RESUME

Dennis W. Catlin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Criminal Justice
Northern Arizona University (Tucson)
401 N. Bonita Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85709-5090

Office: (520) 879-7915

E-mail Address: dennis.catlin@nau.edu

Education

Ph.D. Administration and Higher Education with Criminal Justice Cognate

Michigan State University - 1981

Dissertation: An Empirical Study of The Relationship Between Selected Characteristics of Judges and Their Reasons for Participation in Continuing Professional Education

M. S. Degree in Criminal Justice Administration

Michigan State University - 1974

Thesis: A Contiguous Model for Law Enforcement Organizational and Management Development

B. A. Degree in Sociology

Hope College - Holland, Michigan - 1966

Criminal Justice Higher Education

1999- Present NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY

Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Justice

Teach administration of justice courses and coordinate the delivery of distance education degree courses to students in the Southern Region of Arizona. Recruit and advise students. Served on the Criminal Justice Department's Policy Workgroup, Faculty Selection Committee, Library Representative and as Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Chair. Serve as joint statewide coordinator with Chair of Department. Member of the University's Criminal Justice Articulation Task Force and Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies/ Bachelor of Applied Science Committee.

1997- 1999 NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY

Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Justice

Taught graduate and undergraduate courses and advised students. Focus of teaching, research, and writing in the areas of policing, courts, and criminal justice administration. Courses taught included: Policing in the United States; The Court Process, Criminal Justice Administrative Systems; Ethics in Criminal Justice; Security Technology; and Discretion and Decision Making in Criminal Justice. Serve as department’s grants and development coordinator. Serve as department’s representative on the Dean of Arts and Sciences Funding and Development Committee. Chaired the creation of the Pincomb Scholarship Fund and coordinate fundraising activities.

1991-Present SCHOOL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Senior Associate and Adjunct Assistant Professor

Serve as Senior Associate for the Judicial Education Reference Information and Technical Transfer Project (JERITT). JERITT is a federal grant funded research, data collection, and clearinghouse for the education and training of court personnel nationally and internationally. Developed and maintain Website for this project (http://jeritt.msu.edu).

Criminal Justice Administrative and Professional Experience

1974 - 1997 MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT

Executive Director, Michigan Judicial Institute

The Michigan Judicial Institute is the education arm of the Michigan Supreme Court. The Institute provides education and training for Michigan's 7,500 judges and court personnel through a variety of educational techniques including live seminars, tele-seminars, self-instruction materials, publications, and the distribution of audio and video tape programs. As Executive Director was responsible for the overall planning, implementation and administration of the programs and services of the Institute. This responsibility included the supervision of an 18 member staff and the administration of a $1.5 million dollar budget.

1972 - 1974 DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE

MICHIGAN LAW ENFORCEMENT

OFFICERS TRAINING COUNCIL

Program Planning Supervisor

Supervised the planning and implementation of statewide training programs for all levels of law enforcement personnel. Developed and administered state budgets and federal grants.

1969 - 1972 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Special Agent

Served in Memphis, Tennessee and Baltimore, Maryland. Assigned to the investigation of interstate transportation of stolen and fraudulent securities, interstate transportation of stolen motor vehicles, and organized crime.

1966 - 1969 HOLLAND CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT

Holland, Michigan

Juvenile Officer - Detective Sergeant

Conducted investigations of crimes committed by or against juveniles. Conducted general criminal, narcotics, and drug investigations.

1994 – 2001 PARTNERS IN JUSTICE, INC.

President

Partners in Justice is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation created to provide, technical assistance, training, and organizational development services to local, state, national, and international governments, organizations, and agencies. Partners in Justice has provided technical assistance to other non-profit corporations on administration of justice issues and serves as the Secretariat for the National Association of State Judicial Educators.

Other Higher Education and Teaching Experience

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Taught upper division Court System Administration Seminar

1993 UNIVERSITY OF SIDNEY

Master of Law Thesis Examiner and Assessor

Served as examiner and assessor for master of laws student thesis.

1993-Present HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

National Curriculum Advisory Committee Member

Serve on National Advisory Committee for the development and implementation of the Leadership Institute in Continuing Professional Education.

1991-92 APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Boone, North Carolina

Senior Faculty Member - Served as a senior faculty member for the Judicial Education Leadership Institute.

1974-75 LANSING COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Lansing, Michigan

Adjunct Faculty- Developed and taught courses in court administration

1972-74 KELLOGG COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Battle Creek, Michigan

Adjunct Faculty- Taught courses in criminal justice and police supervision.

