Personal website: https://blogs.stockton.edu/duntleyj/

Ruibin Lu is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and has taught at Stockton since the fall of 2018. Lu earned her bachelor’s degree in law from Nankai University, Tianjin, China in 2012 and earned her Ph.D. in criminal justice and criminology from Washington State University in 2018. Lu teaches Courts, Law, and Procedure, Judicial Process, and Research and Evaluation in Criminal Justice. Her research focuses on specialty courts, U.S. judicial system, drug and alcohol use, policy evaluation, community corrections, and comparative criminal justice. Her work has been published in Journal of Drug Issues, Criminal Law Bulletin, Police Quarterly, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Criminal Justice Review, The Police Journal: Theory, Practice, and Principles, and Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice. 

Professor Rick Mulvihill is a Tenured Instructor of Criminal Justice serving since January of 2012. Prior to joining Stockton full time, he was an adjunct instructor for eight years. Mulvihill started his career with the Stockton University Campus Police Department while a student. He spent the next twenty-five years in local policing with twenty-four years with the Absecon Police Department. He was the chief of police there for thirteen years. Upon retirement, he was appointed the Director of Public Safety of Atlantic County where he hired hundreds of sworn law enforcement officers, as well as forensic investigators, park rangers, and emergency management personnel during his eight year tenure. Mulvihill then became the director of a research center for the U.S. Department of Justice. He is a graduate of the New Jersey State Police Academy and the FBI National Academy. In his current position he also serves as the Criminal Justice Program’s Career Connections Adviser.

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James Mac Avery is Professor of Political Science and has taught at Stockton since the fall of 2006. Avery earned his B.A. in political science from San Francisco State University in 1998 and his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Kentucky in 2004. Avery teaches Introduction to American Politics, Research Methods, American Political Behavior and Representation, Unequal America, and the Political Science Senior Seminar. Avery’s recent research examines under what conditions people of color receive better or worse political representation. He has also published work examining racial difference in political trust, the consequences of inequality in voter turnout, and the influence of the news media public opinion. Avery is currently working on a project testing competing theories for why economic inequality in the United States has been increasing since 1970’s. When he is not working, Avery enjoys traveling in South East Asia, scuba diving, attending his meditation center, biking around Philadelphia, shooting pool, and reading in coffee shops.

Lauren Balasco has taught at Stockton since the fall of 2017. Balasco earned her B.A. in Political Science and International Studies from Randolph Macon Woman’s College in 2006 and her Ph.D. in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Delaware in 2014. In the Political Science Program, Balasco teaches Introduction to Politics, Introduction to Comparative Politics, Comparative Politics of Human Rights, Politics of Transitional Societies, Contentious Politics, among other courses. Her forthcoming book, Engaging Citizenship with Claire Abernathy (Stockton University) and Jennifer Forestal (Loyola University), introduces students to the field of Political Science through the lens of citizenship and civic engagement (Oxford University Press).  Her other research focuses on processes of transitional justice and democratization, with an emphasis on human security and human rights. In 2022, Dr. Balasco was the recipient of the Faculty of the Year Award at Stockton University. 

Dr. Rodriguez is also the Coordinator of Stockton's Washington Internship Program

Linda Wharton, a Professor of Political Science and Stockton's Pre-Law Advisor, has taught at Stockton since 2001. Her courses include Constitutional Law, Civil Liberties, Gender and Political Action, Advanced Constitutional Litigation, Women and the Law, and Senior Seminar. She earned her B.A. from Bryn Mawr College and her J.D. from Rutgers Law School. Professor Wharton’s scholarly research and writing focuses on issues of state and federal constitutional law with a special concentration on the law of gender discrimination. Her work has been published in the Yale Journal of Law & Feminism, the Rutgers Law Journal, the Harvard Journal of Law & Gender, the Stanford Law & Policy Review and the William and Mary Journal of Women and the Law. 

Before joining the faculty at Stockton, she served as the Managing Attorney of the Women’s Law Project, a public interest law firm located in Philadelphia, where she specialized in litigation and law reform relating to gender discrimination. She served as co-lead counsel in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, a challenge to Pennsylvania’s restrictive abortion law that was heard by the United States Supreme Court in 1992. She has also taught a variety of law courses at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and Rutgers Law School. Professor Wharton was a law clerk to the Hon. Dolores K. Sloviter of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia, PA. She has served as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Women’s History Project and the Women’s Rights Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association. 

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Tina (Dr. Z) teaches undergraduate courses in international politics, international order/global governance, and quantitative research methods. Tina holds an M.A. in Political Science from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and an M.A. in Economics and PhD in Political Science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She leads Go Global at Stockton, a free 6-week online summer course for incoming students. She is the founding advisor of Stockton’s Model UN program, campus liaison for the Stockton’s participation in the State Department’s Diplomacy Lab program, co-facilitator for the ­­­­­Stockton Critical Thinking Institute (SCTI), and the lead negotiator for the Stockton Federation of Teachers (SFT) Local 2275. Her research on international financial institutions and scholarship on teaching and learning has appeared in World Development, International Studies Perspectives, and Routledge’s RIPE Series in Global Political Economy. She is the lead author of "Global Challenges: Promise & Peril in the 21st Century", a digital textbook & online course available for adoption through InSpark Education­­­­ at Arizona State University. Tina is the recipient of Stockton’s 2016 Faculty of the Year Award.

