Faculty
Robert Cadigan
Associate Professor of Applied Social Sciences, Director of Prison Education
Program
BA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; MA, PhD, Boston
University.
Dr. Cadigan teaches courses in criminology; rehabilitation and reintegration;
freedom; business and the social environment; and a seminar on freedom,
technology, environment, and society. He is a published expert in technological
and social issues regarding emergency medical care, as well as prison
education programs. Cadigan has also conducted research and served as
consultant for several public health and intervention organizations.
Francis J. Carney, Jr.
Lecturer, Applied Social Sciences
BA, Boston College; MA, Tufts University; PhD, Tufts University.
Dr. Carney has been actively involved in the criminal justice system
of Massachusetts for over thirty-five years. Currently the executive
director of the Massachusetts Sentencing Commission, Carney’s former
positions include director of planning and research for the Massachusetts
Department of Correction and executive director of the Massachusetts
Criminal History Systems Board. Carney has more than thirty years of
teaching experience, including posts at the Boston University School
of Social Work and the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He teaches
courses in subjects such as corrections and youth crime problems.
Shea W. Cronin
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
BS, Northeastern University; PhD, American University.
Dr. Cronin recently received his PhD in Justice, Law, and Society from American University, School of Public Affairs. His dissertation research examines political explanations of neighborhood-level arrest rates in an urban police agency. Cronin's research interests include the administration of criminal justice, organizational behavior, policing, and democratic accountability. His research has been published in Crime and Delinquency, Justice Quarterly, and other academic journals. He teaches courses in criminology, criminal justice, policing, and statistics. Before his appointment at Boston University, Cronin taught at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and several other schools.
David B. Goldstein
Lecturer, Applied Social Sciences
BS, Boston University; MS, PhD, Tufts University; PhD, Walden University.
Dr. Goldstein has over twenty-five years of experience in the police
force, and is currently the chief of police in Winthrop, Massachusetts.
A former captain in the New Hampshire State Police, over the course of
his law enforcement career Goldstein has served as uniform patrol, trooper
specialist, detective sergeant, acting chief of police, and lieutenant.
Goldstein’s previous teaching experience includes the New Hampshire
university system, the New Hampshire Technical Institute, and Tufts University.
Goldstein brings his law enforcement background and knowledge of psychology,
public health, human services, and criminal justice to subjects such
as white-collar crime and terrorism.
Daniel P. LeClair
Professor and Chair of Applied Social Sciences
BA, University of Rhode Island; MA, Clark University; PhD, Tulane
University.
Dr. LeClair oversees the Applied Social Sciences programs in
urban affairs, city planning, criminal justice, applied sociology, applied
psychology, and prison education. He also directs the online criminal
justice program. Previously, LeClair served as director of research at
the Massachusetts Department of Correction, and he is currently involved
in two research projects addressing addiction recovery and prison reform.
LeClair lectures internationally on many topics, including online education,
criminal justice, recidivism, rehabilitation, and substance abuse. He
teaches victimology, white-collar crime, juvenile delinquency, research
methods, and special topics in urban history and development.
Mary Ellen Mastrorilli
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Associate Chair of Applied Sciences
BA, University of Massachusetts, Boston; MPA, Suffolk University;
PhD, Northeastern University.
Dr. Mastrorilli’s research interests focus on female offenders,
community corrections, and law and society. She holds over twenty-four
years of experience in positions ranging from corrections
officer to prison administrator. She is the recipient of the Correctional
Association of Massachusetts’ Professional Excellence Award, as
well as the Breaking the Glass Ceiling Award given by the National Center
for Women and Policing. Mastrorilli teaches courses in criminal justice
and sociology.
Thomas W. Nolan
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
BA, University of Massachusetts, Boston; EdM, EdD, Boston University.
Dr. Nolan teaches courses in forensic behavioral analysis, police and
multiculturalism, crime and punishment, gender and justice, policing
the urban milieu, and the law and criminal procedure. A twenty-seven-year
veteran (and former lieutenant) of the Boston Police Department, Nolan
is consulted regularly by local, national, and international media outlets
for his expertise in police procedures, strategies, and policies, as
well as crime trends and criminal behavior. Nolan is a member of the
American Psychological Association, the American Society of Criminology,
and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
