specialization in assurance and security at Capella University. Keisha has a passion for teaching
and learning. In addition to teaching college courses, Keisha has had roles as a systems analyst
trainer, university ambassador, and project manager.
Specialties: Information Technology; Computer Science
Bettye Griffin
PhD, Cappella University
Dr. Bettye Griffin has more than 20 years of experience in the field of education as an educator, administrator, and advocate from the private and non-profit sectors. For over five years, Bettye served as CEO of a non-profit organization she founded, C.E Williams, YMHCC. She worked with state agencies to provide mental health services to underserved and
underrepresented youths in California.
Specialties: Psychology; Security Management
Carol D. Hansen
PhD, University of North Carolina
Carol is a professor of human resource development (HRD) at a large research university in the southeastern United States. She teaches courses in organizational culture, intercultural organizational behavior, and the diagnosis of HRD interventions.
Specialty: International Human Relations Management
Deborah Hargis
EdD, Boston University
Deborah is the owner and principal consultant of a professional training, organization, development, and consulting firm. She is an expert in curriculum design and management training.
Specialties: Strategic Management; Training and Development
Lois Harrison
MEd, Georgia Southern University
Lois is an experienced English educator who was honored with a Teacher of the Year award and two STAR teacher recognitions. She has edited professional manuscripts and developed higher education curricula.
Specialty: English
Brett Hart
MPA, University of Georgia
A Certified Jail Manager, Brett also holds certifications as a jailer, peace officer, departmental training officer, and police instructor.
Melissa Hickman
DBA, Nova Southeastern University; MBA, Kennesaw State University; BBA, Shorter University
Melissa has been a college professor since 2001. She has taught various accounting and business courses at both the undergraduate and graduate level. She has experience as state auditor, in the banking industry, and business consulting for various industries.
Specialty: Business Ethics and Accounting
LaVerne Williamson Hill PhD, University of Georgia
LaVerne has been a professor of sociology and political science and is a recognized expert in the fields of criminal justice, criminology, family violence, and juvenile delinquency.
Specialty: Criminal Justice
Tango R. Hill
PhD, Berne University
Tango is an innovative educator who has taught and worked in the fields of international business, political science, human resources, project management, career planning, and defense security.
Specialties: International Business; Strategic Management
Paul Hoffman
Esq., Cumberland School of Law, Scholar of Merit
Paul is a member of the State Bar of Georgia. He recently served as a superior court case researcher and as a discovery supervisor for a class-action insurance fraud suit in
Birmingham.
Specialties: Law; Legal Research and Writing
Michael K. Hooper
PhD, Claremont Graduate University
Michael is an expert in security, policing, and criminal investigation, and is a member of the National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals.
Specialty: Public Policy and Criminal Justice
Nicole L. House
JD, Georgia State University College of Law
Nicole has worked as director of practice management and director of marketing for a law firm in Atlanta, Georgia. Previous to that, Nicole was a staff attorney in the Atlanta Regional Office of the Federal Trade Commission. Her experience also includes 12 years as a law firm administrator. She is a member of the State Bar of Georgia.
Specialties: American Government; Criminal Law and Procedure
Bruce Johnson
DBA, Louisiana Tech University
Bruce is currently an assistant professor of accounting at Dakota State University in South Dakota where he teaches Accounting Principles, Intermediate Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Auditing, Accounting Systems, and Non-profit Accounting.
Wendell A. Johnson
PhD, Northwestern University
Wendell is a sociologist at the Emory University School of Medicine and is an expert in the study of white collar crime, gangs, and community development.
Specialty: Corporate Crime
Chyteal Jones
BS, Herzing University
Chyteal has focused the majority of her career in administration and training roles. She has an electrical certification in construction and maintenance and is a member of the
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). She also has her Construction Safety and Health for Workers certification from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
Specialties: Construction Management
Susan Smith Jones
JD, University of Georgia, cum laude
Susan has been a licensed attorney since 1986. She has taught legal research and writing at Emory University, and continues to practice law on a contract basis.
Specialties: Tort Law; Civil Litigation
Brian Kelly
BS, Iowa State University
Brian, a Master Investigator, owns a successful investigative agency. He has extensive law enforcement experience, serving as a deputy sheriff and homicide investigator, with particular interest in domestic violence cases.
