Faculty

Full-Time Faculty
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	Jane A. Siegel, Associate Professor (B.A. Drew University, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania), is the Chair of the department. She teaches a range of courses in criminal justice, including the introductory course, juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice, statistics, white collar crime and corrections. She has published a number of articles on the long-term consequences of sexual abuse and on sexual victimization based on longitudinal studies of adult survivors of child sexual abuse for which she was co-principal investigator. She recently completed a National Institute of Justice funded study of risk factors for victimization of women. Dr. Siegel's book, Disrupted Childhoods: Children of Women in Prison, will be published by Rutgers University Press in its Childhood Studies book series in 2008. CCCS Associate Profile Email: jasiegel@camden.rutgers.edu
	Myra Bluebond-Langner, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology (B.A. Temple; Ph.D. University of Illinois), was the founder and the first Director of the Center for Children and Childhood Studies. Dr. Bluebond-Langner is the author of The Private Worlds of Dying Children, and In the Shadow of Illness: Parents and Siblings of the Chronically Ill Child, and co-editor of The Psychosocial Aspects of Cystic Fibrosis. She is part of the Children's International Project on Palliative/Hospice Services, serves on the editorial boards of Omega, Ethos:Journal of the Society of Psychological Anthropology , Children and Society, Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Mortality, and is the editor of the Rutgers University Press book series in Childhood Studies. Professor Bluebond-Langner received the Margaret Mead Award from the American Anthropological Association and Society for Applied Anthropology in 1987, the Warren Susman Award for Excellence in Teaching from Rutgers University in 1990, the Charles Corr Award for contributions to the literature on children and death from Children's Hospice International in 1997 and the Research Recognition Award from the Association for Death Education and Counseling in 2000. She teaches courses on cultural anthropology, psychological anthropology, childhood and culture, and medical anthropology. CCCS Associate Profile Email: bluebond@camden.rutgers.edu
	Gail Caputo, Associate Professor (B.S., Ph.D. Rutgers-Newark), teaches courses on criminal justice policy analysis, ethics and policy, and corrections. She is the author of What's in the Bag? A Shoplifting Treatment and Education Program, Intermediate Sanctions in Corrections, and Out in the Storm: Drug-Addicted Women Living as Shoplifters and Sex Workers. Her early research addressed moral reasoning in the determination of criminal punishment. Her more recent research has focused on intermediate sanctions programs, with a particular focus on shoplifters and community service sentencing. She has been involved both in creating alternatives to incarceration and in their evaluation. She is currently extending her research on shoplifting. Before coming to Rutgers-Camden, Dr. Caputo worked at the Vera Institute of Justice as a Senior Research Associate, at the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, and at both Texas A&M and the University of North Texas. Email: gcaputo@camden.rutgers.edu
	Cati Coe, Associate Professor (B.A. Wesleyan University, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania), teaches Sociology of Education, Individual and Society, and a range of courses in cultural anthropology. Her research has focused on the politics of culture in educational contexts, and she has carried out extensive field research both in Ghana and in American inner cities. She is the author of Dilemmas of Culture in African Schools: Nationalism, Youth and the Transformation of Knowledge, published by University of Chicago Press. Prior to coming to Rutgers, Dr. Coe worked as an ethnographer for the Institute for Community Research in Hartford, Connecticut and the Philadelphia Education Fund. She is currently studying childrearing strategies of transnational immigrant families, conducting interviews in both Ghana and the U.S. Dr. Coe is on research leave in Ghana for the fall semester, 2008. CCCS Associate Profile Email: ccoe@camden.rutgers.edu
	Sheila Cosminsky, Associate Professor (B.A. CUNY; Ph.D. Brandeis), teaches cultural anthropology, food and culture, health and healing, and several courses on African and Latin American cultures. She has carried out anthropological field research in Guatemala, Belize, Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Japan, and has published over two dozen articles on health, nutrition, and medical practices in these societies as well as a two-volume bibliography, Traditional Medicine. She has recently been engaged in research on nutrition among the children of migrant workers. CCCS Associate Profile E-mail: cosminsk@camden.rutgers.edu
