Faculty Profiles
Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies department faculty contact and bio information.
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- Office Location: Building 85, Room 160
Dr. Nicholas Hasan Buker is a Professor and Chair in the Department of Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies. His teaching and research interests cover juvenile delinquency/justice, policing, criminological theory, and administration of CJ organizations, among others.
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- Office Location: Building 70, Room 112
Jennifer L. Brinkley has a J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law, practiced law and taught at both the University of Colorado at Denver and at Western Kentucky University before joining UWF in 2019.
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- Office Location: Building 85, Room 113
Dr. William Crawley has more than 25 years in higher education, including 20+ years in various academic leadership positions
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- Office Location: Building 85, Room 152
Dr. Matthew Crow teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses on Criminal Justice Theory, Judicial Process, Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice, and many other subjects.
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- Office Location: Building 70, Room 106
Lee Christine Gaul is the newest addition to the Department of Legal Studies. For her undergraduate degree she studied at the University of Miami, FL and majored in History and Speech Communications on academic scholarship.
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- Office Location: Building 85, Room 153
Dr. Natalie Goulette, who has a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice, conducts research on judicial matters as part of her work as an associate professor at UWF’s Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice.
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- Office Location: Building 85, Room 151
Dr. Chrystina Y. Hoffman joined the faculty at the University of West Florida in Fall 2019 and conducts research, broadly, on victimization.
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- Office Location: FWB - Building 4, Room 458
Dr. Kathrine Johnson is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of UWF’s Criminal Justice Program at UWF Emerald Coat in Fort Walton Beach.
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- Office Location: Building 85, Room 148
Dr. Nicole Niebuhr earned her doctoral degree from Sam Houston State University. Her research interests include criminal careers, corrections, criminological theory and program evaluation.
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- Office Location: Building 70, Room 108
Charles “Charlie” Penrod, an Associate Professor of Legal Studies, has conducted research on copyright law, unemployment law, business law and cyber crime, among other topics.
Emeritus Faculty
Department of Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies Emeritus Faculty Members
- Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Office Location: Building 85
Dr. Cheryl Swanson, Department of Criminal Justice, was awarded Professor Emeritus status in 2013. She has taught numerous graduate and undergraduate courses.
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice and Legal Studies
- Office Location: Building 70, Room 112
Susan W. Harrell, who has a Juris Doctorate degree from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, is an emeritus professor in the Legal Studies Program.
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice and Legal Studies
- Office Location: Building 77, Room 147
Harold M. (Hal) White, Jr. is Emeritus Professor of Ethics, Law & Policy. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of UWF from 2002 to 2010.
Adjunct Faculty
Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies department adjunct faculty contact and bio information.
Michael Allen
- Adjunct
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- emailjustice@uwf.edu
Solange Garcia Alonso
- Adjunct Instructor
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- emailsgarciaalonso@uwf.edu
Ryan Barnett
- Adjunct
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- emailjustice@uwf.edu
Steven Bauer
- Adjunct Instructor
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- emailsbauer@uwf.edu
Gary Bergosh
- Adjunct
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- emailgbergosh@uwf.edu
- Office Location: Building 70, Room 101
Hope Cannon
- Adjunct
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- phone8504742036
- emailhcannon@uwf.edu
- Office Location: Building 70, Room 104
Ibrahim Eldivan
- Adjunct Instructor
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- emailieldivan@uwf.edu
Diane Fraser
- Adjunct
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- emaildfraser@uwf.edu
- Office Location: Building 85, Room 160
Lindsay Fryer
- Adjunct Faculty
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- phone8504742036
- emaillfryer@uwf.edu
- Courses: Legal Advocacy; Constitutional Law for the Legal Professional
Ragan Gray
- Adjunct Instructor
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- emailrgray1@uwf.edu
Frank Higginbotham
- Adjunct Instructor
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- phone8504742336
- emailfhigginbotham@uwf.edu
Robert Jones
- Adjunct
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- phone8504742036
- emailrjones7@uwf.edu
Pete Kraska
- Adjunct
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- phone8504742336
- emailpkraska@uwf.edu
Paula Lannes
- Adjunct Faculty
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- emailpdasilvalannes@uwf.edu
Kevin Levy
- Adjunct Instructor
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- emailklevy@uwf.edu
Angela Madden
- Adjunct Faculty
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- emailamadden@uwf.edu
Whitney Majors
- Adjunct
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- emailwmajors@uwf.edu
Anthony Marcantonio
- Adjunct
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- emailjustice@uwf.edu
Cassandra Pristas
- Adjunct Faculty
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- emailcpristas@uwf.edu
Neslihan Suhi-Moore
- Adjunct Instructor
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- emailnsuhimoore@uwf.edu
Omid Townsend
- Adjunct Faculty
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- emailotownsend@uwf.edu
Sarah Walton
- Adjunct
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- phone8504742036
- emailswalton@uwf.edu
Michael Yoder
- Adjunct Instructor
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- emailmyoder@uwf.edu
Mikaela Ziko
- Adjunct
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- phone8504742036
- emailmziko@uwf.edu
Charles Young
- Adjunct
- Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- emailjustice@uwf.edu