Christopher M. Bellas  
Instructor of Criminal Justice
B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA, 1997
A.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA, 1998
M.S., Youngstown State University, 2001
A.B.D., Kent State University, 2006
Research Interests: Criminology; criminal courts; jury decision-making; substantive and procedural law

Gordon G. Frissora  
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
B.A., Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA, 1975
M.S., Youngstown State University, 1990
Ph.D., Kent State University, 1996
Research Interests: Social structure; stratification; administration of justice; research methods and statistics; police administration; personnel management; American studies.

John M. Hazy  
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
B.A., Youngstown State University, 1988
M.A., Kent State University, 1990
Ph.D., Kent State University, 1995
Research Interests: Research methods, statistics, medical SOClogy, injury and violence prevention, life course/aging.

Tammy A. King  
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
B.S., Youngstown State University, 1987
M.S., Youngstown State University, 1990
Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1996
Research Interests: Corrections; criminology; juvenile justice and delinquency; domestic violence; crisis intervention; women's studies.

Christian C. Onwudiwe  
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
B.A., Southern University and A&M College, 1986
M.A., Southern University and A&M College, 1988 and 1998
Ph.D., Howard University, 1995
Research Interests: Comparative studies in Criminal Justice and Political Science.

C. Allen Pierce  
Professor of Criminal Justice
A.A., Bay City Junior College, 1961
B.S., Michigan State University, 1968
M.S., Michigan State University, 1970
Ph.D., Kent State University, 1980  
Research Interests: Homicides studies; crime statistics (longitudinal studies); criminal justice education; police human resource allocation; police use of force and violence studies.

Patricia B. Wagner (Chair)  
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
B.A., University of Texas, Austin, TX, 1979
M.A., University of Texas, Austin, TX, 1982
J.D., Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, IL, 1985
Research Interests: Criminal law and procedure; court structure and administration

Robert E. Wardle III  
Instructor of Criminal Justice
B.S., Youngstown State University, 1998
M.S., Youngstown State University, 2007
Research Interests: Forensic Science education; chromatographic separations; forensic chemistry; investigation of the “CSI effect.”

Professors Emeriti: Dr. Larry Cummings, Dr. Calvin Swank, Dr. Jim Conser, and Dr. Barry Latif