IHEKWOABA (DECLAN) ONWUDIWE
Department of Administration of Justice
Barbara Jordan – Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs (SPA)
Texas Southern University (TSU)
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 713-313-7445
EMAIL:
[email protected]
EXPERTISE:
Counter-Terrorism, Policing, Homeland Security, Theoretical
Criminology, African Criminology
CURRENT POSITION:
Professor, Administration of Justice Department (SPA)
FORMER CHAIR
FORMER GRADUATE PROGRAM DIRECTOR
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. 1993, Criminology, Florida State University
Dissertation: Terrorism
M.SC 1989, Criminology, Florida State University
BA (Suma cum Laude) 1988, Political Science, CSU, Wilberforce, Ohio,
Overall G.P.A.: 3.97 / 4.0
HONORS:
National Dean’s List Recipient of a Scholastic All – American Award Received Award for
the Graduating Senior with Highest G.P.A.
Who’s Who Among American’s Teachers Department of Criminal Justice: Dean’s
Distinguished Faculty Award, 2001 – 2002
African Language Project – Certificate of Appreciation, 2002 African Language Project –
Certificate of Recognition, 2003
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
2005 – Present, Professor, Texas Southern University (TSU)
1997 – 2005, Tenured Associate Professor, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
1994 – 1997, Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina Spartanburg
1993 – 1994, Assistant Professor, Barber Scotia College
1989 – 1993, Adjunct Professor, Florida State University and Florida A&M University
PROGRAMS DEVELOPED:
Masters of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice (served as the Director 2001 –
July 2003) University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
Undergraduate Courses Developed:
CRJS 288 Courts
CRJS 289 Law Enforcement
CRJS 290 Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice
CRJS 291 Corrections
CRJS 301 Victimology
CRJS 389 Judicial Process
Graduate Courses Developed:
MCCJ 620 Theoretical Perspectives on Crime and Justice
MCCJ 646 Special Topics in Criminology and Criminal Justice
MCCJ 650 Private and Industrial Security
MCCJ 730 Seminar in Terrorism
MCCJ 782 Advanced Seminar in Police and Society
MCCJ 787 Comprehensive Examination Preparations
MCCJ 790 Master’s Comprehensive Examination
MCCJ 793 Master’s Seminar Paper MCCJ 799 Master’s Thesis
COURSES TAUGHT:
Undergraduate Courses:
Criminal Justice:
Introduction to Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement, Terrorism, Criminological Theory,
Psychology of Criminal Behavior, Crime and Delinquency Prevention, Courts, Judicial
Process, Criminal Law and Procedures, Criminology, Police and Community Relations,
Seminar Terrorism and Homeland Security, Organizational and Governmental Deviance,
Criminal Justice Administration, and Treatment and Control of Criminals and
Delinquents, Legal Aspects, Crime in America, Corrections in America, Juvenile Justice
Systems.
Political Science:
International Relations; Comparative Political Systems, Introduction to Political
Science/American Government
Sociology:
Introduction to Sociology
Graduate Courses Taught:
Private and Industrial Security, Theoretical Perspectives on Crime and Justice, Law
Enforcement, Seminar in Terrorism and Homeland Security, Advanced Seminar in
Criminological Theory and Research, Strategic Security Studies, Community Policing,
Homeland Security Administration, Advanced Seminar on Administration of Justice
Theory
Organizational Leadership PH.D. Program (Courses Taught, UMES)
GOV 624 Public Leadership Seminar
GOV 621 Management of Government Resources
Served on three Dissertation Committees
EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
2009-2011 Editor-in-Chief of the International Police Executive Symposium Working
Paper Series
2007-2008 Member of Editorial Board of Working Paper Series, International Police
Executive Symposium and Center for the Democratization of Armed Forces
Guest Editor:
2006. Terrorism in Africa (International Journal of African Studies)
Editorial Reviewer:
Asian Journal of Criminology
Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice
African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies
International Journal of African Studies
International Criminal Justice Review
Police Practice and Research: An International Journal
Criminal Justice: The International Journal of Practice and Policy
RESEARCH AFFILIATION:
The Barbara Jordan Institute for Policy Research Barbara Jordan Scholar 2009-Present
PUBLICATIONS:
BOOKS
2009. Wisler, Dominique and Ihekwoaba D. Onwudiwe (eds.), Community Policing:
International Patterns and Comparative Perspectives. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis,
London.
2001. The Globalization of Terrorism. (Ashgate Publishing Company: Aldershot, England
(Listed by Amazon.com Top 100 books on Terrorism).
