John Ortiz SmyklaJohn Ortiz Smykla, PhD, is Director and Professor of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida Atlantic University.He has held appointments at the University of Alabama, the University of South Alabama, and the University of West Florda. He earned the interdisciplinary social science PhD in criminal justice, sociology, and anthropology from Michigan State University. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in sociology from California State University at Northridge. Dr. Smykla has authored or edited five corrections books, including Probation, Parole, and Community Based Corrections(2013) and Offender Reentry: Rethinking Criminology and Criminal Justice (2014). His coauthored data set Executions in the United States, 1608-2003: The Espy File, funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, is one of the most frequently requested criminal justice data files from the University of Michigan's Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research. Dr. Smykla has published more than 50 research articles on corrections and policing issues. He is currently engaged in a five-year study of federal reentry court for the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida, and a multi-year investigation of police and community perceptions of police-work body cameras. Dr. Smykla has delivered more than 60 conference papers in the United States and abroad. In 1986, he was a Senior Fulbright Scholar in Argentina and Uruguay. Dr. Smykla is a member of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and the Southern Criminal Justice Association.In 1996, the Southern Criminal Justice Association named him Educator of the Year. In 1997, he served as program chair for the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. In 2000, he served as president of the Southern Criminal Justice Association. In 2010, the University of West Florida named him a Distinguished University Professor. Read More Read Less