Dr. Stacy Workman began her career in North Carolina as a deputy sheriff, serving both patrol and detention supervision, before becoming a probation and parole officer specializing in community supervision, rehabilitation, and reducing recidivism. During that time, she researched partnerships between law enforcement and community corrections agencies, trained probation and parole officers, and taught GED courses in prisons.

Dr. John Watts is an Assistant Professor and Program Director of the Criminal Justice and Restorative Justice Program at the University of Saint Joseph. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Russell Sage College, where he teaches in the Criminal Justice and Community Corrections Program. Dr. Watts is a retired Chief Probation Officer with 20 years of experience at the State of Connecticut Judicial Branch, Court Support Services Division (CSSD).

Dr. Jennifer Feitel retired in 2018 as a Captain and Unit Manager for the Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC). She has built a long career in corrections, starting as a correctional officer, then becoming a treatment officer, lieutenant, and ultimately a captain. She was the first female chemical weapons operator and impact weapons operator assigned to the Correctional Emergency Response Team (C.E.R.T.) for the DOC.

Dr. Jay Lawrie retired from the Connecticut Department of Correction in 2013, spending his entire 20-year career at the MacDougall/Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield, Connecticut. In 2014, Jay joined the faculty at Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Ct., where he currently serves as an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice, and MSCJ Program Director. Prior to assuming this position, he was a criminal justice adjunct faculty member for 15 years at various Massachusetts colleges.

Stephanie Erickson has an MS in Earth and Environmental science and a PhD in STEM education from the University of Minnesota. She has extensive experience creating lessons and curricula using inquiry instructional strategies for a wide range of learners. The majority of her career has been in middle and high school science, with additional experience in graduate-level science teaching methods courses. Her research focuses on teaching and learning in Earth System Science, emphasizing accessibility and engagement for all learners.