Subjects and Courses Taught

Human and Cultural Relations in Criminal Justice

Police Systems in the United States

Criminal Justice Administrative Systems

Ethics in Criminal Justice

Discretion and Decision Making in the Justice System

White Collar Crime

Comparative Criminal Justice Systems

Court Process

Security Technology

Principles and Practices of Learning Organizations

Issues in Court Administration

Introduction to Criminal Justice

Police Supervision and Organization

Court Organization and Administration

Due Process and the Administration of Justice

Judicial Competence and the Independence of the Judiciary

Computers for Judges-The Basics of Computer Networking

The Role of the Court in the Criminal Justice System

Jurisdiction and Venue

Corporate Governance in United States Judicial Education Organizations

University, College and Department Service

Northern Arizona University

Northern Arizona University Department of Criminal Justice

New Mexico State University Department of Criminal Justice

Community, National, and International Public Service

TUCSON POLICE DEPARTMENT

Chair, Graffiti Task Force for East Operations Division

Member East Operations Division Advisory Committee

Member of the Chief of Police Steering Committee

TUCSON POLICE FOUNDATION

Fund Raising Committee

GRAFFITI ABATEMENT PROJECT IN TUCSON

Vice President and Board Member

WESTERN SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION

Executive Committee Member

Chair, Criminal Justice and Criminology Section

ACADEMY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SCIENCE

Member of Membership and Recruitment Committee

EXCELSIOR COLLEGE

Consultant for the Criminal Justice Training Assessment Training Project funded by the U. S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs

PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Member of Legal Assistant Program Advisory Committee

Member of Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice Program Advisory Committees

Project Manager, International Division for Business and Industry Training.

Member External Review Committee for Administration of Justice Degree Program

LAS CRUCES POLICE DEPARTMENT

Member of Oral Board for selection of new police candidates.

LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Member, Anti-violence Task Force

STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE

Planning Committee Member for Nation Symposium on the Future of Judicial Branch Education.

CALIFORNIA ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS

Consultant to conduct research on training needs and on the design and implementation of the Judicial Administration Institute of California.

AMERICAN AND MIDDLE EAST TRAINING CORPORATION

Consultant on Administration of Justice Project for the government of Egypt.

INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC LAW, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO

Consultant on judicial education program design.

ASIA FOUNDATION - SAN FRANCISCO

Consultant on judicial education and administration of justice to Southeast Asian countries.

COMMONWEALTH OF LEARNING - VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA

Consultant on judicial education to countries in the British Commonwealth: Including Botswana and Caribbean Commonwealth Countries.

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION’S CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPEAN LAW INITIATIVE

Advisory Committee on Judicial Training.

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION’S CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPEAN LAW INITIATIVE

Seminar faculty on judicial education and administration of justice institution building in Sofia, Bulgaria, Zagreb, Croatia and Yerivan, Armenia.

SAN FRANCISCO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROJECT - NATIONAL MODEL JUDICIAL EDUCATION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CURRICULUM

National Advisory Committee Member.

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF WOMEN JUDICIAL EDUCATION PROJECT TO ELIMINATE GENDER BIAS

National Advisory Board Member.

STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE - ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA

Judicial Education Study Panel.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE JUDICIAL EDUCATORS

Founder and Past President.

Articles and Papers

Catlin, D. and Hoover, L., "Law Enforcement Training Commissions in the United States". Journal of Criminal Justice. Summer, 1974.

Catlin, D., A Contiguous Model for Law Enforcement Organizational and Management Development. An unpublished master's thesis. Michigan State University, 1974.

Anderson , W. and Catlin, D., "How to be a Teacher of Judges". The Judges Journal. Winter, 1981.

Catlin, D., The Relationship Between Selected Characteristics of Judges and Their Reasons for Participating in Continuing Professional Education. An unpublished doctoral dissertation. Michigan State University, 1981.

Anderson , W. and Catlin, D., "Why Judges Choose to Participate in Continuing Professional Education". A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. New York, April, 1981. (ERIC Document 219-510)

Catlin, D. "An Empirical Study of Judges Reasons for Participation in Continuing Professional Education". Justice System Journal. Summer, 1982.

Catlin, D. and Valentine, W., "Teleconferencing". State Court Journal. Fall, 1982.

Catlin, D. " Michigan's Magic Touch in Educating Judges". The Judges' Journal. Fall, 1986

Catlin, D. "The Who and What of Judicial Education". A paper presented to the State Justice Institute. Fall, 1988.

Catlin, D. and Fisser, T. "Recommendations for Judicial Education and Training Program Development. “Technical Assistance Report No. 158. Adjudication Technical Assistance Project. Bureau of Justice Assistance of the US. Department of Justice. Washington, DC., 1989.

Catlin, D. "A Conceptual Model of Judicial Education in The United States" A paper presented at The Future and The Courts Conference. Winter, 1990.

Judicial Education Reference Information and Technical Transfer Project. Judicial Education Grant Awards Sourcebook. (Volume 1), Michigan State University, School of Criminal Justice. Fall, 1990.

Judicial Education Reference Information and Technical Transfer Project. Judicial Education Grant Awards Sourcebook. (Volume 2), Michigan State University, School of Criminal Justice. Fall, 1991.

Catlin, D., "A Composite Model of Judicial Education in the United States". A paper presented at the Commonwealth Co-operation In Judicial Education Workshop. Vancouver, March 1992.

Catlin, D. and Connor, M. “Judicial Administration Institute of California Education and Training Needs Assessment”. A research report prepared for the Administrative Office of the California Courts. 1994.

