Criminal Justice Faculty

The criminal justice program draws on the expertise of faculty members from departments across the University, most of whom have Ph.D. degrees. The faculty's teaching and research expertise cover many facets of criminal justice.

Julia Hall, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania) Professor and Criminal Justice Program Coordinator, Department of Culture and Communication. Criminal justice and juvenile justice reform, including community based alternatives to incarceration, correctional education and programming, reentry and reintegration, restorative justice, and issues relating to special needs offenders, including the elderly, juveniles, the mentally ill, and life-sentenced offenders. (hall@drexel.edu)

Rob D'Ovidio, Ph.D. (Temple University) Assistant Professor, Department of Culture and Communication . Computer crime, computer forensics, criminal justice technologies, surveillance and privacy, intellectual property theft, and criminological theory. (robert.dovidio@drexel.edu)

Shivanthi Anandan, Ph.D. (University of California , Los Angeles) Associate Professor, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology. Developments in DNA analysis. (shivanthi.anandan@drexel.edu)

Richard P. Freedman, J.D., L.L.M. (Temple University ) Associate Professor and Head, Legal Studies Department. Alternative dispute and conflict resolution; corporate and consumer law. (richard.paul.freedman@drexel.edu)

Kirk Heilbrun, Ph.D. (University of Texas) Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology. Violence risk assessment, treatment of mentally disordered offenders, forensic psychological assessment, and legal decision making. (kirk.heilbrun@drexel.edu)

Mark Manion, Ph.D. (Temple University) Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Director, Philosophy Program . Professional ethics; the philosophy of technology. (mark.manion@drexel.edu)

David Ridgway, M.S. (Saint Joseph 's University) Auxiliary Professor, Department of Culture and Communication. Deviant Behavior and Social Problems. (david.howard.ridgway@drexel.edu)

Renee Caldwell Hughes, J.D. (Georgetown University Law Center) Adjunct Professor. Sentencing, criminal procedure, courts, capital punishment. Renee Hughes is a trial judge in the Court of Common Pleas, the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania. (renee.c.hughes@drexel.edu)

Itzchack E. Kornfeld, J.D. Adjunct Professor. Terrorism, and environmental crime. (itzchak.e.kornfeld@drexel.edu)

Christie T. Davis, Ph.D. Adjunct Professor. Forensic Science. (christie.t.davis@drexel.edu)

Michael R. Resnick, J.D. Adjunct Professor. Corrections. Michael Resnick is the Chief Counsel for the Philadelphia Prison Board.

Leon King, J.D. Adjunct Professor. Corrections. Leon King is the Commissioner of the Philadelphia Prison System.

Jack Maxwell, M.S. (Saint Joseph 's University) Adjunct Professor. Criminal investigations, policing, police administration. Jack Maxwell recently retired from the Philadelphia Police Department as Chief of the Detective Bureau. (john.maxwell@drexel.edu)

Criminal Justice Staff

Caroline Chmielewski: chmielcm@drexel.edu