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The Criminal
Justice part-time faculty at Myers has extensive experience in the Criminal
Justice field, ranging from local law enforcement experience to federal law
enforcement experience and from local prosecutive and federal prosecutive experience
to criminal defense experience. The faculty possesses outstanding academic
credentials and all are experienced instructors and/or law enforcement
practitioners who bring much expertise to their classes.
Scott
Brantley has been the Director of the Criminal Justice
Program at Myers since January, 2004. He retired from the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) that same month after serving over 28 years as a Special
Agent. The last 20 years he served as the Cleveland Office Chief Division
Counsel, which allowed him to lecture at all levels of law enforcement on
various criminal justice/procedure matters. He continues to lecture at basic
police academies in this area. He has taught the Introduction to Criminal
Justice course here and will teach several others. He received his J.D.
degree from Memphis State University
(now the University
of Memphis). He teaches
the Introduction to Criminal Justice, Organized Crime/White Collar Crime, and
Criminal Justice Ethics courses.
Geoff Barnard has been a part-time
faculty member since 1999, teaching numerous courses in the Criminal Justice,
Paralegal and Business departments. He has a J.D. degree from Cleveland State University
and is currently a Sergeant with the Cleveland Heights Police Department
where he has been an officer for over 16 years. He has been an instructor at
the Cleveland Heights
Police Academy
for 10 years. He served as the interim director of the Criminal Justice
Program at Myers from July, 2003, to January, 2004. He also lectures in the
Paralegal Program here.
Art Bowker joined the faculty in 2005. He hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice and a Masters
of Arts in Corrections from Kent
State University.
He currently is a Computer Crime Specialist with the U.S. Office of Probation
for the Northern District of Ohio. He has over twenty years of experience at
the State and Federal levels in the fields of corrections and criminal
justice. He has authored and published several articles on computer crime,
corrections, and other related criminal justice issues. He will teach the
Corrections course, the Organized Crime/White Collar course, and possibly the
Cybercrimes course.
Sue Bungard has been a part-time
faculty member since 2003, teaching Introduction to Criminal Justice and
Criminal Justice Ethics. She currently is an Assistant Law Director with the
city of Cleveland,
where she has been since 1999. Prior to that she was a staff attorney with
the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority. She received her J.D. degree
from Cleveland State University
in 1991.
Tom Doyle has been a part-time instructor since
1998. He is a lieutenant with the Eastlake Police Department where he has
served for over 30 years, receiving numerous awards and citations. He
currently teaches Organized Crime/White Collar Crime, Survey of Forensic
Science, Criminology, and Introduction to Criminal Justice. He received his
Masters degree in Criminal Justice from Mercyhurst
College and graduated from the FBI National
Academy at Quantico, Virginia.
Bob Kern joined Myers as a part-time faculty member in
2004. He has been an Assistant United States Attorney in the Northern
District of Ohio since 1991, and is the Cooordinator of the Cybercrime Unit
for that office. He also is responsible for prosecution of various financial
fraud, Internet and Identity Theft cases. He was previously a Special
Litigation Counsel for the IRS in Cleveland, and a Trial Attorney at the
Department of Justice Tax Division in Washington,
D.C. He holds a B.A. degree
(cum laude) from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. degree from
Ohio Northern University School of Law. He is a member of the Ohio Bar and is
admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Claims Court,
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U. S. Supreme Court. He teaches
Criminology, Cybercrimes and Organized Crime/White Collar Crime.
Ralph Kolasinski has been a part-time
faculty member at Myers since 1992, teaching in both the Criminal Justice and
Paralegal Programs. He has been an Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor since
1990 and has prosecuted hundreds of cases including many involving children
as victims; he has also prosecuted many white collar crime criminals. He
recently assisted in the investigation of child abuse allegations within the
Cleveland Catholic diocese. He teaches several Criminal Justice courses and
also teaches in the Paralegal Program.
John Kuivila recently joined the Myers CJ faculty
(2007) after receiving his Masters of Criminal Justice Administration from Tiffin University. John received his undergraduate degree in
Criminal Justice from Myers. He is
currently the Chief of Police of the Timberlake, Ohio Police Department, ad has over 15 years of law enforcement
experience. He has taught at several
other universities in the area in the criminal justice field. He will teach Organized Crime/White Collar
crime, Criminology, Ethics, and Introduction to Criminal Justice.
