Department of Criminal Justice

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www.umes.edu/Criminal

Dr. Nelseta Walters-Jones, Interim Chair

Mission

The mission of the Department of Criminal Justice is to prepare students for careers in a variety of criminal justice-related settings. The program is also designed to prepare its graduates to enter master’s programs in criminology and criminal justice.

Objectives

The objectives of the Criminal Justice Department are to:

1. Prepare students for careers in a variety of Criminal Justice related settings; and,
2. Prepare its graduates to enter master’s level programs in criminology and criminal justice.

The specific objectives of the Criminal Justice program are to develop in each student:

1. an understanding of the principles underlying the functions of the criminal justice system and its relationship to the larger society in which it is embedded;
2. the ability to think clearly, independently, and critically about the fundamental issues in criminal justice;
3. the ability to research, analyze and write about criminal justice issues;
4. the foundations necessary for graduate study, and for careers in the field of criminal justice.

Directory of Faculty

Dahlgren, Daniel C., Assistant Professor
B.A., M.A., Kent State University; Ph.D., Kent State University/University of Akron

Ejiogu, Kingsley, Assistant Professor
B.S., Abia State University, Nigeria; M.S., Imo State University, Nigeria; Ph.D., Texas Southern University

Mosley, Thomas S., Associate Professor
B.A., University of Memphis; M.A., University of Memphis; Ph.D., Howard University

Nwokeji, Ekwuniru C., Assistant Professor
LL.B., University of Nigeria; LL.M., Tulane University Law School; M.A., Southern University; Ph.D., Southern University

Onyeozili, Emmanuel C., Professor
B.A., University of Ibadan; M.A., Clark-Atlanta University; Ph.D., Florida State University

Tsai, Lily Chi-Fang, Assistant Professor
LL.B, Soochow University; LL.M National Taipei University; Ph.D., Sam Houston State University

Walters-Jones, Nelseta V., Assistant Professor
B.S., Prairie View A&M University; M.S., Prairie View A&M University; Ph.D. Prairie View A&M University

Programs

• Criminal Justice, B.S.

• Criminal Justice Minor

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