Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

Graduate Coordinator


• Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park

• M.A., University of Maryland, College Park
  
• B.A., University of Maryland, College Park

  

Dr. Elis joined the Radford University faculty in 2007.

Summer 2013 Schedule

Summer I
CRJU-345, Historical Perspectives on CRJU, 2:00-4:15 MTWR
CRJU-345, Historical Perspectives on CRJU, 6:00-10:00 MW

Summer II
CRJU-100, Introduction to Criminal Justice, 10:30-12:45 MTWR

Office Hours:  To Be Announced

Interests
Dr. Elis' research interests include gender and crime, developmental theories of crime, domestic violence, and the examination of patterns of sentencing disparity in Virginia.

Recent Professional Activities
Dr. Elis' recent professional activities include publications in the areas of police responses to domestic violence, restorative justice, and an empirical test of Gottfredson and Hirschi's General Theory of Crime.