ARTICLES
2011-2012 PUBLICATIONS
I.D. Onwudiwe. (2012). "Dimensions of Terror Crimes in Africa and
Policing Strategies for Control.” In Nonso Okafo (Ed.), Grounded Law:
Comparative Research on State and Non-State Justice in Multiple Societies (pp. 208-231).
London: Wildfire Publishing House.
I. D. Onwudiwe and Kingsley Ejiogu. (2012). “Green Criminology and Africa: A
Case Study of Environmental Terrorism in Nigeria.” In Nonso Okafo (Ed.), Grounded
Law: Comparative Research on State and Non-State Justice in Multiple Societies (306-344).
London: Wildfire Publishing House.
Jovita Oyaimare Esechie; I. Olurominiyi Ibitayo; 1.D. Onwudiwe and Evaristus
Otatade Obinyan. (2012). “Toxicity Symptoms among Migrant Agropesticide
Workers in Oman.‖ Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering B 1 656662.
I.D. Onwudiwe. (2011). ―Africa: Sub-Saran.‖ In Religion and
Violence: An Encyclopedia of Faith and Conflict from Antiquity to the
Present, edited by Jeffery Ian Ross. M.E. Sharp: London. Pages 1120.
Older Publications
Wisler, Dominique and Ihekwoaba Onwudiwe, 2008. ―Community Policing: A
Comparative View‖ , Police Quarterly, 11 (4): 427-446
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. 2007. ―Selected Perspectives on Criminology and History of
Terrorism: Implications for Homeland Security.‖ African Journal of Criminology and
Criminal Justice. AJCJS; Volume 3, No. 1, 4-45.
Osho; Adams; Jones; and Onwudiwe. 2007. ―An Empirical Analysis of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency.‖ Journal of Diversity Management.
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. 2006. ―A Critical Theoretical Analysis of Old and New
Terrorism: Implications for the Third-World.‖ International Journal of African Studies,
Vol. 5.2. Pp. 85-118.
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. 2006. ―Explaining Terrorism in Africa.‖ International Journal
of African Studies, Vol. 5.2. Pp. 3-26.
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. 2005. ―Defining Terrorism, Racial Profiling, and the
Demonization of Arabs and Muslims in the United States.‖ Community Safety Journal,
Vol. 4, Issue 2. Pp. 1-11.
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. 2004. ―Theoretical Perspectives on Juvenile Delinquency:
Root Causes and Control.‖ Corrections Today, October, PP. 153-156.
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. and Yvette M. Alex – Assensoh. 2004. ―Rethinking Police
Pursuits, Practices, and Civil Liabilities.‖ Law Enforcement Executive Forum. Vol 4(1),
45 – 60.
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. 2000. ―Decentralization of the Nigerian Police Force.‖ The
International Journal of African Studies. Vol. 2, Winter, Number 1. 95 – 114.
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. and Michael J. Lynch. 2000. ―Reopening the Debate: A
Reexamination of the Need for a Black Criminology.‖ Social Pathology, Vol. 6 No. 3,
September 2000, 182 – 198.
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. and Ebere Onwudiwe 1999. ―A Contextual Analysis of
Political Violence in the United States of America.‖ In Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s
Seminar Report Series: Political Violence in South Africa.
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. (2003). ―Transnational Crimes: The Case of Advanced Fee
Fraud in Nigeria.‖ In Agozino and Kalunta-Crawford. Pan African Issues in Criminology.
Ashgate: Aldershort, Pp. 99-120
BOOK CHAPTER ARTICLES
Wisler, Dominique and I.D. Onwudiwe, 2009. ―Rethinking police and society:
community policing in comparison‖ . In Wisler, Dominique and Ihekwoaba D. Onwudiwe
(eds.), Community Policing: International Patterns and Comparative Perspectives. CRC
Press, Taylor and Francis, London, Pp. 1-18.
Ihekwoaba D. Onwudiwe. 2009. ―Community Policing: The Case of Informal Policing in
Nigeria.‖ In Wisler, Dominique and Ihekwoaba D. Onwudiwe (eds.), Community
Policing: International Patterns and Comparative Perspectives. CRC Press, Taylor and
Francis, London, Pp. 81-102.
Ihekwoaba D. Onwudiwe. 2009. ―Police Corruption.‖ In H. Greene and S. Gabbidon.
Encyclopedia of Race and Crime. Sage.
