Faculty & Staff Directory

Chairs

Beth Anne Shelton

Interim Chair

Anne Shelton

Email: shelton@uta.edu

Dr. Laurel Smith Stvan

Interim Associate Chair

stvan

Email: stvan@uta.edu

Office: 551 University Hall

Tenured Faculty

Dr. Jaya Davis

Professor

MA Programs Director

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Email: jbdavis@uta.edu

Research Areas: Juvenile Justice, Corrections, Reentry, Women and crime

Dr. Seokjin Jeong

Associate Professor

Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice

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Email: sjjeong@uta.edu

Research Areas: Juvenile justice, Program evaluation

Dr. Jennifer LaPrade

Associate Professor

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Email: jennifer.laprade@uta.edu

Tenure-Track Faculty

Dr. Christi Gullion

Assistant Professor

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Email: christi.gullion@uta.edu

Dr. James Kelsay

Assistant Professor

Kelsay James

Email: james.kelsay@uta.edu

Research Areas: Policing, Crime prevention, Environmental criminology, Gun ownership

Dr. Kaitlyn Pederson

Assistant Professor

Kaitlyn Pederson

Email: kaitlyn.pederson@uta.edu

Dr. Fangzhou Wang

Assistant Professor

Fangzhou Wang

Email: fangzhou.wang@uta.edu

Senior Lecturers

Pat Eddings

Distinguished Senior Lecturer and FAST Director

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Email: peddings@uta.edu

Teaching Area: Forensic Science

Zerita Hall

Distinguished Senior Lecturer

APS Director

Zerita Hall

Email: zhall@uta.edu

Teaching Areas: Corrections, Juvenile justice, Ethics

Dr. Roger Metcalf

Senior Lecturer

SCJS Advisor

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Our Staff

Catherine Edgell

Support Specialist II

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Email: cedgell@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-0318

Office: University Hall 362

Cathy Moseley

Administrative Assistant II

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Email: cathym@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-0318

Office: University Hall 362

Maleni Soto

Academic Advisor (Undergraduate students with last names A-K)

Book Appointment

Maleni Soto

Email: maleni.soto@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-0313

Trevor Hazlett

Academic Advisor II (Undergraduate students with last names L-Z)

Book Appointment

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Email: trevor.hazlett@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-0309