Criminal Justice, Sociology & Social Studies Faculty
Education
BS & MS, Northeast Louisiana University
Ph.D., Sam Houston State University
Professor Kaune's recent scholarly work has focused on hair testing for illegal drugs and was funded by the Edward Byrne Memorial Fund. He has presented his research to such organizations as the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center, and the American Probation and Parole Association. He is a co-author of Criminal Justice in Action and Criminal Justice in Action: The Core. He has published or presented many criminal justice topics in the past, including - Community Policing, Cultural Conflicts and Policing, Law Enforcement Concerns with Raves and Police Liability for the Use of Force. Dr. Kaune worked in the field of criminal justice during the 1970's and 1980's as a police officer, a probation and parole officer and as a deputy marshal. Professor Kaune supervises all internships in the department.
Education
BA (Honors) Delhi University
MA Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi
Ph.D. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Dr. Mathur is a Sociologist from India with varied experience in gender issues, rehabilitation, development and voluntary work with rural and urban women in India and the U.S. She has worked as a Consultant to the World Bank at its Mission to the United Nations in New York, and she represented UNESCO in the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. In India, she has worked as a Sociologist in the Rehabilitation Cell of the Narmada Valley Development Authority in Madhya Pradesh structuring programs for rehabilitating those displaced by this major multi-purpose irrigation project. As the President of a non-government organization in Shadhol (a tribal District of MP), she ran a counseling center for women in distress and also organized programs for adult literacy, vocational training and providing micro-credit to urban and rural women. She has continued her work with women in the U.S. as the Domestic Violence Program Coordinator for SAKHI for South Asian Women, a not for profit organization in New York where she continues to volunteer her time for advocacy and outreach efforts. Dr. Mathur is the President of the New York State Sociological Association for the year 2007.
Emily Horowitz, Assistant Professor
Education
BA, Bard College
MA, M.Phil. & Ph.D., Yale University |
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Dr. Emily Horowitz has hosted several major conferences at St. Francis College in the past few years, focusing on Mental Illness Courts in New York City, Domestic Violence and Teaching Race at the College Level. She teaches about wrongful convictions and serves on the board of directors of the National Center for Reason and Justice. Horowitz has published papers in national journals about civil commitment policy and teaching race. She is also an elected officer of the school board in Community School District 6 (Manhattan) and is now conducting a study to try to figure out exactly how New York City school buildings are being used for students. She has received numerous awards for her research and been invited to present her work at conferences nationally and internationally.
Nickie Phillips, Assistant Professor
Education
BS, Belmont University
MA, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Ph.D., CUNY Graduate Center
From comic book villains to crime on TV news, Professor Nickie Phillips focuses her research on how a wide range of media portray crime and justice, including both fictional and non-fictional accounts. She recently had a paper published that analyzed crime and motivations for heroes and villains in contemporary American comics books and is currently conducting a study on the portrayal of crime on television news programs and the extent to which criminologists are participating in newsmaking as guests on top-rated cable news programs. Dr. Phillips is also working on an article on the prosecution of hate crime cases.
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Elizabeth Boian, Adjunct Professor
Carla Ford-Anderson, Adjunct Professor
Margaret Fox, Adjunct Professor
Mark Gjelaj, Adjunct Professor
Arthur Kimmel, Adjunct Professor
David Long, Adjunct Professor
Joseph Pollini, Adjunct Professor