Eileen M. Ahlin
Ph.D., Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland, College Park
M.A., Sociology (focus in Crime, Delinquency, and Corrections), George Mason University
B.A., Administration of Justice and Sociology (multiple major), Penn State
Dr. Eileen M. Ahlin is an assistant professor of criminal justice in the School of Public Affairs at Penn State Harrisburg. She joined the faculty in 2013 after 15 years with a private corporation where she conducted criminal justice research at the federal, state, and local levels. Her teaching and research interests include violence, neighborhood effects, corrections, research methods, and criminological theory.
Anne S. Douds
Ph.D., Justice, Law, and Crime Policy, George Mason University
J.D., Law, Emory University School of Law
B.A., Political Science, Duke University
Dr. Anne Douds teaches courts, constitutional law, criminal procedure, criminal law, and victims' rights. She is the coordinator for all of the undergraduate criminal justice degree programs. Her research interests include access to justice, veterans' courts, victims' rights, and social justice.
Jennifer Gibbs
Ph.D., Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland, College Park
Certificate, University Teaching and Learning, University of Maryland, College Park
M.S., Criminal Justice Administration, Niagara University
B.A., Psychology, Keuka College
Dr. Jennifer Gibbs' research interests focus on policing topics, including violence against police, public attitudes toward police, diversity in recruitment and retention, and terrorism. Her work on social distance and attitudes toward police, co-authored with Dr. Jonathan Lee, received recognition in the 2016 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence. At Penn State World Campus, Dr. Gibbs typically teaches courses on policing (CRIMJ 210: Policing in America; CRIMJ 408: Police Administration) and ethics (CRIMJ 465: Ethics in Criminal Justice).
Don Hummer
Ph.D., Social Science-Criminal Justice, Michigan State University
M.S., Criminal Justice, Shippensburg University
B.S., Sociology/Anthropology, Elizabethtown College
Dr. Don Hummer is co-author/editor of The Culture of Prison Violence (2008, Pearson), Handbook of Police Administration (2008, Taylor & Francis: CRC Press), and the forthcoming The Technology Revolution in Criminal Justice (Palgrave-MacMillan). His work, focused primarily on offender treatment and control, has appeared in peer-reviewed outlets such as Aggression and Violent Behavior, Probation Journal, Law & Policy, and The Prison Journal.
Jeffrey T. Ulmer
Ph.D., Sociology, Penn State
Dr. Jeffery T. Ulmer is a professor of sociology and criminology at Penn State, and serves as associate department head. His work spans such topics as courts, criminal case processing, sentencing, and corrections, as well as criminological theory, religion and crime, and violent crime.