Our Faculty
There are 10 core faculty and 7 support faculty members who will teach in the program. All core faculty have a doctoral degree in criminal justice or closely related fields and are graduates of Research I universities. Each of the core faculty have areas of concentration, expertise, and research that scaffold the instructional and pedagogical focus of the proposed program (i.e., homeland security).
As a cadre of faculty members they represent different academic ranks ranging from assistant professor, associate professor, to full professor. The spread and distribution of faculty across academic ranks ensures a sustainable progression and diversity of perspectives that derive from various academic training locations and generations. Each of the core and support faculty brings strengths and experiences to the program, and you can find more information here.
Core Faculty
Provost & VP for Academic Affairs
Professor
KLM-329A
956.326.2240
csanmiguel@tamiu.edu
Dr. Claudia San Miguel is Provost & VP for Academic Affairs and Professor of Criminal Justice at Texas A&M International University. Her areas of expertise include the death penalty, human trafficking, domestic violence, victimology, and homeland security. Dr. San Miguel has acquired over several million dollars in grant funding.
Sean Maddan is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at Texas A&M International University. His research areas include criminological theory, statistics, research methods, court processing, and the efficacy of sex offender registration and notification laws. Dr. Maddan has authored numerous articles which have appeared in many outlets including Justice Quarterly, Crime and Justice, Journal of Criminal Justice, and the American Journal of Criminal Justice. Dr. Maddan has also authored/co-authored several books. The second edition of his co-authored sex offender textbook will be published in 2022.
Co-Director of Criminal Justice
Associate Professor
AIC 354
956.326.2622
fei.luo@tamiu.edu
www.researchgate.net/profile/Fei-Luo-8
Dr. Fei Luo is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Texas A&M International University. Her research interests include policing, race/ethnicity, gun policy, immigration and crime, intimate partner violence, and application of quantitative methodology. Her recent publications have appeared in the journals such as Race and Justice, Journal of Crime and Justice, American Journal of Criminal Justice, and Policing: An International Journal.
Dr. Huseyin Cinoglu is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice in the Department of Social Sciences at Texas A & M International University (TAMIU). Dr. Cinoglu published and presented extensively in the areas of (countering) violent extremism, (countering) terrorism, (de)radicalization, immigration, crime and criminality, identity formation, and terrorist identity formation. He authored or co-authored several books. His publications appeared in respected journals such as International Journal on Criminology, European Scientific Journal (ESJ), International Journal of Human Sciences, and IOS Press.
Associate Professor
AIC 338
956.326.2630
kate.houston@tamiu.edu
http://www.katehouston.com
Dr. Kate Houston is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Criminal Justice at Texas A&M International University. Her areas of research focus on eyewitness testimony, the intersection of psychology and the law, interrogations, confession evidence, and wrongful convictions. She has secured over $1.8 million in federal grant funding for her research and is the Series Editor for Psychology and Crime at New York University Press.
Co-Director of Criminal Justice
Assistant Professor
AIC 381
956.326.2626
daniel.scott@tamiu.edu
Dr. Daniel Scott focuses on gangs, corrections, and the application of Criminological Theory to Criminal Justice policy/programs in his research with a primary focus on young offenders. When conducting research Dr. Scott utilizes both quantitative and qualitative methods, in addition to mixed methods. His work has appeared in multiple journals including Crime & Delinquency, Policing: An International Journal, and the Journal of Youth Studies, among others.
Dr. Marcus Tyler Carey is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice whose background is in environmental criminology and risk reduction, and his areas of specialization include public corruption, juvenile rehabilitation, and perceptions of police. His work has recently appeared in Crime & Delinquency, Police Practice and Research, Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, and elsewhere.
Dr. Brittany Hood is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Texas A&M International University. Her areas of research focus on the experiences of criminal justice-involved individuals with mental illness and serial homicide. Her recent research explored the roles of organizational-level variables in treatment decisions for those with criminal justice involvement and serious mental illness in community mental health centers, as well as methods of identification for approximately 700 domestic serial homicide offenders. Her current research focuses on Hispanics and mental illness, including attitudes towards seeking mental health treatment and mapping pathways to treatment for Hispanics with mental health and substance abuse diagnoses.
Dr. Seungmug (Zech) Lee is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Texas A&M International University. His research areas include burglar alarm systems, female burglars, private security/security management, mass shootings, crime prevention/environmental criminology, international crime and policing, and church-based private prisons. He has completed several grant research projects. The fourth edition of his co-authored book with Dr. Robert D. McCrie of John Jay College, Security Operations Management, was published by Elsevier in 2023. His work has appeared in handbooks, monographs, and multiple journals including Crime & Delinquency, Security Journal, the Journal of Applied Security Research, the International Journal of Offender Therapy & Comparative Criminology, Police: An International Journal, the International Journal of Cyber Criminology, and Trends in Organized Crime, among others.
Support Faculty
Contact
Department of Social Sciences
Academic Innovation Center 313
Phone: 956.326.2475 | Email: brenda.martinez@tamiu.edu