Richard wentling, president

Dr. Wentling’s research interests are in the field of corrections, specifically "smart corrections" through justice reinvestment and public policy related to criminal justice, specifically violence and victimization.

Education

Ph D, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Shavonne Arthurs, Secretary

Shavonne Arthurs is an Assistant Professor and the Coordinator of the Criminal Justice Program at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. She is additionally the head of the Criminal Justice Program. She received her Ph.D. in Criminology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), M.S. in Psychology from Arizona State University, and M.S. in Forensic Science & Law from Duquesne University. In addition to her secretary position within NEACJS, she is the current Secretary (and Past President) of the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Justice Educators (PACJE), the Immediate Past Chair of the Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship section of ACJS, Co-Chair of the Division of Feminist Criminology for ASC, and is also a member of the American Society of Criminology (ASC) and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS). She currently teaches in areas of courts, corrections, program and policy analysis, behavioral analysis, theory, deviance, research methods, and statistics. Her research interests are in the areas of drug and alcohol abuse, jury decision making, policing, and social deviance. She has a recent authored a book titled Moral Deviance and Personalized Panics (2020) with Kendall Hunt Publishing.

Andy Dombek, Treasurer 

Brooke Mathna, Director At Large

Jennifer murphy, immediate past President

Professor and Chair of Criminal Justice, Penn State Berks

jxm1192@psu.edu