Deneil D. Christian serves as a Teaching Assistant Professor in the online B.S. in Criminal Justice Flight Path program at East Carolina University. His teaching interests include law enforcement, juvenile justice, white collar crime, corrections, and homeland security. Deneil’s scholarship encompasses juvenile justice, criminal justice education, and online teaching and learning.
Biography
- Chair’s Award for Teaching (AY 2025-2026)
- Associate Editor, Cogent Social Sciences
Criminal justice education; juvenile justice; online teaching and learning
- Ph.D., Criminal Justice, Liberty University
- M.S., Homeland Security, Columbia Southern University
- M.S., Criminal Justice, Lamar University
- MBA, Management, Assam Don Bosco University
- B.S., Criminal Justice, Ashworth College
- Christian, D. D. (2026). Elder abuse in undergraduate criminal justice and criminology curricula: A content analysis of course syllabi and textbooks. Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/10511253.2026.2655951
- Christian, D. D. (2025). Assessing the representation of white collar and corporate crime in Jamaican undergraduate criminology and criminal justice programs. Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/10511253.2025.2560447
- Christian, D. D., & Adams, J. L. (2024). An exploratory study of academic self-efficacy in high school education completion among a group of former juvenile offenders. Journal of Criminal Justice and Law, 8(1), 21–39. https://jcjl.pubpub.org/
- Christian, D. D., Adams, J. L., & Miedich, C. M. (2024). “Can I get some harder work?”: Former juvenile offenders narrated educational experiences in juvenile correctional facilities. Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice & Criminology, 13(1), 79-102. https://dc.swosu.edu/qc/vol13/iss1/4
- Christian, D. D., Hendrickson, K. A., & Jadav, A. (2024). Cameras on or off in online synchronous courses? That is the question: An analysis of university faculty caring intelligence. Interactive Learning Environments, 32(10), 6552–6564. https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2023.2267596
- Christian, D. D. (2023). Mandatory mental health screening for justice-involved youth: A national priority. Youth Justice, 23(1), 49-57. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473225421105233