Program Directors and Instructors
Alternatives to Violent Force
Program Directors
Director and Associate Professor, Criminology & Criminal Justice Program
Research focus: Criminal justice and technology; forensic science evidence
Bio (pdf)
Professor of Sociology
Director, Criminology and Criminal Justice Graduate Studies
Research focus:
Detroit, Green Infrastructure, Restorative Justice, Substance Use/Abuse,Urban Neighborhoods
Workshop Instructors
International & Diplomatic Relations Consultant for the Union of Arab Banks
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Executive Director, Detroit Crime Commission and Chief Investigator, Flint Water
Bio (pdf)
Expert in police-community relations and an authority on urban policing
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Associate Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University
Bio (pdf)
Retired, 30+ years of FBI service
Bio (pdf)
Professor of Sociology, UM-Dearborn
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Special Agent, Michigan Dept. of Attorney General and Investigator, Flint Water
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Attorney, Racial Justice Project of the ACLU of Michigan
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Pastor, Total Life Christian Ministries
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Staff Attorney for the ACLU Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Legal Project
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Licensed Professional Counselor and a Police Mental Health Therapist
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Citizen of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and Chief Judge of the LTBB Tribal Court
Bio (pdf)
Director of criminal justice and civil liberties policy for the R Street Institute Court
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Attorney, educator, and writer whose work has centered on LGBTQ+ legal and social issues
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