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Faculty Profiles

Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies department faculty contact and bio information.


Buker Hasan
Dr. Nicholas Hasan Buker
Position: Professor and Chair
  • 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.

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Dr. Jennifer Brinkley
Position: Assistant Professor
  • 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.

Dr. William Crawley
Dr. William Crawley
Position: Professor
  • 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

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Dr. Matthew Crow
Position: Professor
  • 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.

Dr. Lee Gaul
Position: Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor
  • 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.

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Dr. Natalie Goulette
Position: Associate Professor
  • 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.

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Dr. Chrystina Hoffman
Position: Assistant Professor
  • 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.

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Dr. Kathrine Johnson
Position: Associate Professor
  • 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 its Fort Walton Beach campus.

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Dr. Nicole Niebuhr
Position: Assistant Professor
  • 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.

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Dr. Charlie Penrod
Position: Associate Professor of Legal Studies
  • 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.

Adjunct Faculty

Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies department adjunct faculty contact and bio information.


Solange Garcia Alonso

  • Adjunct Instructor
  • Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
  • emailsgarciaalonso@uwf.edu

Steven Bauer

  • Adjunct Instructor
  • Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
  • emailsbauer@uwf.edu

Ibrahim Eldivan

  • Adjunct Instructor
  • Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
  • emailieldivan@uwf.edu

Lindsay Fryer

  • Adjunct Faculty
  • Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
  • 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
  • emailfhigginbotham@uwf.edu

Paula Lannes

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

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

Michael Yoder

  • Adjunct Instructor
  • Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
  • emailmyoder@uwf.edu

Emeritus


2013

Cheryl Swanson, Professor, Justice Studies

2019

Susan Harrell, Associate Professor, Administration and Law

Harold M. (Hal) White, Professor of Ethics, Law & Policy, Criminology and Criminal Justice