Alumni Updates

By Veronica Gonzalez Hoff

100 Club

Thank you to Walker County Sheriff Clint McRae and team for representing the College of Criminal Justice at the 100 Club of Houston Annual Golf Tournament on October 22. The team won 5th place. Pictured are (left to right) Wayne Jeske, Shane Smith, Clint McRae and Charlie Corbell.

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Tailgate Photos

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Gary Hackler ‘78 CJ Grad and wife Monica with Cutty at the CJ Tailgate at the Battle of the Piney Woods 2018.



Ron Parker, Masters, Criminal Justice Leadership and Management 2014

I was previously serving as an assistant chief at La Porte Police Department, where I have been employed for almost 35 years. I was appointed to chief of police effective October 8, 2018.



Bradley Campbell, PhD 2015, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at University of Louisville.

In 2018 I was awarded two federal grants. One is a three year award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance Sexual Assault Kit Initiative ($189,831) to study the problem of unsubmitted sexual assault kits in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. This 3 year award will fund a comprehensive study of causes of the backlog and an evaluation of rape law reform in Kentucky. The second grant is a two year award from the National Institute of Justice ($331,131) that will use a randomized controlled trial to examine the effectiveness of trauma-informed interview training coupled with an established healthcare training method - standardized patient training - on improving law enforcement officers' performance in interviews with sexual assault victims.



Wendi Polluck, PhD 2011, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Texas A&M Corpus Christi

My most recent news is that I was granted tenure and promotion to associate professor at TAMUCC in the spring, so that just went into effect September 1, 2018. I also won the university's Research and Scholarly Activity award for 2017/2018. I continue to work with the mentors and colleagues that I gained at Sam, who are now nationwide. I might not have recognized it fully at the time, but I am very grateful for those connections now.



Elizabeth Quinn Wright, PhD 2004, Associate Professor at Middle Tennessee State University

Earned tenure and promoted to Associate Professor again (at my second University...got hired at MTSU in 2015).



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Thank you Community Service Credit Union for sponsoring our tailgate for Homecoming weekend!



Amy Proctor, PhD 2016, Assistant Professor at Northeaster State University

Publication of the results from my research in Indian Country. This is a product of my partnership with the Cherokeen Nation and the Department of Justice, Community Oriented Police Services, Tribal Methamphetamine Initiative grant. Read more