Vivian Lord, PhD-Professor and Chair, Dept. of Criminal Justice and Criminology, University of North Carolina - Charlotte
VIVIAN B. LORD received her Ph.D. in Psychology from North Carolina State University and is licensed as a practicing psychologist in North Carolina. She is Chair and Full Professor of the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, with Adjunct Professor appointments in the Public Policy Doctoral Program and the International Studies Departments. She is a past chair of the Police Section, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and a past president of the North Carolina Criminal Justice Association.
Dr. Lord is the author of two books: Challenges for Women Considering a Law Enforcement Career: A Guide for Preparing and Succeeding and Policing and Suicide by Cop: Inducing the Police to Shoot and is the author of more than 40 journal articles, academic book chapters, and technical reports exploring topics primarily in retention of students, women in policing, law enforcement selection, ethics, law enforcement assisted suicide, comparative law enforcement systems, occupational stress, and workplace violence. Her career in policing began as a patrol officer and then detective in a municipal police department in North Carolina. She subsequently instructed, then managed the Justice Services Division of the North Carolina Justice Academy.
Allen D. Cowan
ALLEN D. COWAN is a graduate of the College of Journalism at The University of Florida. Mr. Cowan also studied law at The University of Michigan while on a fellowship from The National Endowment for the Humanities. Mr. Cowan has received specialized training in Investigative Journalism at The American Press Institute in Reston, Virginia.
He has worked for The Gainesville Sun, The Orlando Sentinel, The Osceola Sun, The St. Petersburg Times, The Charlotte Observer, Stars and Stripes, and The Charlotte Business Journal. He began his career as a private investigator (PI) in 1989, and is the only former investigative reporter licensed as a PI in North Carolina, and he is the only PI in North Carolina whose license was issued under order of a Superior Court judge.
In 1974, while at The St. Petersburg Times, one of his investigative articles was part of a finalist package for a Pulitzer Prize. In 1987, Mr. Cowan won national recognition with a first-prize award for Journalism Achievement by The National Association of Realtors. Mr. Cowan has won numerous state journalism awards in Florida and North Carolina.
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