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Intelligence Analysis Faculty

FACULTY
	DeVere D. Woods Jr., Ph.D. ISU Directory Page Personal Page HH 206; (812) 237-2190 DeVere.Woods@738628.com Michigan State University; Criminal Justice; December 1997 Director of School of Criminology and Security Studies, Chair, Professor, and Director of the Institute of Criminology, 1999 Teaching assignments include Law Enforcement , Criminal Justice, Criminal Investigation, and Criminalistics. Research and publication interests include Community Policing, Police Management and Administration, and Policy Implementation.

	Arif Akgul, Ph.D. ISU Directory Page Personal Page HH 235; (812) 237-2370 Arif.Akgul@738628.com Washington State University; Criminal Justice; May 2007 Associate Professor, 2018 Teaching and research interests include intelligence analysis, population migration, travel security, law enforcement, drug policy, GIS, and cybersecurity.

	Avdi Avdija, Ph.D. ISU Directory Page Personal Page HH 242; (812) 237-9652 Avdi.Avdija@738628.com Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Criminology; May 2010 Professor, 2010 Teaching assignments include Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice, Criminal Investigation, Criminalistics, Techniques of Interviewing and Interrogation, and Crime Analysis. Research and publication interests include Police Policy Issues, Evidence-Based Policing, and Crime Analysis.

	Shannon M. Barton, Ph.D. ISU Directory Page Personal Page HH 240; (812) 237-8332 shannon.barton@738628.com University of Cincinnati; Criminal Justice; August 2000 Professor, 2002. Teaching assignments include Community-Based Corrections, Research Methods, and Criminological Theory. Research and publication interests include Issues in Juvenile Justice and Delinquency, Correctional Programming, Correctional Officer Job Satisfaction, Court Improvement, Intermediate Sanctions, Gangs, and Homicides. Curriculum Vita

	Travis Behem, M.S. ISU Directory Page Personal Page HH 214; (812) 237-2196 Travis.Behem@738628.com Indiana State University 2006 Instructor, Academic Advisor, 2013 Teaching assignments include Introduction to Criminology, Report Writing for Criminal Justice Professionals and Introduction to Policing. Other areas of focus are with the School of Criminology and Security Studies Speaker Series, Recruiting, Marketing, School Newsletter and the Criminology Career Fair.

	Christian Gallagher, Ph.D. ISU Directory Page Personal Page HH 227; 812-237-8832 Christian.Gallagher@738628.com Indiana State University Assistant Professor Teaching assignments include Law Enforcement, Court Systems, and Crime Prevention.

	Robert Girod, Ph.D. ISU Directory Page Personal Page HH 227; 812-237-2441 Robert.Girod@738628.com Assistant Professor, 2019 Post-Doctoral Executive Program Certificate, Leadership in the 21st Century, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Criminology and Public Administration, The Union Institute and University. Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.), Law, Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School. Teaching assignments Law Enforcement, Crime Analysis, Counterintelligence

	Gary Hartsock, M.S. ISU Directory Page Personal Page HH 219; (812) 237-2195 Gary.Hartsock@738628.com Indiana State University Instructor. Academic Advisor 2013 Teaching assignments include Institution Based and Community Based Corrections, Correctional Counseling, and Correctional Administration.

	David Polizzi, Ph.D. ISU Directory Page Personal Page HH 239; (812) 237-3437 David.Polizzi@738628.com Duquesne University; Psychology; December 2002 Professor, 2005. Teaching assignments include Correctional Counseling, Techniques of Correctional Interviewing, Criminology, Correctional Group Therapy and Report Writing. Research and publication interests include Correctional Counseling and Rehabilitation and Social Construction of Race and the Offender.

ADJUNCT FACULTY
	Clayton Cooper ISU Directory Page Clayton.Cooper@738628.com American Military University Lecturer Teaching assignments include class in the Intelligence Analysis major. Mr. Cooper is a contracted consultant for the Department of Defense. He has prior experience as a criminal investigator and served as a Non-Commissioned Officer in the United States Navy Reserve for eight years with one deployment supporting the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa.

	Phillip L. Kollath, MA. ISU Directory Page phillip.kollath@738628.com American Military University, Lecturer 2018. Mr. Kollath is an intelligence analyst with the FBI and certified FBI adjunct instructor. His teaching and research interests include crime analysis, military intelligence, strategic analysis, open source intelligence.

	Tamara McCollough ISU Directory Page Tamara.McCollough@738628.com Indiana State University Lecturer Tamara has been working within the Criminal Justice Field since 2006. She has worked as an Emergency Medical Dispatcher, Accreditation Manager and as a law enforcement officer with the Indiana State University Police Department. Tamara graduated from the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy Basic Class 06-167 in Plainfield, Indiana. Tamara currently serves as the Clery Compliance Lieutenant. Tamara is an International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators Accreditation Assessor. Tamara is also a Lecturer for the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Education: MS in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Indiana State University (2016) BS in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Indiana State University (2008) Research Interests: The use of Technology as an investigative tool, Clery Act law enforcement’s obligations, social demographics and the effects on crime data spikes, policy implications to curb instances of police misconduct, recruitment strategies to build an inclusive law enforcement agency, and report writing as an aid to successful prosecutions.