Top ranked School of Criminal Justice produces leading criminologists

UAlbany�s School of Criminal Justice virtually invented the discipline when it was founded in 1968 with a star-studded faculty. Today, it still sets the standards in the field with a number of accomplished alumni making names for themselves.

	John Laub, M.A. '76, and Ph.D. '80

�UAlbany was what one hoped for in a graduate school --serious, intense and full of intellectual excitement,� says John Laub, M.A. �76, and Ph.D. �80. Laub is on the faculty at the University of Maryland and is the immediate past president of the American Society of Criminology. He and fellow graduate student Robert Sampson, M.A. �79, Ph.D. �83, have teamed up to produce cutting-edge research about juvenile delinquency. Sampson is Harvard University�s Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences. He too credits UAlbany with exposing him to a �thriving atmosphere where there was an intense emphasis on research.� Sampson and Laub trained with faculty who were trailblazers in the field, a distinctive feature of the School that continues to be reflected in the work of today�s faculty, including distinguished professors Graeme Newman, David Bayly and Hans Toch. �You could say,� says Sampson, �that I caught the research bug at UAlbany.�

	Robert Sampson, M.A. '79, Ph.D. '83

�It�s an amazing experience to go to a meeting of the American Society of Criminology and to find our alumni in key positions all over the conference schedule. They�re chairs and deans and in top positions. It�s a superb legacy,� says Graeme Newman, a faculty member for 32 years. John Laub and Robert Sampson would be the first to agree. �My impression,� says Laub, �is that UAlbany is still one of the best places to study criminology and criminal justice in the country, if not in the world. It holds a premier place in the discipline.�

Other notable alumni are:
Col. Deborah Campbell, M.A. �87: deputy superintendent for employee relations, New York State Police.

Thomas Constantine, M.A. �71: superintendent of New York State Police, 1987-94; head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, 1994-99; oversight commissioner for reform of Northern Ireland police force, 2000-03; resumed teaching at UAlbany's Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy after retiring from commissioner's post.

Bruce Davis, B.S. �73, M.A. �75: chairman of the board and CEO, Digimarc Corp., a leading supplier of digital watermarking and secure personal identification technologies.

James J. Fyfe, M.A. '72, Ph.D. '78: Deputy Commissioner of Training, New York City Police Department.

Kathleen Heide, M.A. �78, Ph.D. �82: interim dean of arts and sciences and professor of criminal justice, University of South Florida.

Ed McGarrell, M.A. �81, Ph.D. �86: director, School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University.