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Nicholas Hasan Buker

  • Position: Chair, Professor
  • Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
  • Office Location: Building 85, Room 160
  • hbuker@uwf.edu
  • Campus: 850.474.2707

Biography

Dr. Nicholas Hasan Buker is a Professor and Chair in the Department of Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies. Before joining UWF in 2019, he held faculty positions at Minot State University, Washington State University and several other institutions in Turkey. Buker also served as a law enforcement officer at different roles and ranks prior to his academic career. Dr. Buker has been an innovative and engaged instructor, a vigorous researcher with a vibrant agenda responsive to contemporary and practical issues in his field, and a dedicated servant of his institutions, profession and the community in different capacities.

Degrees & Institutions

Dr. Buker received his Ph.D. from the Washington State University’s Program in Criminal Justice in 2007. He earned a masters degree from the Ankara University and a bachelor’s degree from the Turkish National Police Academy. He also attended criminal justice masters programs at the University of North Texas and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.