Dr. Concetta C. Culliver is no stranger to the halls of Coppin State University; she is a former student of Coppin having completed a Master’s Degree in Special Education, specializing in learning disabilities and emotional disturbances. In addition, she returned to Coppin and served as Chairperson and Professor in the Criminal Justice Department. She served as Chairperson and Professor of Criminal Justice at Benedict College, Columbia, SC; as Professor and Director of Criminal Justice, Murray State University, Murray, KY; as Assistant Chairperson and Professor, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA (hometown university); as instructor of Criminal Justice, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL; and has practical experience in juvenile and adult correctional settings, as well as with public and private school settings both as teacher and consultant.
Dr. Culliver received her Ed.D, in Instructional Leadership/Education Administration; M.S. in Criminal Justice and advanced training courses in counseling from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL. Dr. Culliver has also received training in Correctional Administration through the National Institute of Corrections, Boulder, CO; National Bar Association, Legal Issues in Higher Education through the American Bar Association, Jekyll Island, GA; Advanced Research Design and Data Analysis with special training involving youthful offenders Institute of Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Consulting: Proposal/Program reviewer, office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; Programs for Youthful Offenders, Virgin Islands Department of Special Education; Programming for Incarcerated Female Offenders, South Carolina Department of Corrections; Project Friend, Benedict College (Special Internship Program) for Youthful Offenders, South Carolina Department of Education.
International Consulting: In-service police officer, training, Basseterre, St. Kitts; training for Heads Of Teachers, Basseterre, St. Kitts; Community Policing/Models, Georgetown, Guyana; Secondary Victimization, Dubrornik and Zagreb, Yugoslavia; United Nations World Victimology update (was among selected participants), Dubrornik, Yugoslavia; Female Criminality/Critical Issues in Criminology/Criminal Justice, Institute of Criminology, University of Capetown, South Africa (on-site).
In addition, she has provided consultation services to the Virgin Islands Law Enforcement Planning Commission (LEPC), the Virgin Islands Correctional Task Force Commission, and the Virgin Islands Youth Services Commission, and the Panamanian Government Concerning Relationship Building Between the Police and Inner-City/Island Residents, Panama City, Panama.
Dr. Culliver is the author of many articles: The Learning Disability Juvenile Delinquency Link; the Career Criminal, The Life Without Parole Offender (LWOP) Correctional officer Morale/Motivation; Police officer’s Use of Deadly Force; Female Criminality: “State of the Art” (Edited book and best seller); Battered Men: Do They Really Exist?; Another Dimension of Domestic Violence – Battered Men; Mainstreamed Learning Disabled Student’s Vulnerability to Juvenile Delinquency; Designing Legally Defensible Performance Appraisal Systems for Correctional Worker; Gerontology Goes to Prison; Help Conflict in my Classroom: What Do I Do?; Caribbean Criminality: With a Futuristic Perspective Awards/Recognition: Good Conduct USMC; Who’s Who-Coppin State University – 3 years; Women of the Year – Maryland Correctional System; Outstanding Researcher, Murray State University, Murray, KY; Good Conduct Medal, USMC.
Serves as Coordinator of the Coppin State University/Community Partnership Steering Committee to reduce crime, violence, rage, and aggression in Baltimore City. She has served in the United States Marine Corps and continues affiliation with the Marine Corps League; is a member of the American Society of Criminology/ the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences; the International Association of Criminology and the Association of Caribbean Studies.