Ihekwoaba D. Onwudiwe. 2009. ―Black Criminology.‖ In H. Greene and S. Gabbidon.
Encyclopedia of Race and Crime. Sage.
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. 2006. ―Liberia: History and National Police.‖ World
Encyclopedia of Police. Vol. 2, 492-498., Dilip K. Das (ed.), Ruoutledge: New York.
Onwudiwe,
Ihekwoaba D. 2006. ―Togo: History and National Police.‖ World Encyclopedia of
Police, Vol. 2, 846-848, Dilip K. Das (ed.), Ruoutledge: New York.
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. and Kenethia L. McIntosh. 2006. ―Rwanda: History and
National Police.‖ World Encyclopedia of Police, Vol. 2, 696-700, Dilip K. Das (ed.),
Ruoutledge: New York.
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. 2006. ―Benin: History and National Police.‖
Encyclopedia of Police. Vol. 1, 93-96, Dilip K. Das (ed.), Ruoutledge: New York.
World
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. and Thomas S. Mosley 2006. ―The Gambia: History and
National Police.‖ World Encyclopedia of Police. Vol. 1, 306-310, Dilip K. Das (ed.),
Ruoutledge: New York.
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. 2006. ―Democratic Republican of Congo: History and
National Police,‖ World Encyclopedia of Police. Vol. 1, 190-202, Dilip K. Das (ed.),
Ruoutledge: New York.
Mosley, S. Thomas and Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. 2005. ―Kenya: History and National
Police.‖ World Encyclopedia of Police. Vol. 1, 448-452.
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. and Thomas S. Mosley 2006. ―Niger: History and Relations
with the United States.‖ The Encyclopedia of Global Perspectives, Vol. 2, Pp. 453-457.
In D. Livinson and K. Christensen (eds.). Berkshire Publishing Group: Massachusetts.
Mosley, S. Thomas and Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. 2005 ―Guinea Bissau: History and
Relations with the United States.‖ The Encyclopedia of Global Perspectives, Vol. 1. Pp.
269-273. In D. Livinson and K. Christensen (eds.). Berkshire Publishing Group:
Massachusetts.
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D., Odo, Jonathan, and Onyeozili Emmanuel. 2004. ―Deterrence
Theory.‖ In Bosworth Mary, Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities. Sage:
Thousand Oaks.
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D., and Onyeozili Emmanuel. (2004). ―The Black Panther
Party.‖ In Bosworth Mary, Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities. Sage:
Thousand Oaks.
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D., and Mosley Thomas. (2004). ―Aryan Nations.‖ In Bosworth
Mary, Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities. Sage: Thousand Oaks.
Onyeozili Emmanuel, Odo Jonathan, and Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. (2004). ―Cook
County, Illinois.‖ In Bosworth Mary, Encyclopedia and Correctional Facilities. Sage:
Thousand Oaks.
Odo Jonathan, Onyeozili Emmanuel, and Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. (2004). ―Boot
Camp.‖ In Bosworth Mary, Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities. Sage:
Thousand Oaks.
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. 2001 ―Terrorism.‖ Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment,
Pp. 1614-1624. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. 2001. ―Policing Democracy.‖ Encyclopedia of Crime and
Punishment, Pp. 1200-1203. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
BOOK REVIEWS:
I.D. Onwudiwe and Iona West. 2007. Doing Justice Without the State: The Afikpo
(Ehugbo) Nigeria Model. New York: Routledge by Elechi, O. Oko. (2006). Journal of
African Criminology and Justice Studies
Cyaan, Zoller (Graduate Student) and I.D. Onwudiwe. Counter Colonial Criminology by
Biko Agozino. Pluto Press: London. African Criminology and Justice Association Online
Journal. www.umes.edu
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D., and Cecil, Bill (2003). Punishment and Purpose: From Moral
Theory to Punishment in Action. By Jan De Keijser (2000). Amsterdam: Thelma Thesis.
International Criminal Justice Review, pp. 191 – 193 (with my graduate student)
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. 2003. Nation, Society and Culture in North Africa. By James
McDougal (2003). Frank Cass: London, 186 pages. African and Asian Studies Journal,
Volume 2, no 3. 347 – 350.
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. and Mary U. Nwakwuo. 2003. Guerrilla Veterans in Post –
War Zimbabwe: Symbolic and Violent Politics 1980 – 1987. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, By Kriger, Norma. ISBN 0521818230, pp 1 – 293. Extremism:
Electronic Journal. Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy, London: England
(with my graduate student)
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. 2000. Black Women and the Criminal Justice System. By Biko
Agozino, Ashgate. Publishing Company, 1998. Social Pathology: A Journal of Reviews,
pp. 245 – 247.