	Ted Goertzel, Professor (B.A. Antioch; Ph.D. Washington University), teaches the methods course in the program, as well as sociology of communications, political sociology, social movements, Introduction to Latin American Studies, and other courses. He is the author of six books, the most recent being a new edition of Cradles of Eminence: Childhoods of More Than Four Hundred Famous Men and Women and Fernando Henrique Cardoso: Reinventing Democracy in Brazil. He is also the author of Linus Pauling: A Life in Science and Politics, Turncoats and True Believers: The Dynamics of Political Belief and Disillusionment, Sociology: Class, Consciousness and Contradictions (with Albert Szymanski), and Political Society, along with many articles and reports. CCCS Associate Profile E-mail: goertzel@camden.rutgers.edu
	Katrina Hazzard-Donald, Associate Professor (A.B. Wilberforce; Ph.D. Cornell), teaches racial and ethnic relations, African-American culture, urban sociology, introductory sociology, social problems, and a unique course entitled "Dance of the African Diaspora." She is the author of Jookin: The Rise of Social Dance Formations in African-American Culture, numerous articles on African American dance and culture, and is currently finishing a book on African-American "hoodoo" beliefs and practices. She will be on sabbatical leave for the 2008-9 academic year. E-mail: hazzard@camden.rutgers.edu
	Drew Humphries, Professor (B.A.; D. Crim. University of California at Berkeley) and Director of the graduate and undergraduate programs in Criminal Justice, teaches a variety of criminal justice courses: police, deviance, violence, and drugs and society. She has published in the areas of crime, social control, media, women, and drugs. Dr. Humphries is the author of Crack Mothers: Drugs, Pregnancy and the Media and co-editor of Women, Violence, and the Media, a special issue of Violence Against Women. Dr. Humphries received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Division on Women and Crime of the American Society of Criminology in 2003. CCCS Associate Profile E-mail: humphri@camden.rutgers.edu
	Michelle Meloy, Associate Professor (B.A., Indiana University, Ph.D. University of Delaware) teaches in the areas of criminology, corrections, law and society, and women and crime. Dr. Meloy's research focuses on how gender plays itself out in the criminal justice system. She coauthored a U.S.Congressional report on the impact of the Violence against Women Act, and is the author of the book, Sex Offenses and the Men Who Commit Them: An Assessment of Sex Offenders on Probation. She is also working on a book on victimization, highlighting crimes commonly committed against women and children. Before coming to Rutgers-Camden, Dr. Meloy taught at Widener University, and before her graduate study, worked as a senior probation officer for sexual offenders in Illinois. Email: mlmeloy@camden.rutgers.edu
	Jon'a Meyer, Associate Professor (B.A. California State University, Dominguez Hills; Ph.D. University of California at Irvine) and Director of the Graduate Program in Criminal Justice, teaches law and society and a range of courses in the criminal justice program. She has published on many aspects of criminal justice, including judicial attitudes and bias in sentencing, Native American legal systems, prison industry and reform, community oriented policing, women in denial of their pregnancies or who have concealed their pregnancies, homicide (including infanticide and neonaticide) and issues in children's courtroom testimony. Dr. Meyer is the author of Doing Justice in the People's Court: Sentencing by Municipal Court Judges and Inaccuracies in Children's Testimony: Memory Suggestibility or Obedience to Authority? and co-author of The Courts in Our Criminal Justice System. Dr. Meyer received the Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2000. She is on sabbatical leave for the Spring 2008 semester. CCCS Associate Profile E-mail:
	Robert Wood, Professor (B.A. Harvard; Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley), teaches introductory sociology, sociological theory, social stratification, and several courses on globalization and social change. He is the author of From Marshall Plan to Debt Crisis: Foreign Aid and Development Choices in the World Economy and co-editor of Tourism, Ethnicity and the State in Asian and Pacific Societies. Dr. Wood's most recent articles have dealt with globalization and tourism, and with the use of technology in teaching. He has served on the editorial boards of Annals of Tourism Research, Tourist Studies and Innovate: A Journal of Online Education. Dr. Wood was the recipient of the Provost's Award for Teaching Excellence in 1996, the Warren I. Susman Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2000, the Outstanding Contribution to Instruction Award E-mail: wood@camden.rutgers.edu
	Adjunct Faculty
	Kathleen Asbury received her B.A. and Ph.D. (Sociology) from Temple University. She has taught at a variety of area institutions. Her research has focused on homophobia, gay identity, and AIDS activism. She was a co-founder of the Philadelphia AIDS Walk.
