{"id":3329,"date":"2006-11-22T09:10:16","date_gmt":"2006-11-22T13:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/?p=3329"},"modified":"2026-07-13T21:57:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T01:57:57","slug":"seabrook-joins-criminal-justice-faculty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/seabrook-joins-criminal-justice-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Seabrook Joins Criminal Justice Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"134\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/219\/2021\/09\/image00217.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3330\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wednesday, November 22, 2006<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PRINCESS ANNE, MD &#8211; The newest member of the Criminal Justice faculty at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore brings a wealth of practical experience and scholarly research to the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a visiting lecturer,&nbsp;Renita&nbsp;L. Seabrook will teach several classes for the University, from undergraduate courses in criminal justice, criminology theory, terrorism and introductions to a graduate level class in theoretical perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seabrook is a doctoral candidate at the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University and plans to receive her Ph.D. in May.&nbsp; Her dissertation examined &#8220;The Effects of the Georgia Cognitive Skills Experiment for Pre-Release Female Offenders.&#8221; She holds an M.A. in criminal justice, also from Rutgers, and earned her B.A. in law and society at Purdue University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While at Rutgers, Seabrook received several prestigious awards, including the David Twain Fellowship, the Walter C. Russell Scholars Award and a Rutgers University Teaching Assistant Fellowship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her professional experience has been both in the academy and in the field.&nbsp; Seabrook is a program development consultant for the Georgia Department of Corrections. For six years, she was a counselor with the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles, having served as a program coordinator for the same board for two years previous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seabrook has used her time with the Georgia system to advance understanding of corrections practices. With four colleagues, she co-authored &#8220;The Georgia cognitive skills-experiment: A replication of reasoning and rehabilitation,&#8221; published in 2004 in the journal &#8220;Criminal Justice and Behavior.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond her classroom work, Seabrook will serve on a variety of committees at UMES, including: the committee for general education and the curriculum committee for the Criminal Justice Department. She is a freshman advisor and the co-ed advisor for the pre-law students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">####<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Maureen McNeill, UMES Office of Public Relations, 410-651-7580,&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:memcneill@umes.edu\">memcneill@umes.edu<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, November 22, 2006 PRINCESS ANNE, MD &#8211; The newest member of the Criminal Justice faculty at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore brings a wealth of practical experience and scholarly research to the classroom. As a visiting lecturer,&nbsp;Renita&nbsp;L. 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