Specialty: Criminal Investigation
Catherine Kelly
MBA, University of Central Florida; BS Marketing, University of Central Florida
Catherine has more than nine years of leadership experience in retail sales. She has worked with national retailers such as dELiA*s, Old Navy, and Nordstrom. She was awarded the 4th Quarter All-Star award at Nordstrom in 2012. She has also worked in Human Resources. Catherine has consistently focused on training others throughout her retail career. Specialties: Retail Management; Marketing; Business Administration
John Lamutt
PE, BS, University of Colorado, cum laude
A licensed engineer with extensive experience in all aspects of construction project
management, John has been a company owner, land developer, and contractor. Projects have ranged from small subdivisions to multimillion-dollar mass transit systems.
Specialty: Cost Estimating
Gayle R. Link
PhD, Stanford University
Gayle has broad experience in product development, manufacturing research, project management, risk-value chain analysis; organizational dynamics, and has worked as an independent consultant.
John E. Long RHE, CMM
John has over 17 years of medical office management experience, including financial activities, marketing, and personnel benefits associated with group practice.
Specialties: Medical Office Management
Melissa H. Lorenz MEd, Mercer University
Melissa is a certified early childhood educator and experienced elementary school teacher. She has led many workshops for teachers of young children.
Specialty: Early Childhood Guidance and Discipline
Sally Lozada
PhD, Cappella University
Dr. Sally Lozada has nearly 20 years of professional and academic experience primarily focused on higher education administration. Following time in the Peace Corps teaching English, Sally began her career as an Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs. Her administrative work at a public two-year college focused on quality orientation to ensure students got off to a strong start on their educational journey.
Specialty: English
James A. Lumpp
PhD, University of Missouri
James has taught college-level advertising and marketing for many years. As a consultant, he assisted more than 200 clients, including Fortune 500 firms, in marketing, research, planning, and more.
Specialties: Advertising; Marketing
Pat Lupica
MS, University of San Diego
Pat is an instructor at the University of San Diego in the areas of Supply Chain and Operations Management, and is President of LNK Consulting, which is a value chain integration company. Specialty: Retail Supply Chain Management
Rae Mang
RPh, University of Cincinnati
Rae is a registered Pharmacist, with twenty years of experience in pharmaceutical sales, marketing, and new business development. She is also a licensed secondary teacher in General Science and Health/Consumer Sciences.
Specialties: Biology, Chemistry
Loretta Maples MS, Rollins College
Loretta, a registered medical technologist, is a consultant for medical offices in management, specializing in lab administration, OSHA compliance, and computerized billing.
Michael Marticek
DBA, Walden University; MBA, Strayer University
Michael has an array of management experience. He has held positions as an analyst for an aviation engineering firm, an operational supervisor for UPS, and a senior operational manager for an airline. He also owned his own website development and internet dial-up service company which he ran for several years before selling it. Michael has been teaching in higher education for three years.
Specialties: Business Administration; Finance
Matt Mashburn
JD, University of Georgia, cum laude
Matt is a partner in a busy regional law firm focusing on real estate, secured financing, and landlord/tenant law. He is a noted seminar speaker and college professor. While at UGA, he was a member of several academic honor societies.
Specialty:Real Estate Law
Martin McAuliffe JD, Suffolk University
Martin is an experienced criminal justice professor, criminal prosecutor, and defense attorney. Specialty: Criminal Law and Procedure
Ginger S. McRae
JD, University of Georgia, summa cum laude
A noted speaker and expert on employment law, Ginger practiced law for nearly two decades. She currently provides employee practices consulting to businesses.
Specialty: Employment Law
Robert J. Meadows
EdD, PhD, Claremont Graduate University
Robert is a Certified Protection Professional, author, and member of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
Specialty: Workplace Security
Martha Merritt
CPA, MA, MAcc, University of South Carolina
Martha is an experienced accounting educator, professional auditor, and Certified Public Accountant. She is a member of several academic honor societies and is active in accounting organizations.
Specialty: Accounting
Victoria Miller
PhD, Georgia State University
Victoria is an experienced college marketing educator who has taught abroad. She has provided independent consulting services for growing companies, including spearheading marketing services for a successful fitness training business.
Specialty: Consumer Behavior
Stephen Moon
BS, Georgia Institute of Technology; BA, University of Kentucky
Stephen is an AIA-registered architect who has operated his own practice and worked for prestigious architectural firms. He is active in several civic and professional organizations. Specialties: Construction Methods; Drawings and Specifications
Janaia Moore
MS, PHR, Central Michigan University
Janaia has over seven years of experience in the human resources profession. She is currently employed as an HR professional with Georgia State University and previously worked for the Michigan Department of Corrections-DeMarse Recruitment and Training Academy. She also held supervisory positions in the banking and retail industries. Specialty: Human Resource Administration
Laura Jean Moriarty
PhD, Sam Houston State University
Laura is a widely published criminal justice author who has conducted extensive research in such topics as violent crime, juvenile justice, drug abuse, and victimology.
