

Zachary Hamilton

Assistant Professor
zachary.hamilton@wsu.edu
509-335-2455
Johnson Tower 721, WSU Pullman

Curriculum vitae

Dr. Hamilton's research interests include reentry, corrections, substance abuse treatment, and quantitative research methods

Zachary Hays

Assistant Professor
zhays@wsu.edu
509-335-4031
Johnson Tower 717, WSU Pullman

Curriculum vitae

Photo: Faith LutzeFaith Lutze

Associate Professor
lutze@wsu.edu
509-335-2272
Johnson Tower 715, WSU Pullman

Curriculum vitae

Dr. Lutze's current research interests include the rehabilitative nature of prison environments, the impact of ultra-masculine environments on inmate adjustment, offender adjustment to community corrections supervision, and violence toward women. She teaches criminal justice courses related to corrections and to gender and justice.

Photo: Otwin MareninOtwin Marenin

Professor
otwin@wsu.edu
509-335-8428
Johnson Tower 718, WSU Pullman

Curriculum vitae

Dr. Marenin's research and publications have focused on comparative politics and criminal justice issues and, more recently, on issues in international and comparative policing, international police assistance and training efforts, criminal justice in Third World countries, and policing in Native American communities.

Photo: Melanie-Angela NeuillyMelanie-Angela Neuilly

Assistant Professor
m.neuilly@wsu.edu
509-335-5465
Johnson Tower 719, WSU Pullman

Curriculum vitae

Dr. Neuilly's research focuses on lethal violence data collection processes in an international context. Generally speaking, her interests are in violent crime, crime data collection, public health, and comparative criminal justice and criminology.

Photo: Douglas A. OrrDouglas A. Orr

Adjunct
dorr@wsu.edu
SAC 401, WSU Spokane

Curriculum vitae

Douglas A. Orr is a 25-year law enforcement veteran who has served as a commissioned police officer in South Carolina, Idaho, and Washington. Dr. Orr is nationally certified as a polygraph examiner through the American Polygraph Association. Dr. Orr is EnCE certified as well through Guidance Software. He also holds membership in the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, the American Society of Criminologists, and the Homicide Research Working Group.

Photo: Jacqueline van WormerJacqueline van Wormer

Clinical Assistant Professor
jvanwormer@wsu.edu
509-335-4042
Johnson Tower 716, WSU Pullman

Curriculum vitae

Dr. Van Wormer's research interests include research interests include operational dynamics of drug courts, juvenile justice and correctional programming

Photo: Bryan VilaBryan Vila

Professor
vila@wsu.edu
509-358-7711
SAC 403B, WSU Spokane

Curriculum vitae

Dr. Vila's research areas include criminology theory development; the impact of bio-physical, social, and behavioral factors on police performance and discretionay behavior; interdisciplinary research techniques (esp. geographic information systems, mathematical modeling, historical analysis, and evaluation); the evolution of culture in human societies; and street gangs.

Darryl Wood

Assistant Professor
darrylwood@vancouver.wsu.edu
WSU Vancouver

Curriculum vitae

 

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