Faculty and Staff

Mark W. Denniston

Ph.D in Political Science, University of Colorado, 2012; J.D., University of Iowa, 2000

After law school, I clerked for Justice Jerry L. Larson of the Iowa Supreme Court and then practiced law, including criminal defense and misdemeanor prosecutions, in a small town near Des Moines, Iowa. My academic interests include constitutional rights and criminal procedure, constitutional history, and judicial politics. My Ph.D. dissertation and first book covered the processes by which state supreme courts consider whether to expand state constitutional rights beyond what the U.S. Supreme Court has required under the U.S. Constitution. More recently, several members of the CJ faculty here at Weber State and I have published a constitutional law and ethics textbook.

Accomplishments

• CV
• Co-authored textbook, Seven Deadly Sins: Constitutional Rights and the Criminal Justice System

Michelle Jeffs

J.D., Brigham Young University; BA, Weber State University

Heeuk Dennis Lee

Ph.D., Washington State University

Areas of Interest: Comparative policing, citizens’ perceptions of the police, and community policing

Heeuk Dennis Lee, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Weber State University. Dr. Lee earned both his MA and Ph.D. in Criminology & Criminal Justice from Washington State University. He teaches courses in Policing, Criminological theory, and Criminal Justice Policy Analysis. His work has appeared in Crime and Delinquency, the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Police Practice and Research, Victims & Offenders, the Asian Journal of Criminology and the International Journal of Police Science and Management. He is a member of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, American Society of Criminology, Western Association of Criminal Justice, and Korean Society of Criminology in America.

Accomplishments

• Google Scholar Profile
• Research Gate

Brad Reyns

Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2010

Areas of Interest: Victimology, crime prevention, and policing

Brad Reyns is a criminologist who specializes in issues surrounding criminal victimization. He received his Ph.D. in criminal justice from the University of Cincinnati in 2010 and has been at Weber State University since 2011. His research spans the field of victimology but has mostly focused on theories of victimization, victim decision-making, and the relationship between technology use and victimization.

Accomplishments

• CV
• Google Scholar
• Research Gate
• Co-authored textbook, Introduction to Victimology

Molly Sween

Ph.D., Iowa State University

Areas of Interest: Domestic violence, Race/Class/Gender and the Criminal Justice System

Accomplishments

• Google Scholar
• Co-authored textbook, Seven Deadly Sins: Constitutional Rights and the Criminal Justice System

McKenzie Wood

Ph.D., Criminal Justice, North Dakota State University; M.S., Criminal Justice, Weber State University; B.S., Sociology, Weber State University

Areas of Interest: Sexual Victimization/Stalking; Crimes Against Women, & Active Shooter/Armed Intruder Prevention

Accomplishments

• CV
• Google Scholar