Faculty
LEANNE R. BRECKLIN
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Criminal Justice, University of Illinois at Chicago
M.A., University of Illinois at Chicago
B.A., DePaul University
Interests: Victimization, gender and crime, research methods and statistics, rape prevention
Office: PAC 376
Phone: (217) 206-7784
E-mail: lbrec1@uis.edu
JAY GILLIAM
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
M.A., University of Oklahoma
B.A., Arizona State University
Interests: Race/ethnicity/social class and crime, drugs/alcohol and crime, juvenile delinquency, ecological factors of crime, urban and rural criminology, media issues and crime
Office: PAC 372
Phone: (217) 206-7910
E-mail: jgill7@uis.edu
BARBARA J. HAYLER
Professor Emerita
Ph.D., Political Science, University of Washington
M.A., University of Washington
B. A., University of California, Berkeley
Interests: Law and public policy, death penalty issues, legal processes and criminal procedure, international criminal justice, violence against women and children
Office: PAC 378
Phone: (217) 206-7586
E-mail: bhayl1@uis.edu
JUANITA ORTIZ
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
M.A., University of Oklahoma
B.A., University of Oklahoma
Interests: Prisoner reentry, gender and crime, race/ethnicity/social class and crime
Office: PAC 378
Phone: (217) 206-8401
E-mail: jorti2@uis.edu
BEVERLY D. RIVERA
Associate Professor and Chair
Ph.D., Criminology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
M.A., Indiana University, Bloomington
B.A., Valparaiso University
Interests: Prisons, probation and parole, organized criminal activity, occupational and environmental crime, criminal careers
Office: PAC 382
Phone: (217) 206-7579
E-mail: brive1@uis.edu
STEPHEN SCHNEBLY
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Missouri-St. Louis
M.A., Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
B.A., Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Interests: Community-oriented policing, crime reporting behavior, and gang behavior
Office: PAC 384
Phone: (217) 206-8482
E-mail: sschn3@uis.edu
RYAN K. WILLIAMS
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Crime, Law, and Justice Program, Pennsylvania State University
M.A., University of Calgary
B.A., University of British Columbia
Interests: Criminological theory, juvenile justice, juvenile delinquency and victimization, sport violence
Office: PAC 380
Phone: (217) 206-7708
E-mail: rwill2@uis.edu