Specialties: Survey Research; Criminal Justice
Candace Murray BA, Denver University
Candace is an experienced business leader who has worked with many high-profile companies.
Specialty: Speech Communications
David M. Nemi
MS, State University College of New York
David is a professor of marketing/retailing at Niagara County Community College where he is also the coordinator of the Retail Management Program. David is also a marketing/retail consultant with the Niagara Small Business Development Center, and sits on many boards from million-dollar corporations to nonprofit organizations.
Specialty: Retail Employee Management
Victor Oladapo
DBA, Argosy University
Victor is an influential and performance-focused professional with a stellar record of
achievement in HR leadership. He has been teaching in higher education for 7 years. He has completed an immense amount of research in the field and with many of those being
published.
Specialties: Human Resources Management, Organizational Development, Public
Administration
Gail Olmsted
MBA, University of New Haven
Gail is an assistant professor at Springfield Technical Community College in Massachusetts. She teaches courses in marketing, retailing, and entrepreneurship, and serves as the campus liaison for entrepreneurship and business development.
Specialty: Retail Loss Prevention
Tim Otte
MBA, University of St. Thomas
Tim has worked in the world of corporate finance for over 20 years. He currently provides financial consulting services to the retail and restaurant industries and is a former
stockbroker.
Judy Parker
MBA, American Graduate School of International Management
Judy is president/founder of Birch Associates, a business consulting company. For the past five years, she was the vice president of marketing at Optimum Health Enterprises.
Specialty: Retail Quality Management
Dwight Payne
JD, Mercer University
Dwight, a practicing attorney, was formerly a uniformed patrol officer and police academy director and instructor. Now semiretired, he practices law for select clients.
Specialties: Terrorism; Cyber Security; Homeland Security; Public Safety
Shyreeta Peacox
MM, North Park University
Shyreeta is an experienced people and project manager with international corporations and higher education institutions. She is active in several nonprofit organizations.
Specialties: Business, Management and Organizational Development
Cierrah Perrin
MSL, John Marshall Law School
Cierrah has been teaching online since 2013. She has her bachelor’s degree in English and her MSL with a focus on intellectual property law. Her academic studies and professional experience make her a great fit for teaching numerous types of law and writing courses. She is currently pursuing her Ed.D in Organizational Leadership in Business and Technical
Communications at Argosy University.
Specialties: Intellectual Property Law; English
Russ Pomrenke
MA, University of Baltimore
Russ has 16 years of police experience. He was a police captain and the Legal Unit Instructor at a Police Academy. He is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy.
Specialty: Policing
Carl Price
MS, Stephen F. Austin State University
Carl has more than 7 years of teaching experience in post-secondary education. He also has experience as a geophysicist and motivational speaker.
Specialties: Mathematics
Robert Rigney
MA, University of Nevada
Robert has more than 20 years of professional and academic experience focused on
education, politics, and economics. He has worked in the Nevada, Washington, and Georgia State legislatures on a variety of issues. He has conducted research on a number of public policy issues from transportation to works compensation, transportation, and educational issues. Robert has experience teaching and developing courses for both on-line and on- ground classes at several different colleges and universities He is currently pursuing his Juris Doctorate.
Robert Rodriguez PhD, Capella University
Robert is a well-known health industry executive and author. He has achieved success directing the marketing, finance, and business development functions for hospitals and other health-related firms.
Specialty: Healthcare
Kristiansson Roth
PhD, Ball State University
A licensed clinical psychologist and therapist, Kris has worked in outpatient, inpatient, consulting, and industrial settings. Currently, he provides individual, group, family, and couples psychotherapy and psychological testing.
Specialty: Psychology
Mark R. Rucks
MS, University of Wisconsin
Mark is an experienced corporate human resource strategy consultant. He has successfully designed, developed, and implemented compensation and benefits programs and policies for several Fortune 500 companies.
Specialty: Compensation and Benefits
Tracy Ryan
PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University
Tracy is a Fulbright Scholar who has taught and consulted on marketing issues internationally. As an author, her work on Web research has been broadly published.