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. 1995. The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in
American Life. By R.J. Herrnstein and C. Murray. The Free Press: New York. 1994.
Social Pathology: A Journal of Reviews, pp. 203 – 208.
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. 1995. Policing the Conflict in South Africa. By Mathews, M.L.,
P.B. Heyman, and A.S. Mathews (eds.). Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1993.
Social Pathology: A journal of Reviews, pp. 290 – 295.
BOOK IN PROGRESS
Perspectives on African Criminology and Criminal Justice. Ashgate: Aldershort. Due
Terrorism and Africa. Transactions Publishers (My Grdauate Students at TSU will
contribute Chapters).
Nonso.......
ARTICLES IN PROGRESS
Counterterrorism in Africa
New Dimensions of Terrorism in Africa.
A Typology of Terrorism in Africa
Piracy and Terrorism in Africa
In Defense of the Nigerian Homeland
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PROCEEDINGS
Moderator: PANEL: CRIMINOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF STRATEGIC COUNTER
TERRORISM: APPROACHES IN NIGERIA AND THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
CONGO. ACJS Conference, 2012.
Chair: ROUNDTABLE:
Conference, 2012
SOLUTIONS
FOR
KIDNAPPING
IN
NIGERIA.
ACJS
Chair: ROUNDTABLE: Comparative Issues on Crime and Justice. ASC Conference,
2011
Discussant ROUNDTABLE: Government and Community Partnerships for Improved
Criminal Law and Justice in a Modern State. ASC Conference, 2011.
Moderator: ROUNDTABLE: PERSPECTIVES ON NIGERIAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE
PRACTICE. ACJS Conference, 2011.
United Nations Panel 2: How Can Criminology Contribute to Research on Human Right
Violations?: Improving Human Rights in Africa through Criminological Research. ASC
Conference, 2010.
Author Meets Critics: Reconstructing Law and Justice in a Postcolony. ASC Conference
2010.
Thematic Panel Session: Perspectives on African Security. Plural Policing and African
Security: Issues and Challenges in Improving African Security through Community
Policing. ASC Conference, 2010
I.D. Onwudiwe. (Panel Chair and Presenter). Piracy and Terrorism in Africa (November
4-7, ASC Conference—forthcoming)
I.D. Onwudiwe (Panel Chair and Presenter). Criminological perspectives on police:
Decentralization in Nigeria. ACJS, Boston, March, 2009.
I.D. Onwudiwe (Panel Chair and Presenter) and S. Kellum. Community Policing: the
Case of informal Policing in Nigeria. ASC, St. Louis. 2008. November, 12-15.
I.D. Onwudiwe. Combating Terrorism in Africa. ACJS, March 2007, Seattle, Washington.
I.D. Onwudiwe. Dimensions of Terrorism in Africa. Academy of the Criminal Justice
Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland, March 2006.
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. The Criminology of Terrorism: Implications for Race and
Ethnicity. American Society of Criminology. Toronto, Canada, November 2005.
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. 2005. Jerry Lee Special Conference on Crime Prevention.
College Park, Maryland (Participant by Invitation).
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. 2005. ―A Theory of Terrorism: Third World Perspectives.‖
American Society of Criminology Conference, TN., Nov. 2004.
―A Context for Optimism in African Criminology.‖ American Society of Criminology
(ASC). Denver, Colorado. 2003
Dimensions of Terrorism in Africa. Academy of the Criminal Justice Sciences, Baltimore,
Maryland, March 2006.
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. The Criminology of Terrorism: Implications for Race and
Ethnicity. American Society of Criminology. Toronto, Canada, November 2005.
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. 2005. Jerry Lee Special Conference on Crime Prevention.
College Park, Maryland (Participant by Invitation).
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. 2005. ―A Theory of Terrorism: Third World Perspectives.‖
American Society of Criminology Conference, TN., Nov. 2004.
2003. ―A Context for Optimism in African Criminology.‖ American Society of Criminology
(ASC). Denver, Colorado.
2003. Author Meets Critics. Counter Colonial Criminology: A Critique of Imperialist
Reason by Biko Agozino. A Roundtable Organized by me at the ASC Conference in
Denver, Colorado.
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. (2003). Comparative Analysis of Advanced Fee Fraud in
Nigeria. Paper Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Academy of Criminal
Justice Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts.
