Staff

	John Klofas, Ph.D. – Director Teaches in the areas of corrections, management, crime & violence and law & social control. Also teaches a course called "Crime and Justice in the Community." This course reflects Dr. Klofas' growing interest in community level analyses as well as his work with the organization Metropolitan Forum, which promotes metropolitan perspectives in the analysis and solution of community problems. Research Interests include management, corrections, and jails. Most recently, focus has been on community structure and crime related issues.
	Chris Delaney – Associate Director Chris is the Director of Business Intelligence for the City of Rochester through the Rochester Police Department (RPD). He is Senior Crime Research Specialist for the RPD and Managing Analyst of the Monroe Crime Analysis Center (MCAC) in Rochester, NY. He has worked as a analyst since 2000, previously focusing on issues associated with gangs and violent crime. Currently, in addition to supervising a staff of 9 great analysts at the Monroe Crime Analysis Center, he focuses mostly on analyst management issues, strategic analysis, and administrative analysis. The MCAC is responsible for analysis of crime and intelligence patterns/problems across Monroe County, NY, and is proud to be the first Analysis Unit with multiple IACA-certified analysts. Mr. Delaney holds a B.S. in Criminal Justice and an M.S. in Public Policy from Rochester Institute of Technology, where he is an Adjunct Lecturer in the CJ Department.
	Janelle Duda – Assistant Director Janelle Duda is a researcher with the Department of Criminal Justice working closely with program evaluation. Some current program evaluations include: a hospital-based violence intervention program, restorative practices implementation in a local high school, a front-end juvenile justice initiative with Probation, and a gun and gang violence intervention program across New York State. As an adjunct professor, she teaches Interviewing and Counseling in Criminal Justice. Janelle received her BSW from Xavier University and in 2006 she received her MSW from California State University, Long Beach. Janelle has worked closely with Teen Empowerment, Partners in Restorative Initiatives, URMC’s Rochester Youth Violence Partnership, and the Judicial Process Commission. Her interests include issues affecting youth, strategies to reduce community violence, restorative justice, and work with survivors of sexual assault.
	Gia Boersema - Project Coordinator/Grant Manager Gia Boersema is the new Project Coordinator/Grant Manager for CPSI. She has a BSW in Social Work from SUNY Brockport and a Masters in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from University of Chicago. She is an active participant in the Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars and has studied and worked in Ireland and Belgium. She has a combined 9 years of grant management and grant writing experience. She has experience working in the field of corrections, social work, mental health and juvenile diversion programs.

Faculty

	LaVerne McQuiller Williams, Ph.D. After graduating from RIT and law school, worked as an Assistant District Attorney in Rensselaer County, NY before joining the faculty in 1996. Teaches courses in evidence, women in crime, minorities in criminal justice, criminal law, and honors research. Also serves as the pre-law advisor. Research interests include intimate partner violence and therapeutic justice.
	Judy Porter, Ph.D. Dr. Porter received her Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, her Masters in Sociology from New Mexico State University, and her Bachelors in Sociology with an English Minor and a Criminal Justice emphasis from the University of Northern Colorado. Her research has included public housing concerns, elderly, and correctional programs.
	Jason Scott, Ph.D. Dr. Scott received his Ph.D. from the School of Criminal Justice at the University at Albany. His current research interests include community policing, social capital, and the role of criminal justice agencies and other civic institutions in community capacity building. His most recent published articles have appeared in Police Quarterly and the Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice. Dr. Scott currently teaches classes in law enforcement, crime and violence, criminal justice policy, and introduction to criminal justice.
	John McCluskey, Ph.D. Professor McCluskey’s teaching and research focuses on the areas of policing, violence, and evaluation research. His most recent research efforts have focused on robbery in several jurisdictions as well as the effect of procedural justice on police-citizen encounters. Currently he is involved in an ongoing evaluation of violence reduction efforts in Detroit, MI. The application of criminal justice and criminology to everyday problems confronting criminal justice agencies and actors is at the core of his research agenda.
	Tony Smith, Ph.D. Professor Smith is currently interested in cross-national tests of criminological theories and situational crime prevention. His scholarship has appeared in several peer-reviewed scientific journals including Criminal Justice & Behavior, Deviant Behavior, European Journal of Psychiatry, and the International Journal of Comparative & Applied Criminal Justice. He has served as a consultant to the United Nations (HEUNI), the Institute for Forensic Studies at the University of Malta, and numerous law enforcement agencies. Dr. Smith teaches a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate courses.
	Irshad Altheimer, Ph.D. Irshad Altheimer received his Ph.D. in sociology from Washington State University. Dr. Altheimer has published research articles in a variety of criminology and criminal justice journals. His research interests include macro-level criminology, criminological theory, corrections, and criminal justice policy. He teaches a broad range of courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
	O. Nick Robertson Professor Robertson is a lecturer in the departments of Criminal Justice and Sociology/Anthropology at RIT. He is currently completing his Ph.D. in Sociology at SUNY Buffalo. His research interests are in crime, law, deviance, race, ethnicity, and immigration, with a focus on immigration and crime.
	LaVerne McQuiller Williams After graduating from RIT and law school, worked as an Assistant District Attorney in Rensselaer County, NY before joining the faculty in 1996. Teaches courses in evidence, women in crime, minorities in criminal justice, criminal law, and honors research. Also serves as the pre-law advisor. Research interests include intimate partner violence and therapeutic justice.

Student Researchers

	Audrey Di Poala - Research Assistant
	Mike Langenbacher - Research Assistant
	Kyle Letteney - Research Assistant
	Arindam Ghosh - Research Assistant
	George MacKenzie - Research Assistant
	Karyn Bower - Research Assistant
	Pedro Vasquez - Research Assistant
	Doug Bullock - Research Assistant
	Lakshmi Raman - Research Assistant