	Robin Brownfield studied in the Sociology doctoral program at Temple University and holds a M.A. in Labor Studies from Rutgers University, from which she also received her B.A. In addition to labor and peace activism, Robin is also a musical playwright with two plays to her credit.
	Pamela Clark holds a B.S. degree from Fairmont State University in West Virginia and a M.S.W. from Rutgers University. She joined the Rutgers-Camden Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) staff in 2006 and taught Human Services and Sociology courses at Camden County College prior to this. She now teaches a variety of Sociology courses at Rutgers-Camden: Sociology of the Family, Women and Men in Society, and Race and Ethnicity.
	Richard DeWitt received his B.A. from the University of North Carolina, and a M.A. in Medical Anthropology from the University of Memphis. He is the managing editor of Bibliographia Mesoamericana at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Once a dairy farmer in Wisconsin, Richard has done research on racial and ethnic differences in HIV risk factors, the politics of AIDS and homelessness, and on alcoholism and addiction.
	Lloyd Dumont received his B.A. from Rowan University (when it was Glassboro State) and a M.S. in Criminal Justice from St. Joseph's University. He brings to his teaching his years of experience as a police lieutenant in Washington township.
	Michael Epstein holds a B.A. and a M.A. in Sociology from Witchita State University; he also did doctoral work in the criminology program at the University of Pennsylvania. He was formerly a research and administrative analyst for the New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission and the New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts. His past research focused on such things as gang membership and juvenile probation.
	Frederick Fife is a detective with the New Jersey State Police. Prior to that he was a special agent for the FBI. He holds a B.S. in administration of justice from Pennsylvania State University and a M.S. in Criminal Justice from St. Joseph's University. He has particular expertise in counter-terrorism.
	Daniel Howard holds a both a B.A. and M.A. in Criminal Justice from Rutgers-Camden. He has twenty years of law enforcement experience with the Mount Laurel Police Department where he is currently an Administrative Lieutenant. He has completed extensive specialized management training programs to include the West Point Leadership and Command, Leadership and Strategic Planning with the Police Institute at Rutgers-Newark and Certified Public Manager with the State of New Jersey and Farleigh Dickinson University.
	Augustine Isamah earned both his Ph.D. and B.S. at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. For several years he was a "Presidential Fellow" at Temple Univeristy, and is now on the faculty of Montgomery Community College. He is the author of the book, The Social Determinants of Labor Productivity and many articles on child labor, structural adjustment policies, health and local knowledge, and other subjects.
	Hillary Leary holds a B.A. from the University of Chicago and a Doctorate in Law from the University of North Carolina. She also has a background in computer programming and has worked with several rape crisis and domestic violence community organizations. She was the debut speaker at the department's graduate criminal justice colloquium in 2005.
	Patrick McCarty holds a B.S. in Sociology/Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and a M.A. in Anthropology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He also earned certification in Museology. His research interests include Native American ethnohistory, technology and culture, and urban male transient culture. He regularly teaches the required course in the sociology major, Psychological Anthropology, as well as other subjects.
	Kevin Murphy received his B.S. from Fairleigh Dickinson University and his M.A. from our graduate program in Criminal Justice, in which he was part of the first cohort. He is chief investigator at the Office of the Federal Public Defender in New Jersey.
	Harry Rhea is a Rutgers-Camden graduate with a M.S. in Criminal Justice from St. Joseph's University. He has studied at Salzburg Law School on International Criminal Law in Austria and at Oxford University, and is currently working on his Ph.D. at the National University of Ireland. He is this year a Visiting Professor of Law and Justice Studies at Rowan University and has particular interests in international criminal law, genocide, and terrorism.
	Monika Wood received her B.A. in History from Rutgers-Camden and her M.A. in Social Gerontology from the University of Pennsylvania, where she worked at the Institute on Aging. She was project manager at the Polisher Research Institute of a large-scale National Institutes of Health study of polio survivors, out of which came "Aging, Disability and Ethnicity: An African-American Woman's Story," published in The Cultural Context of Aging. She is currently engaged in a study of racial integration and re-segregation in Willingboro.
	A.S. Mahdi Ibn-Ziyad holds a Ph.D. in Africana Moral and Educational Studies from the Union Institute in Cincinnati, a M.A. in Criminal Justice Theory from the University of Nebraska, and a B.A. from Creighton University. He teaches as well at Camden High School. He has written articles on African American and Islamic thought and a variety of other subjects.