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. (2002). Old and New Terrorism: A Theoretical Explanation.
Paper presented at annual American Society of Criminology Conference, Chicago,
Illinois. Criminology, Justice and Police in Africa. A Panel Organized by me for the
November .....
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. (2001)- 10, 2001 Conference. American Society of
Criminology. Atlanta, Georgia.
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. (2001) Devolution of the Nigerian Police Force. American
Society of Criminology, November 7 – 10, 2001, Atlanta, Georgia.
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. Roundtable: Black Perspectives in Criminology and Criminal
Justice. American Society of Criminology, November 7 – 10, Atlanta, Georgia.
2000. ―Terrorism in the New Millennium.‖ American Society of Criminology. San
Francisco.
2000. Development of an African Criminology Center. First International Conference.
UMES.
1999. The Contributions of Zora Neale Hurston in Social Sciences. Fifteenth Zora Neala
Hurston Society Conference, June. UMES (with Daniel Okunbor)
1999.― ―Perspectives on Crime Causation in Nigeria.‖ ASC. Toronto, Canada,
November 17 – 20.
1999. ―‖New Directions in Policing: Empowerment and Decentralization of the Nigerian
Police Force.‖ First International Conference on Nigeria. Uyo, Nigeria.
1998. Political Violence in America. ASC. Washington D.C. Miami, Florida.
1998. Rosewood Massacre: A History of Racial Violence in America. American Society
of Criminology, 50th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., November 11 – 14.
1997. The Role of the Police in the Nigerian Criminal Justice System: Comparative
Lessons from the United States. ASC, San Diego, California.
1997. Criminal Justice Administration in the Nigerian Federal System. Center for African
Studies, Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio.
―Women as Victims of Terrorism.‖ Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS).
Louisville, Kentucky, 1997.
1994. Labeling Terrorism in Context. ACJS. Chicago, Illinois.
1994. Oppression and Minority Violence: Causes and Preventions. National Conference
of the National Association of African American Studies. Petersburg, Virginia.
1992. ―Political Ideology and Women Terrorism.‖ American Society of Criminology
(ASC). New Orleans, Louisiana, 1992. (with Jacqueline F. Huey).
African Language Project Conference Proceedings and Publications
Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. 2005. ―African Criminology: Implications for Language and
Strategies for Combating Terrorism.‖ African Language Project Journal, November 17 –
21.
2000 The Concept of God in Igbo Language: Definitional and Translational Troubles.
African Language Project Conference. Ocean City, Maryland.
2000. Language Cartography: An argument for the Globalization of Igbo
Standardization.African Language Project Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, April 6 – 8.
2000. The Politics of Language, Ethnicity, Religion, and the Igbo Marginalization in
Nigeria. African Language Project, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Baltimore,
Maryland, September 29 – October 1.
2000. Ethnic and Religious Terrorism in Nigeria. A Concept Paper Written and
Submitted to the African Language Project. UMES, Princess Anne, Maryland.
2001. The Dangers of Verbal Napalm in the Nigerian Political Discourse.
African Language Project Conference. Ocean City, Maryland.
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY / ACHIEVEMENT:
Succesfully put together .... # of courses to be taught at TSU North West Campus
Succesfully designed a Master Program and courses to be taught in both TSU and Wiley
College using videoconferecning technology
EMAJ
TSU Graduate Representative on Five Dissertation Committees for Education and
Urban Planning
Chair, Grievance Committee, SPA, 2008-present
Chair, Library Committee, SPA, 2008-present
Chair, Faculty Bylaws, SPA, 2008-present
Chair, Tenure and Promotion Committee, SPA, December 2008-present
Executive Board Member, the South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology
(SASCV) (Editorial Board), 2009-present.
Author: ACJS Academic Self – Study Review Program 2004 (UMES)
Freshmen Faculty Advisor, UMES 1997–2005; Advisor TSU
Director of the Master of Science Program in Criminology and Criminal Justice (MCCJ),
2000 – 2004.
Developed the Master of Science Program, 2000
Developed Six Undergraduate Courses after a review of the program
Author of the Master of Science Proposal in Criminology and Criminal Justice
Author of the Master of Science Program Catalogue for the UMES Graduate Catalog
Author of the MCCJ Brochure and AJ TSU Brochure
Author of the MCCJ Poster used to advertise the New Program
Developed and Authored the Terrorism and Aviation Security Degree Program
Editor, CrimNotes, Florida State University, 1990 – 1992.
