MSU Denver Experts Guide
Criminal Justice/Criminology
Pamela Ansburg
Department: Psychological Sciences
Title: Professor
Expertise: Reliability of eyewitness memory, Memory and aging, Memory improvement, Creativity, Problem solving

Brian Bagwell
Department: Human Services and Counseling
Title: Professor
Expertise: Workplace violence, critical incident stress management, trauma, treating claustrophobic firefighters, and perception of threat and deescalation of violence strategies for first responders, employers and mental health clinicians.

Andrea Borrego
Department: Criminal Justice and Criminology
Title: Associate Professor
Expertise: Fatal police-citizen encounters, Policing, Tasers/CEDs, Incarceration, Prisons/jails, Body worn cameras, Intimate partner violence/domestic violence

Jennifer Bradford
Department: Criminal Justice and Criminology
Title: Associate Professor
Expertise: Terrorism/counterterrorism, mass-violence and extremism/Countering Violent Extremism, Federal law enforcement, Cybercrime and cyber threat analysis, Pretrial/bail Issues, Research ethics, Study abroad

Allison Cotton
Department: Criminal Justice and Criminology
Title: Professor
Expertise: Race and crime, Social causes of crime, The death penalty, Women and crime, Juvenile delinquency, Poverty and crime, Prison culture, Criminal justice and the media

William Gaines
Department: Criminal Justice and Criminology
Title: Lecturer
Expertise: Criminal investigation, Narcotic identification, DUI prosecutions, Advanced homicide investigation, Active shooter response, Mobile field force

Stacey Hervey
Department: Criminal Justice and Criminology
Title: Associate Professor
Expertise: Group violence, Hate crimes, Juvenile delinquency, Education, Internet safety, Online recruiting, Extremism

April Hill
Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry
Title: Professor and Program Director of Criminalistics
Expertise: Forensic chemistry (drugs, explosives, arson, paint analysis, gun-shot residue, blood alcohol testing, etc.)

Tricia Hudson-Matthew
Department: Human Services and Counseling
Title: Associate Professor and Director, Center for Addiction Studies
Expertise: Mental health, domestic violence, self-esteem, addiction and substance abuse, motivational interviewing techniques and grief and loss, couples counseling

Barbara Koehler
Department: Criminal Justice and Criminology
Title: Retired Faculty
Expertise: Criminal Law, Constitutional Law Issues, American Judicial System (courts).

LiYing Li
Department: Criminal Justice and Criminology
Title: Professor
Expertise: Community corrections, Criminological theories and social issues in China

Jeffrey London
Department: Criminal Justice and Criminology
Title: Professor
Expertise: Crime and marijuana, Medical marijuana, Demography of crime, School-to-prison pipeline, History of the U.S. drug war

Denise Mowder
Department: Criminal Justice and Criminology
Title: Associate Professor
Expertise: Trial practice, Investigations, Victim advocacy

Hyon Namgung
Department: Criminal Justice and Criminology
Title: Associate Professor
Expertise: Policing (both American and Korean), Police organizations, Community policing

Marina Pereira
Department: Social Work
Title: Associate Dean - College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Expertise: Acculturation and assimilation changes in the U.S., Mental health issues of children, adolescents and families, Child abuse, Sexual abuse, Domestic violence, Loss and grief issues, Immigration, First-generation students, Service learning, Bilingual, Bicultural

Rebecca Rivera-Serrano
Department: Criminal Justice and Criminology
Title: Affiliate Professor
Expertise: Dating and domestic violence, Probation, Anti death penalty, Predators who groom victims

Darlene Sampson
Department: Social Work
Title: Clinical Field Faculty and Equity Specialist Coordinator, WEEAC
Expertise: Trauma, Issues related to children of color, Police and community interactions, Educational challenges, pedagogy and curriculum, Over suspension of children of color, School/community consultation-particularly with black/brown communities, Racial bullying, Diversity/equity/inclusivity, Mental Health, General social work

Kevin Smith
Department: Criminal Justice and Criminology
Title: Affiliate Professor
Expertise: Policing, Corporate security, Utility security, Criminal investigations, Active shooter, SWAT tactics, Workplace violence, Policy and procedures

Rebecca Trammell
Department: Criminal Justice and Criminology
Title: Interim Dean - College of Professional Studies
Expertise: Prison culture, Prison violence, Prison rape, Violence against incarcerated child molesters, Gender and prison violence, Restorative justice rituals

Andrew Traver
Department: Criminal Justice and Criminology
Title: Professor of Practice
Expertise: Federal law enforcement, Leadership, Ethnic street gangs, Illegal firearms trafficking, Overcoming organizational resistance to change

Sheryl Zajdowicz
Department: Biology
Title: Professor and Chair
Expertise: Microbiology, Pathogenic microbiology, Infectious disease, Immunology, Select agents of bioterrorism, Molecular biology
