Author Bios 
Alison S. Burke, Ph.D., Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Southern Oregon University, 
 https://inside.sou.edu/criminology/faculty/burke.html 
Alison S. Burke is a professor of criminology and criminal justice at Southern Oregon University. 
She earned her Ph.D. from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and her MCJ from the University of 
Colorado Denver.  While in Denver, she worked with adjudicated youth in residential treatment facilities 
and group homes. She has published a variety of journal articles and book chapters related to juvenile justice, 
delinquency, and gender,  and her primary research interests involve women and crime, juvenile justice 
and delinquency, and pedagogy in higher education. Her most recent book is titled Teaching Introduction to 
Criminology (2019). 
David E. Carter, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice,  Southern 
Oregon University, https://inside.sou.edu/criminology/faculty/davidcarter.html 
David E. Carter joined the Criminology and Criminal Justice Department in 2008. He received his Ph.D. 
from the University of Cincinnati. Dave served in the U.S. Army for 8 years as a linguist prior to attending 
school. He has published works in the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency in the area of life-
course research, as well as in the Corrections Compendium, where he wrote about U.S. inmate populations. 
He also works with local agencies (in a consultative role) providing evidence-based practices and evaluations 
for correctional programs in the area of effective interventions and evidence-based programming. At SOU, 
Dave has helped facilitate the Lock-In event and annual that provides students with a hands-on experience 
of the justice system. 
Brian Fedorek, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice,  Southern Oregon 
University, https://inside.sou.edu/criminology/faculty/brianfedorek.html 
Brian Fedorek earned his doctorate at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Criminology. He has 
taught classes in Terrorism, Comparative Criminal Justice, Theories of Criminal Behavior, and introductory 
courses. His research interests include media and crime, criminological theory, and criminal violence. He has 
served on the board of the Western Association of Criminal Justice. 
Tiffany L. Morey, M.S., Instructor of Criminology and Criminal Justice,  Southern Oregon 
University, https://inside.sou.edu/criminology/faculty/tiffany-morey-m-s.html 
Tiffany L. Morey has an almost three-decade career in the law enforcement arena. She retired as a 
Lieutenant from a police department in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her expertise is in the law enforcement, crime 
scene investigation (CSI), and forensics fields. During her tenure in policing in Las Vegas she worked 
in patrol, the crime prevention division, community services, recruitment, special events, problem-solving 
unit (first ever unit/substation for her department in a high gang and drug area), undercover prostitution 
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