Suzi Belles, Secretary

Office: MAB 109, Alpine
Phone: (432) 837-8166
Fax: (432) 837-8273
E-Mail: mbelles@sulross.edu

Robert Hunter, Department Chair and Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

Office: MAB 109, Alpine
Phone: (432) 837-8166
Fax: (432) 837-8273
E-Mail: rhunter@sulross.edu
Web: http://faculty.sulross.edu/rhunter

A.A.S. in Police Science
B.S. in Criminology and Corrections
M.A. in Criminology and Corrections
Ph.D. in Criminal Justice

He has taught a Sam Houston State University, The University of Northern Iowa and now Sul Ross State University. Dr. Hunter is well published in the criminal justice field and has researched and written on such topics as: Prison Gangs, The Drug War, The Death Penalty, Jail Management and others. He has served as an advisor to the Iowa State Legislature on crime issues, and has been called as an expert witness in numerous criminal court cases.

Ray Kessler, Professor of Criminal Justice

Office: MAB 109, Alpine
Phone: (432) 837-8166
Fax: (432) 837-8273
E-Mail: rkessler@sulross.edu
Web: http://faculty.sulross.edu/rkessler

J.D., Temple University
Master's, Sociology, UT-El Paso
Bachelor's, Sociology, Allegheny College

Kessler has served as the director of the SRSU Law Enforcement Academy. He has also served as both a prosecutor and defense attorney and has worked in a juvenile delinquency program. In addition, he has taught at the University of Memphis, Arkansas State University, Rockhurst College and El Paso Community College.

He is a TCLEOSE-certified instructor and has provided hundreds of hours of training to law enforcement personnel, primarily on the issues of liability and arrest, search and seizure. Kessler has numerous papers and publication, primarily on gun control and liability issues. His primary research areas are arrest, search and seizure, ideology, gun control, liability and the Second Amendment.

Lorie Rubenser, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Graduate Coordinator

Office: MAB 109, Alpine
Phone: (432) 837-8166
Fax: (432) 837-8273
E-Mail: rubenser@sulross.edu
Web: http://faculty.sulross.edu/rubenser

Ph.D., Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska, Omaha
M.S., Justice Studies, Arizona State University
B.A., Law and Justice, Central Washington University
A.A., Administration of Justice from Bellevue Community College

Rubenser's research interests include policing issues and minority issues in criminal justice. She currently serves as the Secretary of the Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice. She is also Co-Editor of the Police Forum publication of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Police Section featuring peer reviewed research articles and other items of interest relating to policing.