Dr. Ron Hunter. The Criminal Justice and Criminology program was founded by the professor. He received his PhD from Florida State University. He has held several administrative positions. Dr. Hunter was a sergeant with the police department. In addition to supervising the robbery task force, the managing criminal information unit, the career criminal unit, the records section and a squad of officers within Uniformed Patrol, there were other assignments. He was a part-time Municipal Judge in Cave Spring, Georgia. Dr. Hunter is a Past President of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. His research focuses on crime prevention and law enforcement. He has published textbooks on criminology, police-community relations, and research methods. He has presented papers on a variety of criminal justice issues.

Dr. Thomas? Tom? Barker. He retired from teaching and moved to San Antonio, Texas to be near his granddaughter. He published a book on Biker Gangs and revised two books on outlaw motorcycle gangs. The biker’s legacy of violence goes from Altamont to Waco, Texas. He wrote an article about the police overreaction to the biker gunfight. He filmed a narrative for the Las Vegas Mob Museum’s exhibit on outlaw bikers and presented three papers at professional meetings.

Melchor C. de Guzman is a professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Georgia Gwinnett College. He earned his doctorate degree in criminal justice from the University of Cincinnati with concentration on policing in 2001.  He has extensive experiences working in the criminal justice field in the U.S. and the Philippines. Dr. de Guzman was a police instructor for middle managers and senior police officials as a lecturer with the Philippine Public Safety College. He had also formulated policies for the Philippine National Police as the Secretary of the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security in the Philippines. He has worked with the evaluation of community policing in South Bend, Indiana and the shoplifting phenomenon in Cheektowaga, NY with the Cheektowaga Police Department. Dr. de Guzman?s research includes the examination of citizen participation in the control of the police. He also investigates organizational and environmental factors that influence police behavior. He has published two edited books examining international policing practices. He has also published several articles in policing journals. His most recent research includes the utilization of websites by police departments in the delivery of police services, the implementation of policing models, and the role of the police in homeland security. Dr. de Guzman is currently involved in a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant investigating insider threats in financial institutions. He is also the current managing editor of Police Practice and Research: An International Journal and the book editor for the International Police Executive Symposium. Dr. de Guzman can be contacted through email at mdeguzman@ggc.edu or by phone at 470-217-5512.