Annette Mecklenberg has been a part-time faculty member since
2003, teaching Special Topics, Juvenile Delinquency, Introduction to Criminal
Justice and Criminal Justice Ethics. She has been a Cleveland
Heights police officer for 13 years and received her J.D. degree
from Cleveland State University
in 2000. She currently is assigned to the Cleveland Heights Police
Academy where she is an
assistant to the academy commander.
Phil Lowry rejoined the CJ faculty in 2005. He retired from the Cleveland Police
Department with over 25 years experience, serving as
a Detective Sergeant and officer in charge of the Office of Professional Standards
(IAD) for a term. He is certified by
the Ohio Peace Officers’ Training Academy (OPOTA) to teach numerous topics in
Ohio Police Academies and teaches Law Enforcement Administration and CJ
Ethics.
John Luskin joined the part-time
faculty in 2004. He will teach Introduction to Criminal Justice, Juvenile
Delinquency, Survey of Forensic Science, and Special Topics. He received his
J.D. degree from Cleveland
State University
in 1987 and is currently in private law practice, specializing in criminal
defense work, where he has participated in over 150 jury trials, including
numerous Capital Murder cases. He served over 16 years with the Cleveland
Heights Police Department, leaving with the rank of Captain in 1990. He also
teaches at the Cleveland
Heights Police Academy.
Dr. Francis McCafferty joined the Myers CJ
faculty in 2004 and instructs the Criminal Psychology course. He has been
practicing psychiatry for almost 40 years and has lectured and written
extensively on law enforcement and stress-related issues. He is a board
certified psychiatrist and a member of numerous medical associations and
organizations. He received his undergraduate degree from John Carroll
University and medical degree from St. Louis University.
Dr. Norman Rose has been a part-time faculty
member since 1999, teaching the Criminal Psychology course. He has taught at
numerous schools of higher learning, including Ohio
State University,
Otterbein College,
and Cleveland State University.
He received his Masters in Applied Sociology from Kent
State University
and his Ph.D. in Urban Sociology from Ohio State
University. He has
extensive experience in the corrections field directing and supervising
numerous departments
Ted Rose joined the University as a part-time
faculty member in 2004. He has taught Corrections and Criminology. He retired
from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 2002 after serving over 30
years as a Special Agent. He investigated numerous federal criminal matters
during that time, served on the Special Operations Group, conducting
undercover surveillances, etc. and finished his career as the informant and
electronic surveillance coordinator for the Cleveland field office. He graduated from Ohio State
University and obtained
his J.D. degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
Brad Sudyk joined Myers as apart-time faculty member
in 1999. He has taught almost every course in the Criminal Justice
curriculum. He also instructs at the Cleveland Heights Police
Academy. He is a
Commander with the Cleveland Heights Police Department where he has served
for over 20 years. During this time he has attended numerous specialized law
enforcement schools, including the FBI’s SWAT school. He received his J.D.
degree from Cleveland
State University
in 1996.
Mike Sullivan has been a part-time
faculty member since 1999, teaching Introduction to Criminal Justice, Special
Topics, and Criminal Justice Ethics. He is a former Assistant Prosecutor for Cuyahoga County, where he prosecuted cyber
crimes and crimes against children. He joined the United States Attorney’s
Office for the Northern District of Ohio in 2003 where he currently
prosecutes those charged with computer-related federal offenses. He is a
graduate of the University of Notre Dame and received his J.D. degree from
Fordham University School of Law.
Bill White has a been a part-time faculty member
since 1998, teaching Corrections, Criminology, Organized Crime/White Collar,
Survey of Forensic Science, and Criminal Justice Ethics. He currently is the
North Regional Representative for the Treasurer of the State of Ohio. He was a
Cleveland Police Officer for over 14 years, serving in a variety of
capacities, including as a detective in the Scientific Investigation Unit. He
received his J.D. degree from Cleveland
State University
in 1990. He also teaches in the Paralegal Program here.
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