Kathrine Johnson
Associate Professor and Coordinator of Criminal Justice
Alpha Phi Sigma Faculty Sponsor
Emerald Coast Campus
Phone: (850) 863-6588
E-mail: kjohnson@uwf.edu
Office: FWB Bldg. 4, Room 452

Courses Taught:

Punishment and Society
Research Design
American Criminal Justice System
Police in a Free Society
Moral Issues in Criminal Justice
Victimology
Criminology
Alternative Punishments
Special Topics in Criminal Justice
Substance Abuse and the Offender
Race/Gender/Ethnicity and Crime
ubstance Abuse and the Offender
Criminal Justice Administration

Specialties: Corrections and Pedagogy

Current Research Interests:

Race, Ethnicity, and Habitual Offender Sentencing: A Multilevel Analysis of Individual and Contextual Threat.

Brief Vitae:

Education:B.S., Illinois State University, 1987; M.S., Illinois State University, 1989; Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1995.

Activities and Awards:

• Coordinator Emerald Coast Faculty Group (Emerald Coast Council)
• 2007-present Committee Member (appointed) Emerald Coast Dean’s Council
• 2007-present Committee Member (elected) COPS Personnel Committee
• 2007-2008 Mentoring Fellow (re-appointment) Center for University Teaching, Learning and Assessment
• 2006-present Committee Member (appointed) Employee Satisfaction Team – Making Way for Excellence
• Program Committee – Student Papers (appointed) Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
• 2006 Distinguished Teaching Award - nominee
• 2005 Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) Award 2005 Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
• 2004 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and Advising Award
• 2004 Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
• 2002 Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
• 2000 Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
• 1998 Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
• 1996 Counseling and Placement Appreciation Award
• 1996 Who's Who Among America's Teachers

Notable Publications:

• “Just Talking? Adding an International Dimension to Criminal Justice Teaching”. New Jersey Criminal Justice Educator, 40(1), pp. 7-9.
• "The use of Multiple Intelligences in criminal justice education." Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 13(2), pp. 369-386.
• " Exploring the dimensions of support for decriminalizing drugs." Journal of Drug Issues, 22(1), pp. 53-73.
• " Does the marijuana experience with alcohol prohibition generalize to marijuana?" American Journal of Criminal Justice, 15(2), pp. 13-56.
• "Interviews as a data collection method: But which type should I use?" In Controversies in Criminal Justice Research . (R. Tewksbury and E. Mustaine, Eds.). Cincinnati: Anderson Publishing.

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