Faculty

Listed below are the full-time faculty for the Criminal Justice Division at California State University, Sacramento. To learn more about each faculty member, click on the links below. The ones with shading also have home pages, where you can get information about the classes they are currently teaching.

  Dimitri Bogazianos
Dimitri Bogazianos
  Title:  Assistant Professor
Joined Faculty:  2007
B.A.: State University of New York - Philosophy
M.A.:  University of Hawaii, Manoa - Religious Studies
Ph.D.:  University of California, Irvine - Criminology, Law, and Society
Interests:

dbogazia@csus.edu
Phone:(916) 278-5790

Cecil Canton
Cecil Canton
  Title:  Professor
Joined Faculty:1991
B.A.:  SUNY at Stony Brook - English
M.A.:  Columbia University - Remedial Reading/Psychology
M.Ed.: Columbia University - Educational Administration
Ed.D.:  Columbia University - Educational Administration
Interests:  Correctional Administration, Probation and Parole, Race and Ethnicity cecanton@csus.edu
Phone:  (916) 278-4344
Timothy Capron
Tim Capron
  Title:  Professor
Joined Faculty:  2000
B.A.:  Midwestern University - English
M.A.:  University of Northern Colorado - Psychology Guidance and Counseling
Ph.D.:  Sam Houston University - Criminology Administration
Interests:  Criminology, Deviant behavior, Security, Police and Administration,  Leadership and Management

Advisor for Fire Service Management Special Major

capron@csus.edu
Phone:  (916) 278-5157
Curriculum Vita
Owen Cater
Owen Cater
  Title:  Lecturer
Joined Faculty:  1997
B.A.:  California State University, Sacramento - Criminal Justice
M.A:  California State University, Sacramento - Criminal Justice
Interests:  Criminal Investigation, Criminology, Police Organization and Management, Police and Society, Leadership, Drug Abuse and Criminal Behavior

cater@csus.edu
Phone:  (916) 278-7691
Timothy Croisdale
Tim Croisdale
  Title:  Assistant Professor
Joined Faculty:  2008
B.A.:  University-College of the Fraser Valley - Criminal Justice
M.S.:  California State University, Sacramento - Criminal Justice
Ph.D.:  Simon Fraser University - Criminology
Interests:  Environmental criminology, crime analysis, crime prevention & reduction, computational criminology. croisdale@csus.edu
Phone: (916) 278-5157
Sue Escobar
Sue Escobar
  Title:  Professor
Joined Faculty:  1999
B.A.:  Hartwick College - English
M.A.:  SUNY at Buffalo - Sociology
J.D.:  SUNY Buffalo School of Law
Ph.D.:  SUNY at Buffalo - Sociology
Interests:  Sociology of Law, Criminology, Penology, Victimology, Sexual Offenses and Offenders, Family Violence

scote@csus.edu
Phone:  (916) 278-5685
Yvette Farmer
Yvette Farmer
  Title:  Associate Professor
Joined Faculty:  2002
B.A.:  California State University, Fullerton - Psychology and Sociology
M.A.:  California State University, Fullerton - Sociology
Ph.D.:  University of Washington - Sociology
Interests:   Research Methods, Criminology, Leadership and Management, Deviant Careers, and Drug Abuse Coordinator for CRJ Master's Program E-mail:  drfarmer@csus.edu
Phone:  (916) 278-5062
Ricky S. Gutierrez
Ricky Gutierrez
  Title:  Professor
Joined Faculty:  2000
A.A.:  Spokane Falls Community College
B.A.:  Eastern Washington University - Psychology
M.A.:  Washington State University - Criminal Justice
Ph.D.:  Washington State University, Pullman - Political Science: Applied Justice & Policy Studies
Interests:  Police organizations, juvenile justice, community-based corrections, program evaluation, criminal justice planning & policy, and racial profiling. rickyg@csus.edu
Phone:  (916) 278-5094
Curriculum Vita
James Hernandez
James Hernandez
  Title:  Professor
Joined Faculty:  1974
B.A.:  California State University, Hayward - Social Science
M.Crim.:  University of California, Berkeley
M.P.A.:  University of Southern California
D.P.A.:  University of Southern California
Interests:  Youth Gangs hernandezj@csus.edu
Phone:  (916) 278-7510
Shihlung Huang
Shihlung Huang
  Title: Associate Professor
Joined Faculty: 2005
B.A.: Taiwan National Police University - Police Sciences
M.A.:  Sam Houston University - Criminal Justice & Criminology
Ph.D.:  Sam Houston University - Criminal Justice
Interests:  Drug policy, smuggling and immigration, criminal justice policy evaluation, policing, management and administration

