Dr. Casey Jordan
Professor, Division of Justice and Law Administration
OFFICE
Room 348, Westside Campus Classroom Building
PHONE
203-837-8695
E-mail jordanc@wcsu.edu
- B.A. Political Science, Law and Society, University of Tulsa
- M.A. Criminal Justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- M.Phil. Criminal Justice, CUNY Graduate School (John Jay College)
- Ph.D. Criminal Justice, CUNY Graduate School
- J.D. Quinnipiac University School of Law
Dr. Jordan is a criminologist and attorney with more than twenty years of university teaching, mediation, scholarly research and criminal justice consulting experience. Emphasis on teaching excellence and curriculum development has resulted in several pedagogical publications, including Allyn & Bacon's Blockbuster Approach series (Blockbuster Approach to Teaching Criminology and Criminal Justice, Sociology, and Anthropology). Grant-funded research and scholarly journal articles reflect her research on homicide trends, serial killing and multicide, human trafficking, victimology (child abuse, domestic violence, homicide and sexual assault, and police studies, including articles in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement and the Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment. She is certified in Alternative Dispute Resolution and Health Law.
Dr. Jordan served as the in-house CNN Criminologist during the 2002 D.C. Sniper event, and has represented WCSU as a guest criminologist, legal analyst, or expert commentator with more than 800 television shows and newspaper stories, including ABC News 20/20, Good Morning America, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, Court TV, America's Most Wanted, The Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, and The New York Times.
Dr. Jordan is a frequent guest speaker at forensic conferences and justice forums, including annual presentations at Danbury Hospital’s Pediatrics Conference and the Exploration Program at Yale University. She has recently joined TruTV’s new series Unsolved Murder Unit, where she teams with a forensic pathologist and police detective to reprocess evidence and develop leads in unsolved homicide cases.
Courses Taught:
- Introduction to Justice & Law (JLA 100)
- Criminal Law (JLA 210)
- Criminology (JLA/SOC 201)
- Juvenile Delinquency (JLA/SOC 205)
- Justice & Law Practicum (JLA 349)
- Women and Criminal Justice (JLA 301)
- Seminar on Violence (JLA 332)
- Seminar on Violent Crime (HON 250)
- The Inanity of Insanity (JLA 332)
- Crime and Cinema (JLA 332)
- International Crimes Against Children (JLA 332)
- Advanced Criminology (JLA 410)
- Policy Analysis in Criminal Justice Administration (Master’s JLA 510)
