The Faculty

The faculty is multidisciplinary and consists of seven full time members and twenty adjuncts, many of whom have active careers in the criminal justice field and bring a wealth of practical experience to the program.

Regular Faculty

Emmett L. Bradbury III, Chair
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Office: HWH 329
Phone: (773) 995-3510
Email: ebradbur@csu.edu

Marc Cooper
Professor of Criminal Justice
J.D., Harvard University
Office: HWH 243
Phone: (773) 995-2131
Email: mcooper@csu.edu

George Knox
Professor of Criminal Justice
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Office: HWH 310
Phone: (773) 995-2494
Email: gangcrime@aol.com

Marian Perkins
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
J.D., Howard University
Office: HWH 325
Phone: (773) 995-2233
Email: perkins_marian@yahoo.com

Mohammad Salahuddin
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Ph.D., Indiana University
Office: HWH 322
Phone: (773) 995-3861
Email: msalahud@csu.edu

Douglas Thomson
Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice
Ph.D., University of Illinois
Office: HWH 229
Phone: (773) 995-3511
Email: dthomson@csu.edu

Renee Williams
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
J.D., University of California
Office: HWH 326
Phone: (773) 995-2381
Email: rwilli27@csu.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Adjunct faculty can be contacted via telephone at (773) 995-2108

Deidre Cato
Instructor
J.D., John Marshall Law School

Attorney Cato has been a Juvenile Probation Officer, an Attorney for the Illinois Department of Child and Family Services, and an Assistant State’s Attorney. Presently, Attorney Cato is in private practice and contracts with the City of Chicago Administrative Hearings Department adjudicating cases in the areas of streets and sanitation, parking enforcement, and municipal and consumer issues. Attorney Cato teaches CJ 1200: Introduction to Law.

Edith Crigler
Instructor
M.A. Administration and Social Policy, University of Chicago

Ms. Crigler is Associate Executive Director of the Department of Program Development of the Chicago Area Project. She is president of the Chicago Jobs Council’s Board of Directors, a member of the Youth as Possibilities’ Board of Directors, a member of the Englewood Disproportionate Minority Contact Advisory Committee, a member of the City Wide Restorative Justice Committee, a member of the Cook County Restorative Justice Collective, and is a certified Balance and Restorative Justice Instructor. Ms. Crigler teaches CJ 2245: Introduction to Restorative Justice.

Tracy G. Crump
Instructor
Ph.D. expected May 2010, University of Illinois, Chicago
M.S. Criminal Justice, Chicago State University

Ms. Crump was the 2007–2008 Secretary for the Illinois Academy of Criminology and she has been a research consultant for the Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers. Her dissertation is titled “The Economy of Domestic Violence: An Exploratory Study of the Impact of Economic Downturn on Reported Rates of Domestic Violence.” Ms. Crump teaches CJ 4350: Research Design in Criminal Justice.

David Delgado
Instructor
J.D., Northwestern University

The Honorable David Delgado has been a Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County for seventeen years. Judge Delgado teaches CJ 4344: Trail Practice.

Ezra Hemphill
Instructor
J.D., DePaul University College of Law
Attorney Hemphill teaches CJ 4361: Substantive Criminal Law.

Melvyn R. May
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Dr. May teaches CJ 2309: Survey of the Criminal Justice System and CJ 4370: Security Administration.

Jon Patterson
Instructor
Ed.D. candidate, Argosy University, Chicago
M.S. Criminal Justice, Chicago State University

Mr. Patterson is a Criminologist for the Chicago Police Department. He worked with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security to develop Chicago’s homeland security plans and he worked with Chicago’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications to develop a citywide mobile computer network and wireless video surveillance system. Mr. Patterson teaches CJ 2316: Introduction to Criminology and CJ 4322: Organized Crime.

Thomas Reynolds
Instructor
M.S. Criminal Justice, Chicago State University

Mr. Reynolds has thirty-three years as a sworn member of the Chicago Police Department, twenty-five of which were as a Crime Scene Investigator. He has attended training sessions, schools, and seminars offered by the FBI, Illinois State Police Crime Lab, and the Metro-Dade Florida Crime Lab. Mr. Reynolds teaches CJ 1130: Introduction to Forensic Science.

Randolph T. Savage
Instructor
M.A. Criminal Justice, Chicago State University

Mr. Savage has thirty years experience with the Illinois Department of Corrections. He has served as Chief of the Office of Performance Based Standards and Operations & Programs Auditor in the Division of Program Services. At the Jessie “Ma” Houston Adult Transition Center he was Senior Public Service Administrator and Chief of Security. And he was Correctional Community Center Supervisor at the Metro-Chicago Community Correctional Center. Mr. Savage teaches CJ 1210: Introduction to Corrections and CJ 2245: Introduction to Restorative Justice.

Reginald Stone
Instructor
M.A., Criminal Justice, Chicago State University

Mr. Stone is Deputy Chief Probation Officer for the Cook County Adult Probation Department. He has twenty years experience as a Probations officer, is a member of the American Probation and Parole Association and serves on its Diversity Committee, and he is a member of Nyota Figgs Foundation’s Board of Directors. Mr. Stone teaches CJ 4351: Probation and Parole.

Thaddeus Wilkins
LL.M., John Marshall Law School
J.D., Oklahoma City University School of Law

Attorney Wilkins is the Senior Administrative Law Judge in the City of Chicago’s Department of Administrative Hearings. Attorney Wilkins teaches CJ 1200: Introduction to Law.

Tyrone G. Williams
Instructor
M.S. Criminal Justice, Chicago State University

Mr. Williams is Supervisor of Criminal Investigation in the Cook County Public Defender’s Office. He began as a Field Investigator working on every kind of case from DUI’s to murder cases. He has supervised at the suburban felony units, the Juvenile Justice Unit, the multiple defendant division, the felony II unit, and the Homicide Task Force units. Mr. Williams teaches CJ 4363: Criminal Investigations.