Graduate School
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Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice

DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINOLOGY & CRIMINAL JUSTICE

The University bestows the designation "Graduate Faculty" upon faculty following review of their credentials and recommendation by their colleagues. The University maintains six levels of graduate faculty: (1) Full, (2) Associate, (3) Adjunct, (4) Adjunct Research Co-Mentor, (5) Affiliate, and (6) Adjunct Teaching.

Only Full graduate faculty members may chair doctoral committees. Adjunct Research Co-Mentor members may serve as co-chair of a master's or doctoral committee. Full or Associate graduate faculty may chair master's committees. Only one adjunct or affiliate graduate faculty member may serve as a voting member on any master's or doctoral committee.

Teaching adjunct members may not serve on graduate committees.


MEMBERS

BERT BURRASTON, Assistant Professor, PhD (2003), University of Oregon [2018]

RANDOLPH T. DUPONT, Professor, PhD (1981), The University of Texas at Austin [2016]

K. B. TURNER, Associate Professor, PhD (1996), University of Nebraska-Lincoln [2017]

MARGARET VANDIVER, Professor, PhD (1989), Florida State University [2018]


ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
ADJUNCT MEMBER

CLIFFORD T. FREEMAN, MA (1997), The University of Memphis [2014]

ROBERT KELSEY, PhD (1988), State University of New York at Buffalo [2013]

R. ANDY WILSON, MS (2003), Utica College of Syracuse University [2013]


ADJUNCT TEACHING MEMBERS

SAM COCHRAN, MS (1974), University of Southern Mississippi [2014]

JOSE F. LEON, JD (2002), Universidad Catolica Andres Bello, Caracas, Venezuela [2011]

ROBERT D. NATIONS, BS, East Texas Baptist University [2014]

WAYNE J. PITTS, Professor, PhD (2003), University of New Mexico [2016]

WILLIAM E. POWELL, MPA (1986), University of Memphis [2013]


NOTE: Termination date of graduate faculty membership is indicated in brackets.

Graduate School
Administration Bldg. 215
The University of Memphis
Memphis, TN 38152
Phone: (901) 678-2531
Fax: (901) 678-0378

Guidelines and Procedures for Graduate Faculty Status

Roles and Criteria for Graduate Faculty Status

Graduate Faculty Application

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