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Metropolitan College's distinguished faculty comprises an esteemed group of academic and real-world experts. These talented educators excel in their chosen fields and are eager to share their expertise in a student-focused setting. Metropolitan College's faculty understands first-hand the importance of convenient, flexible, and challenging educational opportunities.
Read below for more information about our faculty.
Faculty
Robert T. Cadigan
Dr. Cadigan is Associate Professor of Criminology and Sociology and Director of the Boston University Prison Education Program. He earned his doctorate in sociology from Boston University in 1981. Prior to joining the faculty, he worked in community-based corrections, substance abuse treatment and emergency medical services, including trauma system development. He is co-author of EMS Street Strategies, a textbook on crisis management in emergency work. His research interests include correctional education, prisoner re-entry, and workplace violence.
Francis J. Carney, Jr.
Dr. Carney received his PhD in Sociology from Tufts University in 1974 with a focus on Criminology, Criminal Justice, Deviance, and the Sociology of Law. Since 1994 he has been Executive Director of the Massachusetts Sentencing Commission. He has the responsibility of administering staff support for the Sentencing Commission in developing sentencing guidelines for all crimes. He also oversees the research on sentencing policies and practices. He was Executive Director of the Massachusetts Criminal History Systems Board from 1986-1994 where he administered the Criminal Justice Information System and the Criminal Offender Record Information Act. This act serves as the hub for the electronic exchange of information for the criminal justice community. Dr. Carney also served as Director of Planning and Research for the Massachusetts Department of Correction responsible for the research and evaluation, statistical reporting, population projections, impact analysis, and data processing operations of the DOC.
Walter Carroll
Dr. Carroll is Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice at Bridgewater State College. He is an urban sociologist with interests in urban crime and violence. Most recently he has been working on issues related to guns and gun violence in relation to urban crime. Dr. Carroll wrote Brockton: From Rural Parish to Urban Center (1989) and co-authored Social Problems: Causes, Consequences, Interventions (2000). He is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Guns in American Society: An Encyclopedia (2002), to which he contributed numerous entries.
Ronald C. Conway
Dr. Conway received his PhD in Education from Boston University in 1988. He is currently a Captain with the Boston Police Department's Bureau of Field Services. His teaching positions include Harvard University, Boston University, University of Massachusetts, John Jay College, Tufts University and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Dr. Conway has consulted with US Navy, US Coast Guard, US Secret Service, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, Japanese and Korean Consulates, The Netherlands Ministry of Justice, and many other state and city law enforcement agencies. He received an Honorable Discharge in 1962 from the US Marine Corps. He was the principle author of a major study for the Massachusetts Maritime Academy on the subject of change in curriculum and teaching of the Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement major.
William B. Evans
Mr. Evans received his master's degree in Criminal Justice from Anna Maria College. He is currently a Captain with the Boston Police Department and serves as an Area Commander. His teaching positions include Western New England College and Boston University. His interests are in the areas of police studies, community policing, and police training.
David B. Goldstein
Dr. David B. Goldstein is a graduate of Boston University's Metropolitan College with a concentration in psychology. He also received his Master of Science in Public Health from Tufts University and his doctorate in Human Services/Criminal Justice from Walden University. In addition to instructing this course, he is the Captain of the New Hampshire State Police. Also, Dr. Goldstein holds or has held adjunct teaching positions with the New Hampshire Police Academy, the College of Lifelong Learning, and the New Hampshire Technical Institute. In concert with his academic experience, Dr. Goldstein draws from his 23-year career as a police officer. He has held positions as a Uniform Patrol, Trooper Specialist, Detective Sergeant, Acting Chief of Police, and Lieutenant, to name a few. His achievements and interests are also exemplified in his dissertation, in which he theorizes the Vermont State Police Peer Support Program. His instruction involving work-related stress, abnormal psychology, and dealing with death are other areas Dr. Goldstein is familiar with.
Daniel P. LeClair
Daniel P. LeClair is Chairman and Professor of Criminal Justice and Urban Affairs. Before joining Boston University, Professor LeClair served as Director of Research for the Massachusetts Department of Correction and as a full professor at Stonehill College. He earned his doctorate from Tulane University. Much of his extensive scholarship has focused on the effectiveness of community reintegration programs for prisoners and treatment programs dealing with substance abuse.
Mark G. Miliotis
Dr. Miliotis received his Juris Doctorate from Boston University in 1977. He is currently a partner in the law firm of Miliotis, Gledhiss & Miliotis, where he has practiced since 1982. The firm specializes in criminal and civil litigation. From 1977-1982, Dr. Miliotis was an attorney at the law offices of Joseph J. Balliro where he was responsible for preparation and trial of criminal cases, management and litigation of tort and contract actions and negotiation of labor contracts. He has been a faculty fellow and lecturer at Johnson State College and Boston University.
Thomas Nolan
Dr. Nolan received his Ed.D. and Ed. M. degrees from Boston University in 1991 and 2000 and joined the faculty at Boston University as an Associate Professor in 2004. Dr. Nolan is the Faculty Coordinator of the online Master of Criminal Justice program. Tom joined Boston University after a 27-year career with the Boston Police Department in which he worked as a patrol officer, sergeant, sergeant detective, and lieutenant. He was the long-time vice president of the Boston Police Superior Officers Federation, a founding supervisor of the Youth Violence Strike Force, the Chief Investigator in the Anti-corruption Division of the Office of Internal Investigations, and Shift Commander in the Back Bay, South End, Fenway/Kenmore district of the City of Boston at the time he joined Boston University. Tom's academic interests lie in the ethics of punishment and policing, gender and sexuality issues in the criminal justice workplace, and cultural studies and the subculture of policing.
P. Francis Sheridan
Professor Sheridan received his Master's degree from Cornell University in 1965. From 1969 to 1997 he was a Federal Criminal Investigator for the FBI. He has 26 years of experience working in the areas of foreign counterintelligence, domestic and international counterterrorism, bombings, and weapons of mass destruction (biological, chemical and nuclear). Mr. Sheridan has participated in several major criminal investigations and sensitive national security undercover operations. He has successfully developed and operated ethnic Middle East and ethnic Oriental sources and informants. He has formulated aircraft hijacking and counterterrorism plans and served as counterterrorism liaison for local, state and national law enforcement offices. Mr. Sheridan has received commendations from the FBI for several Foreign Counterintelligence and Espionage cases, multiple International Counterterrorism cases, the Oklahoma bombing, Airline Hijacking, Interstate Gambling Business, Federal Judge Background Investigation and others.
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