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CJA Distinguished Visiting Lecturer Series

The Criminal Justice Administration Program has formally created a “Distinguished Visiting Lecturer in Criminal Justice Lecture Series.” The Program has had several distinguished lecturers over the past several years, and the creation of this Lecture Series will allow the Program 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 Program 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 “Distinguished Visiting Lecturers”

  • Mark P. Thompson (February 24, 2012)
    FBI Special Agent (retired)
    Recommended by Mr. Joshua Battin

  • George Cronin, Ph.D., V.S.M. (September 14, 2010)
    Corporal (Criminal Profiler), Criminal Investigative Unit, PA State Police.
    Recommended by Dr. Scott Thornsley
     
  • Michael Capuzzo (September 13, 2010)
    New York Times Bestselling Author & Four-Time Pulitzer Prize Nominee
    Author of The Murder Room , a New York Times bestselling nonfiction work; (August 2010)
    Recommended by Dr. Scott Thornsley
     
  • Richard Walter, V.S.M. (September 13, 2010)
    Vidocq Society Member
    Forensic psychologist and criminal profiler; co-founder of the Vidocq Society.
    Discussed in The Murder Room.
    Recommended by Dr. Scott Thornsley.
     
  • Professor Dean Van Bibber (October 8, 2009)
    Coordinator of Homeland Security Program at Pierpont Community Technical College & Professor of Criminal Justice, Fairmont State University.
    Nominated by Dr. Scott Thornsley
     
  • Dr. Herbert Leon MacDonell (September 29, 2009)
    The Father of Modern Blood Stain Interpretation
    Nominated by Dr. Scott Thornsley
     
  • Mr. Christian Spangenberg, (Feb. 17, 2009)
    Special Agent, U.S. Department of Environmental Protection Agency
  • The Honorable John Heaton, (April 21, 2009)
    Secretary, Pennsylvania Board of Pardons
     
  • 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. Scott Thornsley initiated the Lecture Series on October 6, 2008.

 
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