Catlin, D., "State Judicial Education in the United States”. A paper presented at a Workshop on Judicial Education and Training for Eastern European Countries sponsored by American Bar Association. Bulgaria, November 1995.

Catlin, D., “The Relationship Between Judicial Competence and an Independent Judiciary”. A paper presented at a Conference on Judicial Education and Training: Creative Approaches to Institution Building sponsored by American Bar Association. Croatia, May 1996.

Catlin, D. “Judicial Education Reference Information and Technical Transfer Project (JERITT)” . World Wide Web: URL http://jeritt.msu.edu .

Catlin, D. and Conner, M. “Education and Training Needs Assessment.” Judicial Administration Institute of California: Final Report. State Justice Institute: Alexandria, Va. (SJI 94-018)

Catlin, D. “Mentoring for Juvenile Detention Employees.” National Juvenile Detention Association. 1998.

Catlin, D. “Internet Based Distance Education.” A paper presented at the Annual Conference of the National Association of State Judicial Educators. New Hampshire. October 1998.

Catlin, Dennis and James Maupin.( 2000). “The Ethical Ideologies of State Police Recruits and State Police Officers with One Year Experience.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, April 23, New Orleans, LA.

Catlin, Dennis and James Maupin. (2000). “The Ethical Ideologies of Law Enforcement Recruits.” Presented at the annual conference of the Western Social Science Association, April 28, San Diego, CA.

Catlin, Dennis and James Maupin. (2001). “A Cohort Study of the Ethical Orientations of State Police Recruits.” Presented at the annual conference of the Western Social Science Association, April 27, Reno, NV.

Catlin, Dennis and James Maupin. (2002). “The Ethical Orientations of Local Police Recruits.” Presented at the annual conference of the Western Social Science Association, April 12, Albuquerque, NM.

Catlin, Dennis and James Maupin. (2003). “The Ethical Orientations of State Police Recruits: A Two Cohort Study.” Presented at the annual conference of the Western Social Science Association, April 11, Las Vegas, NV.

Catlin, D. and Maupin, J.(2002) “The Ethical Ideologies of State Police Recruits and State Police Officers with One Year of Experience” Journal of Criminal Justice. Vol. 30. pp. 491-498.

Catlin, D. (2003)“The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges” in Encyclopedia of Juvenile Justice (McShane and Williams, Eds). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Catlin, Dennis and James Maupin. (2004). “The Characteristics of Police Recruits and their Ethical Orientation.” Presented at the annual conference of the Western Social Science Association, April 23, Salt Lake City, UT.

Catlin, D. and Maupin J. (2004). “ A Two Cohort Study of the Ethical Orientations of State Police Officers” Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management. Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 289 - 301.

Catlin, D. and Maupin J. (2004). “The Ethical Orientations of State Police Officers: A Three Year Longitudinal Study ” Law Enforcement Executive Forum Journal. Vol. 4, No. 7., pp. 63 – 75.

Catlin, D. and Maupin J. (2006). “The Impact of the Police Academy Experience on the Ethical Orientations of American Police Recruits”. Submitted to Journal of Criminal Justice.

Editorial Activities

Editorial Referee for Judicature, a journal of the American Judicature Society

Editorial Referee for Justice System Journal, a journal of the Institute for Court Management and West Publishing Co.

Editorial Referee for the Journal of Criminal Justice

Editorial Referee for the Justice Quarterly.

Editorial Referee for Social Science Journal

Editorial Reviewer for Journal of Criminal Justice Education

Grants

Domestic Violence Project

Michigan Domestic Violence Prevention and Treatment Board $250,000

The Development of a Data Base Publishing System .

W. K. Kellogg Foundation and State Justice Institute $120,000

Traffic Law Benchbook Project

Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning $110,000

Sentencing Felony Drug Offenders and Managing Drug Related Trials

Office of Criminal Justice Anti-Drug Grant $53,000

Sentencing Substance Abuse Offender in District Court: A Team Approach Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning $28,000

Minding the Courts Into the 21st Century

State Justice Institute $47,000

A Continuing Professional Education Project to Improve Judicial Practice

W. K. Kellogg Foundation $780,000

Court Support Personnel Training Project Phase 1

Michigan Criminal Justice Training Commission $175,000

Court Support Personnel Training Project Phase 2

Michigan Criminal Justice Training Commission $153,000

Professional and Academic Awards

1970 - Letter of Commendation from the Director of the Federal

Bureau of Investigation

1971 - Letter of Commendation from the Director of the Federal

Bureau of Investigation

1974 - Awarded Law Enforcement Assistance Administration

Fellowship to conduct graduate research

1980 - Award of Special Achievement from the National

Association of State Judicial Educators.

1985 - Award for Excellence in Judicial Education

American Bar Association-National Conference of Special Court Judges

1993 - Clarity Award for Clear Legal Writing

State Bar of Michigan-Plain English Committee

Professional Affiliations

Western Social Science Association

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

National Association of State Judicial Educators

Arizona Criminal Justice Educators Association