JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FACULTY

The faculty for the Bachelor of Arts in Justice, and Master's Degree in Criminal Justice Management and Administration, represent unique and extensive experience in the areas each of us teach. In addition to the faculty currently in the Department on-campus, instructors are sought throughout the country who have established themselves with special knowledge and expertise. Thus, a candidate for the Degrees will have access to a wide range of instructors with varying backgrounds and strengths.

Professor Daku serves as the Coordinator of the Graduate Program. As a member of the Justice Faculty, his areas of teaching and expertise have included Juvenile Delinquency, Corrections, Program Management, and Substance Abuse issues. He is an avid outdoorsman and runner, shown below finishing the Umstead 100 Mile Endurance Run in North Carolina.

"When the going gets tough, its time to grow a backbone." - Mike Daku

Dr. Blurton received his Law Degree from the University of Montana after obtaining a Bachelor's Degree in Physics. He has worked as a private attorney and while no longer actively practicing he still is a member of the Alaska Bar. Dr. Blurton has had extensive experience in Rural Alaska communities and publishes in legal and social science journals on topics pertinent to rural Alaska and Alaskan Natives. His areas of instruction are Substantive and Procedural Law, Rural Justice, and Legal Aspects of Justice Administration. Dr. Blurton is an active outdoorsman and enjoys all aspects of Alaska's recreational opportunities.

Janet McClellan
(907) 474-6501
ffjem1@uaf.edu

Professor McClellan is receiving her Ph.D. from Northcentral University, in Prescott, AZ. She received her Masters Degree in Public Administration from the University of Dayton, Dayton, OH and her Bachelors Degree from Park University, Parkville, MO. Her research focuses on sexualized violence, in particular lust murder. Among her publications are the following: "Sexual (Lust) Homicide: Definitional Constructs, Dynamics, and Investigative Considerations" Serial Murder and the Psychology of Violent Crimes (Chapter 13); "Delivery Drivers and Long-Haul Truckers: Traveling Serial Murderers" Journal of Applied Security Research; "Childhood Animal Abuse and Future Interpersonal Violence: A Review of Linkages" Journal of Applied Security Research; "Unsolved Homicides: What do we know?" Journal of Security Education; "Hurricane Katrina: Lessons for Academic Emergency and Disaster Management Degree Programs" Journal of Security Education (Vol. 1, Issue 4); "Theodore Bundy: Case Study in the Analysis of the Efficacy of Offender Profiling Classification" Journal of Security Education (Vol. 2, Issue 1); Urban Homicide: An Analysis of Verbal Models and Current Research" Transactions. Professor McClellan joined the University of Alaska Fairbanks Justice Department faculty in Fall 2007.

Kraig Hays
(907) 474-6790
ffklh@uaf.edu

Dr. Hays received his BA in sociology from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1993, and then completed two years of master’s level work at the Graduate School of Public Affairs at CU Denver. In 1995, he was accepted into the Ph.D. program at CU Boulder and started teaching in the department of sociology as a graduate instructor in 1996. He received his Ph.D. in 2003 with a concentration in criminology and criminal justice. He has taught at Western State College of Colorado and at the Incirlik Air Force base in Turkey. Dr. Hays joined the University of Alaska Fairbanks Justice Department faculty in 2004. His primary research interests are in comparative criminology and American policing. He spends all of his free time playing or coaching hockey.

Gary Copus (Emeritus)
ffgdc@uaf.edu

Dr. Copus received his Ph.D. from the University of Missouri, Columbia campus. He also holds a Bachelor's Degree in Biology from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Master's in Criminology from Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas. Dr. Copus has conducted research at both the national and local levels. His research interest is currently focused on questions of Native Alaskans who are imprisoned in the State Department of Corrections. Teaching areas are introduction to justice, research methods, police problems, criminology, and public policy of crime control. Dr. Copus is also active in the aviation community as a private pilot, ground school instructor for the Community College and flight instructor.

Dr. Copus on remote lake in his Cessna 180.

Jeff Bumgarner (Master's Degree Program Only)

Dr. Jeff Bumgarner is a licensed peace officer and police firearms instructor with 11 years experience in federal and local law enforcement. He is also an officer in the United States Army Reserve. He holds an MPA in Public Administration from Northern Illinois University and a Ph.D. in Human Resource Development from the University of Minnesota. Previously he was a faculty member of the Department of Criminal Justice at Minnesota State University where he taught policing and management related courses. In addition to his position as a graduate faculty member in the Justice Department at UAF, he is currently a faculty member of the Department of Criminal Justice at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX.

Dean Champion (Master's Degree Program Only)

Dr. Champion as a member of the faculty at Texas A&M University, has taught and conducted reseach in all areas of the criminal justice system. Dr. Champion has written numerous textbooks and articles many of which address issues in justice management and administration. His specific areas of specialization are juvenile justice, research methods/statistics, justice administration, community corrections and policing. He has directed and or taught in programs at Minot State, California State University at Long Beach, and University of Tennessee. His most recent books are Corrections in the United States: A Contemporary Perspective, 4th ed. (2005) Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, Probation, Parole, and Community Corrections, 5th ed. (2005) Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, and American Dictionary of Criminal Justice: Key Terms and Leading Court Cases, 3rd ed. (2005) Los Angeles, CA: Roxbury Publishing Company.

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