I was born in Tennessee and raised in Kentucky. Currently, I live in central Florida. I love the water and enjoy the hot, humid days.

I received my BA in criminal justice from Kentucky Wesleyan College. I received my MS in criminal justice from the University of South Carolina. I completed my doctoral coursework in criminal justice from the University of Cincinnati.

I have been teaching criminology and criminal justice courses for the last twenty-one years (14 years online). And believe it or not, many of my elective courses were in research methods and statistics. I enjoy conducting research and statistical analysis. During 2006 and 2007, I worked for the Department of Justice. I was a GIS and Crime Analysis Specialist with the Crime Mapping and Analysis program in Denver, Colorado. I have traveled the world conducting training and giving presentations on crime mapping, crime analysis, research methods, statistics, problem-solving, and geographic profiling.

In addition to teaching and training, I love to travel, sail, play sports, and read. I have traveled extensively throughout the United States. I have also been to Mexico, Central and South America, Canada, and England.

I will read just about anything. Yet my favorite authors are Dean Koontz, John Grisham, James Patterson and Michael Connelly.

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