The Department of Criminal Justice Administration has formally created a “Distinguished Visiting Lecturer in Criminal Justice Lecture Series.” The Department has had several distinguished lecturers over the past several years, and the creation of this Lecture Series will allow the Department to provide each future distinguished visiting speaker with a “title” exactly like the “North Hall Library Visiting Scholar “ does each year.
“Distinguished Visiting Lecturers” will be designated as such, regardless whether they were/are brought in to speak directly by the Department, or if they were nominated by a member of the CJA faculty, like Roy Hazelwood was in 2005, 2006, and 2007, (Roy Hazelwood was brought in under the auspices of Mansfield University’s Center for Life Long Education) and Dr. Katherine Ramsland in September 2008. (Dr. Ramsland was brought in under the auspices of the North Hall Library.) Both Roy Hazelwood and Dr. Ramsland would never have come here unless they were not specifically recommended by a CJA faculty member.
Previous Speakers Designated as “Distinguished Visiting Lecturers”
- Dr. Katherine Ramsland, (September 30, 2008)
DeSales University Professor of Forensic Psychology; Author.
Nominated by Dr. Scott Thornsley.
- Roy Hazelwood, (October 2007)
FBI Special Supervisory Agent, Behavioral Sciences Unit (Retired)
Author; Profiler; Currently Executive Vice-President of AGI, Inc.
Nominated by Dr. Scott Thornsley.
- Richard Walter, V.S.M. (February 2007)
Co-Founder of the Vidocq Society; Profiler.
Recommended by Dr. Scott Thornsley.
- The Honorable John Heaton, Esq., (April 2007)
Secretary of the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons
Recommended by Dr. Scott Thornsley.
- Roy Hazelwood, (October 2006)
Recommended by Dr. Scott Thornsley.
- Roy Hazelwood, (November 3, 2005)
Recommended by Dr. Scott Thornsley.
- The Honorable John Heaton, Esq. (April 2005)
Secretary of the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons.
Recommended by Dr. Scott Thornsley.
- Ernest Preate, Esq. (March 2005)
Former Pennsylvania Attorney General; Member, PA Board of Pardons;
Luzerne County District Attorney; Inmate Activist.
Recommended by Dr. Scott Thornsley.
Dr. Thornsley will be responsible for the Lecture Series.
Effective Date: October 6, 2008.

