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Offices are located in Lucas Hall on the UMSL North campus. If calling from a non-UMSL number please dial first 314-516 (XXXX)

Administration

Name & Title	Office	Phone	Email
Dr. Finn Aage Esbensen Department Chair E. Desmond Lee Professor of Youth Crime and Violence	330	4619	esbensen@umsl.edu
Jessie Bridges Administrative Associate	329	5032	bridgesj@umsl.edu
Amanda Porterfield Administrative Assistant	324	5031	porterfielda@umsl.edu

Full-time Faculty

Name & Title	Office	Phone	Areas of Specialization
Dr. Bob Bursik Curators' Professor	540	6644	Neighborhood dynamics & crime Social control Quantitative methods
Dr. Michael Campbell Assistant Professor	541	6731	Law and society Punishment and corrections Politics and crime
Dr. Kristin Carbone-Lopez Associate Professor	531	5426	Gender Crime & victimization Intimate partner violence
Dr. Dena Carson Assistant Research Professor	331	4387	Juvenile delinquency Delinquent peer groups Criminological theory
Dr. Stephanie DiPietro Assistant Professor	338B	5038	Immigration and crime Juvenile delinquency Criminological theory
Dr. Elaine Eggleston Doherty Associate Professor	338A	5033	Life course theory Desistance from crime & drug use Longitudinal methodology
Dr. Finn-Aage Esbensen E. Desmond Lee Professor of Youth Crime and Violence	330	4619	Youth violence and gangs Evaluation research Cross-cultural research
Dr. Beth Huebner Associate Professor	533	5043	Prisoner reentry Criminal justice decision-making Quantitative methods
Dr. Daniel Isom E. Desmond Lee Professor of Policing and the Community	542	5472	Police administration and policy Crime control policy
Dr. David Klinger Associate Professor	340A	7012	Policing Terrorism Deadly force
Dr. Janet Lauritsen Curators' Professor	328	5427	Victimization Gender & violent crime trends Quantitative methods
Dr. Timothy Maher Teaching Professor	535	5026	Policing Police deviance & sexual misconduct
Dr. Richard Rosenfeld Curators' Professor	537	6717	Social sources of violent crime Crime control policy Crime trends
Dr. Lee Ann Slocum Associate Professor	340B	4072	Quantitative methods Criminological theory
Dr. Terrance J. Taylor Associate Professor	529	5075	Victimization Youth violence & gangs Race/Ethnicity & crime
Dr. Matt Vogel Assistant Professor	539	5042	Juvenile delinquency Person-Context research Mental health and offending
Dr. Richard Wright Curators' Professor	338	5034	Offender decision-making Drug markets Cross-cultural & qualitative research

Emeritus Faculty & Staff

Name & Title	Office	Phone	Areas of Specialization
Dr. G. David Curry Professor Emeritus	539	5042	Organized violence Juvenile justice & youth violence Evaluation research
Cathy McNeal Administrative Associate Emeritus	n/a	n/a	n/a
Dr. Allen Wagner Associate Professor Emeritus	537	5037	Policing History of Police organizations

Adjunct Faculty

Name & Title	Office	Email
John Cosgrove Adjunct Instructor	324	cosgrovej@umsl.edu
Gabriel Crocker Adjunct Instructor	324	crockerg@umsl.edu
Michael Guzy Adjunct Instructor	324	guzym@umsl.edu
Mason Keller Adjunct Instructor	324	mkeller@stlouisco.com
Shannon McAllister Adjunct Instructor	324	Shannon_McAllister@moept.uscourts.gov
Kim Rensing Adjunct Instructor	324	rensingk@umsl.edu
Gary Young Adjunct Assistant Professor	324	younggm@umsl.edu