Dr. David L. Carr came to Stockton in 1992 where he served as Dean of Social and Behavioral Sciences (1992-1998), Vice President for Academic Affairs (1998-2004) and, Provost and Executive Vice President 2004-2010).  Prior to his career at Stockton, Dr. Carr was Assistant Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Acting Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at St. Cloud State University (Minnesota);  as well as Associate Professor of Political Science and Department Chair of Social Sciences and Humanities at the State University of New York, Institute of Technology now (SUNY Polytechnic). Dr. Carr’s publications and other professional activities range widely across issues in political science and undergraduate education.  Upon his return to the faculty in 2011 Dr. Carr served as Professor of Political Science, Senior Fellow and later, as Director of Research and Policy Analysis at the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy where he authored or co-authored several papers on public policy issues in New Jersey.

Dr. Carr has been active in a broad range of grants-funded projects and national initiatives in higher education. He serves on the National Implementation Committee of the American Democracy Project, a joint initiative of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities and The New York Times and been active in promoting civic engagement of college students. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the William M. Plater Award from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities in recognition of his leadership in promoting civic engagement, the Rev. Dr. Demetrious Constantelos Award for Hellenic Paideia in recognition for his support for Hellenic Studies at Stockton College, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from Stockton’s Council of Black Faculty and Staff. As Provost, Dr. Carr was instrumental in establishing the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy.

Dr. Carr has also been active in the community where he serves on numerous Boards and committees. In his spare time he is a nature photographer and several of his photographs are used in College publications.

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David Burdick is professor of psychology, gerontology, and sustainability studies. He joined the Stockton faculty in 1984 after receiving his BA in psychology and environmental studies from Alfred University (1977), and his PhD (1983) in geropsychology from the University of Notre Dame. His community-focused career was cultivated as a staff member of Notre Dame’s Center for Gerontological Education, Research, and Services and strengthened by a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Applied Gerontology with the Gerontological Society of America in 1984. In 2005 he and Professor Linda Wharton led Stockton and community partners through a year-long “Journey Towards Democracy” project funded by the American Association of Colleges and Universities, designed to increase Stockton’s intentionality and focus upon civic engagement and community partnerships. He serves on the advisory committee of the Stockton Center for Community Engagement and on the Stockton Foundation's Scholarship Selection Committee, where he recently stepped down as co-chair.

A regular contributor to several community efforts as a board member, trustee, or consultant, he has held leadership positions for various state and national organizations. He was selected by Governor Christine Todd Whitman in 1995 as a Delegate to the White House Conference on Aging and facilitated a day-long session on “Quality of Life” for the NJ Delegation. A former president of the Society on Aging of New Jersey, he received the Society's Gerontologist of the Year Award in 1997. His scholarly interests center on intergenerational relationships and technology and aging. His scholarly work/publications include a co-edited book entitled Gerotechnology: Research and practice in technology and aging (Springer, 2005), Guest Editor of a Special Issue on Accreditation in Gerontology for the Journal of Gerontology & Geriatrics Education (2012), and co-authored chapters on technology and long-term care in two recent books: (Furphy, K., Lindstrom-Hazel, D., & Burdick, D. (2013). Assistive technology and older adults. In Barney, K. F. & Perkinson, M. A. (Eds.). Occupational Therapy with Aging Adults: Enhancing Quality of Life through Collaborative Practice. London, San Diego: Elsevier, Inc.; Kutzik, D. & Burdick, D. C. (2015). Use of technology in long-term care. In Yee-Melichar, D, Cabigao, E. P. & Flores, C. M. (Ed.s). Long-Term Care Administration & Management: Options, Issues and Trends in Eldercare. NY: Springer.

Dr. Burdick has served two terms on the Executive Committee of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education where he is currently co-chair of the Advancement Committee. He is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education and  serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics Education and the Journal of Intergenerational Relationships.

Dr. Burdick is also the Director of the Stockton Center on Successful Aging (SCOSA)

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Personal website: https://www.christinarjackson.com

Dr. Jackson is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and has taught at Stockton since 2015. She completed her PhD in Sociology at the University of California Santa Barbara in 2014 and her undergraduate work at Temple University. She currently resides and was raised in Philadelphia. She specializes in urban sociology and inequality from an intersectional and interdisciplinary perspective. She enjoys studying urban ecosystems, power and place-based movements. Most of her work and interests are rooted in community relationships. She considers herself a scholar-activist, community arts facilitator and meditator. Jackson is the co-author of Embodied Difference: Divergent Bodies in Public Discourse (with Lexington Inc) and Being Black in America: The Paradox of the Color Line (with Polity Inc). She has published several articles and chapters in publications like The Journal of Urban Affairs, Contemporary Sociology, The Ghetto: Contemporary Global Issues and Controversies, Black California Dreamin’: the Crises of California’s African American Communities and Sociology Compass.

Author of the recently published Islamophobia, Race, and Global Politics

Personal website: www.drnaziakazi.com