huang@csus.edu
Phone: (916) 278-6505

Marlyn Jones   Title:  Associate Professor
Joined Faculty:  2001
B.A.:  Simon Fraser University - Sociology
M.A.:  Simon Fraser University - Criminology
Ph.D.:  Simon Fraser University - Criminology
Interests:  Criminal Justice Policy Analysis, Socio-legal studies, Sociology of law and control, Feminist Theory, Gender, race, class and crime, Criminological Theories, Human Rights and Civil Liberties, Drug Policy Analysis marlyn@csus.edu
Phone:  (916) 278-7048
Laurie Kubicek
Laurie Kubicek
  Title: Associate Professor
Joined Faculty:  2002
B.A.:  California State University, Stanislaus - Criminal Justice conc. Corrections
J.D.:  UOP McGeorge School of Law
Interests:  Substantive Criminal Law, Juvenile Justice, Government and Policy

lkubicek@csus.edu
Phone: (916) 278-5066

Lynette Lee
Lynette Lee
 

Title:  Professor
Joined Faculty: 1990
B.A.:  Washington State University - Criminal Justice
M.A.:  Washington State University - Criminal Justice
Ph.D.:  Washington State University - Political Science
Interests:  Integral Theory & Justice Studies, Criminal Justice Education, Police and Communities, Crime & the Media

leesam@csus.edu
Phone:  (916) 278-5931

Russell Loving
Russell Loving
  Title: Assistant Professor
Joined Faculty: 2006
B.A.: CSU San Jose - Criminal Justice
J.D.: UC Davis, King Hall School of Law
Interests: Restorative justice, substantive and procedural criminal law Email: rloving@csus.edu
Phone: (916) 278-6437
Mary Maguire
Mary Maguire
  Title:  Associate Professor & Chair
Joined Faculty:  2005
B.A.:  William Woods University - English
M.A.:  Lindenwood University - Psychology
M.S.W.: Portland State University 
Ph.D.: 
 Portland State University - Social Work & Social Research
 E-mail:  maguirem@csus.edu
Phone:  (916) 278-6487
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Stephanie Mizrahi Title: Assistant Professor
Joined Faculty:
B.A.: University of the Pacific - History
J.D.: University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
M.A: Washington State University - Criminal Justice
Interests: E-mail: smizrahi@csus.edu
Phone: (916) 278-6387
Daniel Okada
Daniel Okada
  Title:  Associate Professor
Joined Faculty:  2002
B.A.:  University of California, Berkeley - Psycholgy
M.S.:  California State University, Long Beach
Ph.D.:  University of Maryland
Interests:  Gangs, Popular Culture, Research Methods, Restorative Justice dokada@csus.edu
Phone:  (916) 278-5286
Xin Ren
Xin Ren
  Title:  Professor
Joined Faculty: 1990
B.A.:  People's University of China, Beijing - Sociology
M.A.:  University of Ottawa - Criminology
Ph.D.:  University of Pennsylvania - Criminology and Criminal Law
Interests:  Comparative Criminology, Victimology, Criminological Theory renx@csus.edu
Phone:  (916) 278-6381
Kaylene Richards-Ekeh
Kaylene Richards-Ekeh
  Title:  Associate Professor
Joined Faculty:  1989
B.A.:  Brooklyn College - Sociology
M.A.:  New York University - Sociology
Ph.D.:  University of Nebraska, Lincoln - Sociology
Interests: Juvenile Delinquency, Gender, Corrections, Criminology. richards@csus.edu
(916) 278-6794
Jennie Singer
Jennie Singer
  Title:  Assistant Professor
Joined Faculty: 2007
B.A.:  San Diego State University, San Diego, CA - English
M.A.:  California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego, CA - Clinical Psychology
Ph.D.:  California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego, CA - Clinical Psychology
Interests: jksinger@csus.edu
Website
(916) 278-4799
David Swim
David Swim
  Title:  Associate Professor
Joined Faculty:  1997
B.A.: California State University, Sacramento
M.P.A.:  California State University, Stanislaus
Ph.D.:  University of Southern California
Interests:  Criminal Investigation, Police Organization and Management, Police and Society dhswim@csus.edu
Phone:  (916) 278-7495
Curriculum Vita
Ernest Uwazie
Ernest Uwazie
  Title:   Professor
Joined Faculty:  1991
B.A.:  St. Edwards University, Austin, TX - Criminal Justice
M.A.: St. Edwards University, Austin - TX - Criminal Justice
Ph.D.:  Arizona State University - Justice Studies
Interests:  Law and Society, International Criminology, Minorities and Criminal Justice, Dispute Resolution uwazieee@csus.edu
Phone:  (916) 278-6282
William Vizzard
William Vizzard
  Title:  Professor
Joined Faculty:  1996
B.S.:  California State University, Fresno - Criminology
M.S.:  California State University, Bakersfield - Public Administration
D.P.A.:  University of Southern California
Interests:  Criminal Investigation, Police Organization and Management, Police and Society vizzard@csus.edu
Phone:  (916) 278-5187
Web Page
Curriculum Vita