Profiles in the Justice Professions: In conversation with Dr. Charles Russo
Gain valuable insights into the criminal justice field in this interview with Dr. Charles Russo, a veteran with over three decades of national security and criminal justice experience.
Dr. Frank Schmalleger, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina
Dr. Charles M. Russo, IFPC
Foster an understanding of what a career in criminal justice looks like. Author and educator Frank Schmalleger hosts Profiles in the Justice Professions, a special student-facing interview series.
In this session, Dr. Schmalleger sits down with Dr. Charles Russo. Dr. Russo has over three decades of national security and criminal justice experience as an Intelligence Analyst with the U.S. Intelligence Community—previous employment with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (Retired), Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Navy, and other government agencies. He currenty serves as a Juvenile Probation Officer with Rockwall County Juvenile Services in Texas.
About the speakers
Dr. Charles M. Russo, IFPC
Charles M. Russo, Ph.D. is a Juvenile Probation Officer with Rockwall County Juvenile Services in Texas, a full-time Professor at Columbia Southern University, and an Adjunct Professor at St. John’s University and the American College of Education (Doctoral Research). Dr. Russo has over three decades of national security and criminal justice experience as an Intelligence Analyst with the U.S. Intelligence Community—previous employment with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (Retired), Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Navy, and other government agencies. Dr. Russo's teaching background includes over a decade of higher education and academic teaching in Intelligence, Homeland Security, Counterterrorism, Strategic Security, and Criminal Justice. His subject matter areas of expertise are Intelligence Analysis, Theory of Intelligence, Ethics in Intelligence and Criminal Justice, and Counterterrorism. Dr. Russo received his B.A. in Intelligence Studies with a concentration in Analysis from American Military University and an M.A. in Intelligence Studies with a concentration in Collections. Dr. Russo also holds a Ph.D. in Public Safety specializing in Criminal Justice from Capella University.
Dr. Frank Schmalleger, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina
Frank Schmalleger, PhD, is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. He holds degrees from the University of Notre Dame and The Ohio State University, having earned both a master’s and a doctorate in sociology from The Ohio State University with a special emphasis in criminology. He is the author of numerous market leading texts. The most recently published is Criminal Justice Today, 17th Edition. You can learn more about Frank Schmalleger at his website: www.schmalleger.com.