Departmental faculty members publish the results of their research in top-tier, peer-reviewed journals and generate  external funding from local, state and national government agencies and private foundations. Teaching activities in the CCJ Department include not only traditional in depth course work, but also intensive research training, especially at the PhD level. CCJ faculty members are actively involved in many local, state, national and international service activities, holding offices in organizations such as the American Society of Criminology and/or editorial positions on major criminological and sociological journals.

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. Chris Sullivan
Department Chair
Professor

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5032

cjsullivan@umsl.edu
Dr. Marisa Omori
PhD Graduate Director
Associate Professor
540 5043 marisa.omori@umsl.edu
Dr. Lee Ann Slocum
MA Graduate Director
Professor
340B 4072 slocuml@umsl.edu
Dr. Tim Maher
Undergraduate Director
Teaching Professor
535 5026 mahert@umsl.edu
James Ottolino
Office Assistant III
324 5031 jamesottolino@umsl.edu
Amari' Cunningham
Business Specialist II
408
SSB
5353 amaricunningham@umsystem.edu 
Jasmine Moore
Business Specialist I
347
SSB
5521 jasminemmoore@umsl.edu 
Kimberly Stanger
Senior Business Specialist
311
ESH
5743 kimberlystanger@umsl.edu

Faculty

Name & Title Office Phone Areas of Specialization
Dr. Valerie Anderson
Associate Professor
527 4408

Feminist criminology
Youth and adolecence
Victimization
System responses

Dr. Adam Boessen
Associate Professor
531 5030 Neighborhoods and crime
Space and geography
Social networks
Dr. Kelsey Cundiff
Assistant Professor
338B 6825 Crime trends
Communities and crime
Adolescent delinquency
Dr. David Klinger
Professor
340A 7012 Policing
Terrorism
Deadly force
Dr. Timothy Maher
Undergraduate Director
Teaching Professor
535 5026 Policing
Police deviance & sexual misconduct
Dr. Marisa Omori
PhD Graduate Director
Associate Professor
540 5042 Racial inequality in criminal justice
Courts and sentencing
Punishment and social control
Dr. Katie Quinn
Assistant Professor
539 7055 Sociology of punishment
Penal voluntary sector organizations
Prisoner reentry
Dr. Samantha Simon
Assistant Professor
541 6731 Policing
Gender
Race & Ethnicity
Organizations
Dr. Lee Ann Slocum
Professor
MA Graduate Program Director
340B 4072 Police-citizen relations
Developmental criminology
Research methods
Dr. Chris J. Sullivan
Department Chair
Professor

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5462
Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice
Developmental and Life-Course Criminology
Research Methods and Data Analysis

Emeritus Faculty

Name & Title Office Phone Areas of Specialization
Dr. Finn-Aage Esbensen
Endowed Professor Emeritus
330 4619 Youth violence and gangs
Evaluation research
Cross-cultural research
Dr. Janet Lauritsen
Curators' Distinguished Professor Emerita
328 5427 Victimization
Gender and Violent Crime Trends
Quantitative Methods
Dr. Richard Rosenfeld
Curators’ Distinguished Professor Emeritus
533 6717 Social sources of violent crime
Crime control policy
Crime trends
Dr. Allen Wagner
Associate Professor Emeritus
n/a n/a Policing History of Police organizations
Dr. Richard Wright
Professor Emeritus
n/a n/a Offender decision-making Drug markets Cross-cultural and qualitative research

Adjunct Faculty

Name & Title Office Email
Brianna Baldwin
Adjunct Instructor
324 bjbkdb@umsl.edu
Gabe Crocker  
Adjunct Instructor
324 crockerg@umsl.edu
Kaylin Haff
Adjunct Instructor
324 kchc55@mail.umsl.edu
Daniel Isom
Adjunct Instructor
324 isomd@umsl.edu
Brenda Loftin
Adjunct Instructor
324 loftinb@umsl.edu
Niquita Loftis
Adjunct Instructor
324 nmve58@umsl.edu
Shannon McAllister
Adjunct Instructor
324 whitleysha@umsl.edu
Colleen Polak
Adjunct Instructor
324 polakc@umsl.edu

In Memoriam

Name & Title
Dr. Bob Bursik
Professor Emeritus
Dr. G. David Curry
Professor Emeritus