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Director: Administrative Assistants:
S. Fernando Rodriguez fernando@utep.edu Ph.D.,
University of Texas at Austin. Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice
Homicide, Violence, Sentencing Dynamics. 
Http://faculty.utep.edu/fernando
Ms. Christine Bonilla cbonilla2@utep.edu
Ms. Claudia Pena cjpena@utep.edu

Liberal Arts, Room 116 (915) 747-7943
Full Time Faculty:
Theodore Curry trcurry@utep.edu Ph.D., Washington State University Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice Deviance & Social Control, Environmental Sociology, Demography http://utminers.utep.edu/trcurry Roy S. Malpass rmalpass@utep.edu Ph.D., Syracuse University Professor of Psychology and Criminal Justice Eyewitness memory and decision making, lineup fairness and bias, cross-race face recognition, cross cultural psychology. http://eyewitness.utep.edu 
Gang Lee lgang@utep.edu Ph.D., University of Florida, Gainesville Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice Criminological Theory, Juvenile Delinquency, Substance Use, Marriage and the Family, Gambling, Research Methods, and Statistics for Social Science. http://utminers.utep.edu/lgang Christian Meissner cmeissner@utep.edu Ph.D., Cognitive & Behavioral Sciences, Florida State University. Assistant Professor of Psychology and Criminal Justice. Memory for Faces & Eyewitness Identification, Interrogations & Confessions, Detection of Deception.
Teaches courses on Innocence and Wronful Conviction, Psychology of Investigative Interviewing, Social Cognition.
Dale McCleary dale@utep.edu J.D., University Of Houston, Bates College Of Law. Lecturer in Criminal Justice Law. http://www.utep.edu/damcj Joseph B. Graves jgraves@utep.edu J.D., Vanderbilt University; M.P.A., Harvard University. Professor of Political Science And Criminal Justice. Criminal Justice Administration, Administrative Ethics, Administrative Law.
Part Time Faculty:
Adolfo Alvarez M.A., University of Texas at El Paso. Drug Treatment Specialist, FCI La Tuna, Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Eduardo Garcia edgarcia@utep.edu M.S., Criminal Justice/Industrial Security, California State University. President/CEO of Management & Technical Support Services Inc.-MTSSI Bernard R. Given II brgiven@utep.edu J.D., University of Southern California. Partner with the firm of Beck & Given, P.C. Expertise in Bankruptcy and Creditor's Rights and Legal Process. Legal Research. 
Michael Pleters J.D., Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, NY. Assistant District Counsel for the Immigration and Naturalization Service. David Jimenez djimenez@utep.edu M.A., Webster University Intelligence Research Specialist, United States Border Patrol
Kevin E. Shannon kshanno1@elpn.rr.com J.D., Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas Retired, Attorney at Law. Bruce Ponder bjponder@utep.edu J.D., University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas. Attorney, Labor Arbitrator and Mediator.
Hector Zamora hzamora1@elpn.rr.com M.A., Social Work, University of Texas at Austin. Assistant Chief Juvenile Probation Officer, El Paso County Juvenile Probation Department.
Associated Faculty:
Howard Daudistel hdaudist@utep.edu Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice; and Dean, College of Liberal Arts Decision Making in the Criminal Justice System. Harmon Hosch hhosch@utep.edu Ph.D., The New School for Social Research Professor of Psychology and Criminal Justice; Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts Jury Decision Making, Eyewitness Identification, Language and Cultural Factors in Juror's Perceptions of Testimony.
James Wood jwood@utep.edu Ph.D., University of Arizona Associate Professor of Psychology and Criminal Justice Applied Decision-Making in Child Abuse Cases, Child Sexual Abuse interviewing.
Emeritus Faculty:
Randolph Whitworth Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Criminal Justice
Work -Study Office Assistant:
Carolina Ramirez cramirez19@utep.edu Liberal Arts, Room 116 (915) 747-7918
Graduate Teaching Assistant:
Ruth Savala rdlopez@utep.edu Liberal Arts, Room 116 (915) 747-7918