JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FACULTY & STAFF
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.
David Blurton (Chair)
(907) 474-6506
ffdmb@uaf.edu
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.
Mike Daku
(907) 474-5717
ffmjd@uaf.edu
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 has lived and worked in Fairbanks since 1978, and has extensive experience in the management/supervision of offender-based treatment programs dealing with both adults and juveniles. He is also an avid outdoorsman and runner.
Janet McClellan
(907) 474-6501
ffjem1@uaf.edu
Professor McClellan received 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.
Margo Campbell , Administrative Assistant
(907) 474-5500
fnmlc@uaf.edu
Margo is a lifelong Alaskan who enjoys spending time with her husband, three kids, three dogs, two horses and one cat. When not at the University she can be found digging in her garden, cooking up a new recipe or reading a good book.
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.
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.
Julie Smith
(907) 474-5061 or
(907) 474-6790
Julie has lived and worked in Fairbanks, Alaska for 25 years as an attorney, mediator, and non-profit director. For two years she was Executive Director of the Fairbanks Center for Conflict Resolution where she provided victim offender mediation for the Alaska Division of Juvenile Justice. Julie helped launch two mediation programs in the Alaska Court System, and served on a Department of Corrections Victim Offender Mediation committee. She also provided peer mediation training to students in the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District. Julie is the Director of the Alaska Rural Behavioral Health Training Academy where she is involved in efforts to provide training to behavioral health providers who serve rural Alaska.
Larry Roberts
(907) 474-1913
fflnr@uaf.edu
Larry’s academic and professional background includes direct clinical, administrative, and teaching experience in the fields of community mental health, substance abuse treatment and prevention, cultural attunement and diversity, community and program development, adult learning and teaching, and behavioral health workforce development. He has lived and worked in Alaska since 1982 with most of that time in rural and frontier communities including over 15 years in Tok and 6 years in Bethel . His present assignment under the UAF Justice Program is with the Alaska Rural Behavioral Health Training Academy where he coordinates the work-force development project in the Norton Sound Region, directs the annual Lily Arctic Institute on Innovations & Excellence in Teaching conference in Fairbanks, and helps coordinate rural training activities for the Geriatric Education Program for much of the interior, western, and northern Alaska. He holds a M.Ed. in Counseling from Texas Christian University and is a Ph.D. candidate of psychology at North Central University . He is an active member of the Pathways Into Health organization and network, the National Association of Rural Mental Health, the University of Alaska Behavioral Health Alliance , and the DELTA Task force on the prevention of Intimate Partner Violence.