Criminal Justice Club
The Criminal Justice Club, Phi Zeta Rho, was formally accepted into membership of Lambda Alpha Epsilon, the American Criminal Justice Association in 1990. Dr. Harry Porter serves as the sponsor for Phi Zeta Rho, which periodically hosts a Career Forum where students can meet with federal, state, and local Criminal Justice in-service professionals. There have been over 100 different speakers, including 40 of our own alumni, attend these Career Forums since the fall of 1984.
Career Forum Speakers
Dr. Gerd Langguith, International Terrorism Specialist
Clyde Shelley, Agent, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Sgt. Irvin Porter, Dallas, TX Police Department
John Dial, Retired Firearms Examiner for the Jackson, MS Crime Lab
Earl Switzer, Head, U.S. Customs, Jackson, MS office
Tami Miles, Attorney, MAXIMUX Inc. Child Support Collections Division
Melissa Schoene, Crime Scene Investigator, Mississippi State Crime Lab
Mark Hicks, Director, Mississippi Alcohol Beverage Control Division
Bob Oliveri, Investigator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services
Karen White Burke, Deputy U.S. Marshal, St. Louis, MO
Greg Bowman, U.S. Naval Investigative Service
Jeff Broome, USPSA/IPSC Master, Pistol Instructor
Steve Lofton, Metro Crimes Against Children Task Force, Hinds County Sheriff's Department
Randy Ruffin, Detective/SWAT Team, Clinton, MS Police Department
Dr. William Bass: Forensic Anthropologist: Director of the Body Farm at the University of Tennessee
William Herald, Kentucky State Trooper
Jimmy Kitchens, Mississippi criminal trial lawyer and assistant defense counsel in the Wayne Williams Atlanta Child Murders Case.
Bob Louys, Director: Petroleum Products Inspection Commission
Charlie Newell, Chief of Police for Ridgeland, MS
Michael White, Security Officer, Univ. of Miss. Medical Center
Dr. Faye Spruill, Former Mississippi State Medical Examiner
Max Weathersby, Investigator, Mississippi Gaming Commission
Ron Smith, Fingerprint Expert, Mississippi State Crime Lab in Jackson, MS
Curtis Jones, Director: Internal Affairs for Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics
Don Stewart: Mississippi Highway Patrol Personnel Officer
Steve McCraney, Field Officer IV, Probation and Parole Division of the Mississippi Department of Corrections
Sandra Morrison: Director: Mississippi Victims Assistance Commission
Arty Girod: Director of Security for the University of Mississippi Medical Center
John Ledbetter, Chief of Enforcement for the Mississippi Gaming Commission
Michael White, Patrolman; Columbus, MS Police Department SWAT Team Member
Robert Johnson, Director of the Mississippi Department of Corrections
John Dampier, Secret Service Agent
Gene Bachman, Special Agent, U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency
Chris McMillian, Secret Service Agent
Marvin Brezeale, Sheriff, Lamar County, Mississippi
William Turcotte, Director of Security at Baptist Hospital
Nevada Barr, Park Ranger for the Natchez Trace Parkway
Rick Moon, Chief Investigator for the Mississippi Real Estate Commission
Robert Pendleton, Head, Pendleton Detective Agency
James Shows, Probation and Parole Officer, Gulfport, MS
Kirk McDaniel: Director: Special Invistigations Unit for Mississippi Farm Bureau Insurance Company
Carole Hawkins: Victim Advocate for Mother's Against Drunk Drivers
The above represents a partial list of the Criminal Justice Club Forum Speakers. Those whose names are in bold print are graduates of Mississippi College.