Basic Studies Advisor, Florida State University, 1990 – 1992.
Member: ACJS Affirmative Action Committee, 1996 – 1997.
Chair, Promotion and Tenure Committee, Department of Criminal Justice
Chair and Author of the Academic Program Review, Department of Criminal Justice
Member, Program Committee (terrorism), American Society of Criminology 2007
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
Nigerian Democracy Project
American Society of Criminology (ASC).
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS).
Association of American University Professors
PEN CENTER USA WEST (A Community of Writers Defending Freedom of Expression
and Building A Literary Culture)
COMMUNITY AND UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES:
School of Public Affairs Research Committee (TSU)
School of Public Affairs Journal Committee (TSU)
Chair, Administration of Justice Department Search Committee (TSU), 2007-present
UMES Handbook Committee
Presidential Admissions Committee
Freshman Advisors Committee
Graduate Council Committee
Graduate Coordinators Committee
Chair, Criminal Justice Search Committee (1999 – 2001; 2003 – 2004)
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty Search Committee (2000)
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Chair Search Committee (2000)
MCCJ Comprehensive Examination Committee
Department of Criminal Justice Curriculum Committee
Vice President for Academic Affairs Select Committee on Grants and Proposals
Reviewer for Several Academic Journals
Editorial Member of Three Academic Journals
Home Team Member of the African Language Project
Lecturer at the Eastern Correctional Institutional (ECI), 1997-2005.
Speaker – African American History Month – ECI (Title of Paper: Are Black People
Really Black? A Re-examination of Euro-conceptualization of Blackness)
Speaker – Princess Anne Elementary School
Lecturer – J.M. Tawes Protective Services Class
Member Pinehurst Elementary PTA Wrote Proposals with Life Crisis Office in Salisbury
DISSERTATION COMMITTEES SERVED
Administrative Supervisory Visits: The frequency of Walkthroughs Impact on Elementary
Students Achievement. By Veronica Sanders. 2011
School Climate Effects on the Achievement of Economically Disadvantaged African
American and Hispanic Elementary Students. By Marian Cluff, 2012
CURRENT GRANT ACTIVITIES (2006-PRESENT)
2012. Funding for faculty to teach Forensic Science and maintaining Crime Laboratory
($500,000. Under review). Primary Author.
2012. Funding for laboratory equipment for teaching Forensic Science/Criminalistics at
Department of Administration of Justice in the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of
Public Affairs ($735,000, FUNDED). Primary Author.
2009. A study of human trafficking in Ghana and Nigeria: improving data collection
mechanism ($497,000, Not funded). Secondary Author.
2009. Human trafficking in Texas: Policy and Practice for law enforcement ($942,015.50,
Under Review). U.S. Department of Justice. Primary Author.
2006. Talibanism and the enemies in our backyard. Texas Southern University Faculty
Development Grant. (FUNDED, $5,000.00)
2006. Exploring the links between Terrorism and Transnational crimes in Nigeria:
Implications for Criminal Justice Policy and Practice for the United States. U.S.
Department of Justice ($289, 000, Not Funded). Senior Author and Primary Investigator.
ANTICIPATED GRANT WRITING, 2007
African Security Institute (Center)
Homeland Security Certificate Program
Executive Homeland Security Certificate Program
Center for Homeland Security Studies
PREVIOUS GRANT ACTIVITIES
2001. Family and Community Violence Prevention Program: After School Program for
At-Risk Youths. Office of Minority Health. $249,969. Not funded.
2000. Program Strategy to Prevent Violent Crimes against Women on Campus. (Primary
Author, Primary Investigator, and Director with Emmanuel Onyeozili and Thomas
Mosley) Department of Justice, $400,000. Not funded.
1999. Review of the Criminal Justice Program. University System of Maryland. $10,000
(Funded)
1997. The Enemy in Our Backyard: A Criminological Analysis of Domestic Terrorism in
America. University System of South Carolina. $6,000. (Funded)
TRAINING WORKSHOPS
2006. Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Texas Southern University.
2006. Blackboard. Texas Southern University.
2008. Fraud prevention and Detection Training. TSU.
2009. Fraud prevention and Detection Training. TSU
DAJ Dissertations
Served on:
Kingsley Ejiogu’s Dissertation—Graduate 2012 (will complete later)
Mathew Matai (currently serving as a committee member) 2012
Dissertation Committee Chair for Perry Pierre (serving now 2012)
Thesis Committee Chair for Patricia Frankling (serving now 2012)