Specialties: Advertising; Consumer Behavior; Marketing Research
Amanda Sanchoo
MSCJ, University of Central Florida
Amanda has five years of professional and academic experience focused on criminal justice and the education field. Amanda has also worked for the Teen Court System of Lake County, FL where she assisted with punishments for juvenile delinquents.
Specialties: Criminal Justice
Saleem Shah
MS, Spertus College
Saleem Shah is certified through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the Multi-Hazard Safety Program for Schools, and holds various other certifications through the United Nations Disaster Training Program and the American Red Cross.
Specialty: Incident Command Systems
Ben Sharpton MS, Rollins College
Ben has vast experience in the management of human resources. He is also a noted expert in instructional design, delivery, and facilitation.
Brent Smith
PhD, Purdue University
Brent served two years in the U.S. Army as an instructor in the Department of Military Police Operations and taught a counterterrorism course at the U.S. Army’s Military Police School. He moved to the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1981 where he served as professor and chair of the Department of Justice Sciences. In July 2003, Brent joined the faculty at the University of Arkansas.
Specialty: Security
Melanie St. Jean
PhD, Madison University
Melanie is currently a professor at Johnson and Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island, teaching retail-related courses. She has worked for several retail organizations, along with many new start-up and independent retailers in the areas of sales, multilevel management, product development, and buying.
Specialty: Retail Buying
David R. Struckhoff
PhD, Southern Illinois University
Dr. Struckhoff, author of the book The American Sheriff, is a criminology professor, diagnostic sociologist, and consultant to the American Correctional Association.
Specialty: Investigating Difference
Cheryl Syrett
BS, Indiana University
Cheryl is an experienced advertising agency media and account manager who has worked with many high-profile companies.
Specialties: Retailing; Integrated Marketing Communications
James Terrell
BA, University of Georgia
A state-certified private security instructor and a state-licensed private investigator, Jimmy is currently the director of security for a property management firm that serves Fortune 500 clients.
Specialty: Private Security
Mary Lynn Thaxton
PhD, Georgia State University
As a psychological consultant, Mary Lynn focuses on mood disorders, addiction, gerontology, sexual abuse, and spirituality. She has taught university classes and conducted over 40 workshops.
Specialty: Social Problems
Richard Thurman
MED, Concordia University; MBA, American InterContinental University
Richard Thurman has over 28 years of business experience primarily in financial services. Spending the majority of his career in banking operations, Richard was a successful
reconciler, team leader, work coordinator and a consumer dispute supervisor. Richard was also instrumental in automating the consumer dispute process with the ResQue credit reporting on-line software. He has also written training manuals, conducted training workshops and managed a corporate move between states.
Edward Tomlinson
PhD, Ohio State University
Edward is a prolific author, lecturer, and researcher in the areas of human resources and organizational management. He is also an experienced and respected college professor, recognized for his expertise in compensation issues.
Specialty: Compensation Management
Richard T. Vannoy II
M.S.I.T., Coleman University, B.S.E.E.T., ITT Technical Institute
Richard is an experienced computer programmer, electronics systems manager, and
programming and electronics instructor. He is active in Southern California Robotics Societies. Specialty: Computer Programming
Desjane Venable MA, Argosy University
Desjane has more than seven years of professional and academic experience focusing on the counseling field and educating students in the social science arena.
Specialties: Psychology; Program Evaluation
Megan Vrono
EDS, Piedmont College
Megan’s academic experience predominantly focuses on teaching in an elementary setting. She has had many leadership roles and responsibilities throughout her career. Megan has chaired and co-chaired a variety of committees: from identifying talented and gifted students to preparing professional development courses for other staff and faculty members. Megan was awarded Teacher of the Year 2010-2011 at Lake Forest Elementary in Atlanta, GA. Specialty: Early Childhood Education
Gerard Waring
BBA, Hofstra University
Gerard retired as a Special Agent of the FBI after 26 years of investigative assignments involving violent crime, white collar crime, organized crime, and foreign counterintelligence. Specialties: Criminal Investigation; Report Writing
Wendy Webb
JD, Indiana University
Wendy has served as a staff attorney for a state attorney general’s office, where she litigated thousands of cases. She has also worked at a litigation firm and trained legal assistants. Specialties: Paralegalism; Law Office Management; Family Law
John Weimers
CPA, MS, Roosevelt University
John is an experienced college professor and administrator. He has held executive-level management and marketing positions with international companies and is a CPA.