The Department of Criminal Justice is interdisciplinary with faculty holding advanced degrees in various disciplines, including law, sociology, public administration, and criminology. All resident faculty in the department are expected to teach in both the graduate and undergraduate programs. All faculty members, except adjunct lecturers, provide student counseling and serve as advisors to students in the department.
Department Chair and Professor
Robert A. Brown, Ph.D.
Professor &Chair
Discipline: Criminal Justice
Areas of Expertise: Policing, Race and Justice System Processing, Justice Practitioner Wellness, Alternatives to Incarceration
Richard Hazel Hall Suite 3028
Email: rabrown1@umes.edu
Phone: 410-651-8482
Criminal Justice
Theresa D. Shockley
tdshockley@umes.edu
410-651-6578/6585
POSITION:
Administrative Assistant
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Professors
Lily Chi-Fang Tsai, Ph.D.
Ltsai@umes.edu
410-651-8918
POSITION:
Assistant Professor
Lily Chi-Fang Tsai, Ph.D.
Ltsai@umes.edu
410-651-8918
POSITION:
Assistant Professor
Name: Daniel Lytle
Rank or Title: Associate Professor
Discipline: Criminal Justice
Areas of Expertise: Criminal Justice Systems, Policing, Survey Research, Meta-Analysis
Office Location: Hazel Hall, 3025
Email: djlytle@umes.edu
Office Phone Number: 410-651-6580
Lily Chi-Fang Tsai, Ph.D.
Ltsai@umes.edu
410-651-8918
POSITION:
Assistant Professor
Lily Chi-Fang Tsai, Ph.D.
Ltsai@umes.edu
410-651-8918
POSITION:
Assistant Professor
Nelseta Walters-Jones
Associate Professor
Discipline: Criminal Justice
Areas of Expertise: Juvenile Justice/Juvenile Delinquency
Office Location: Online
Email: nwaltersjones@umes.edu
Office Phone Number: N/A
Nelseta Walters-Jones, PhD, is an associate/graduate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. She teaches a variety of courses including, Criminal Law, Psychology of Criminal Behavior, Juvenile Delinquency, Theoretical perspectives of crime, Human Trafficking, and Cyber-Crime. Her professional and research interest includes Juvenile Delinquency/ Justice, The Courts and Drugs and Crime. She has published in Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, and American Journal of Criminal Justice.
Name: Dr. Janese Weathers-Titus
Rank or Title: Lecturer
Discipline: Criminal Justice
Areas of Expertise:
- Organizational Leadership
- Caregiver Leadership and Its Impact on Children within Family Organizations
- Comparative Criminal Justice Systems
- Alpha Phi Sigma National Advisor
Office Location: Hazel 3013
Email: jdweathers@umes.edu
Office Phone Number: 410-651-6582
