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Michelle Kilburn

Dr. Michelle Kilburn is a full professor in the Department of Criminal Justice, Social Work, and Sociology at Southeast Missouri State University (Cape Girardeau, MO, USA). She currently teaches undergraduate and graduate courses pertaining to the criminal justice system, social justice, law and social control, policy analysis, leadership, research methods, and statistics. Her research is varied focusing primarily on program and policy analysis, victims’ perceptions of victim impact panels, the use of social media in law enforcement, inmate leadership development programs, students’ perceptions of online learning, and innovative pedagogical strategies in criminal justice. She has also volunteered with the Missouri Department Corrections and assisted in programming for incarcerated persons as well as served as the lead researcher in the state-wide evaluation of the state's probation and parole system.

Publications

Violence Against Healthcare Workers

The focus of this chapter is violence against healthcare workers. Issues surrounding inconsistent definitions, various data collection strategies, and concerns of underreporting...

Invisible Victims and the Pursuit of Justice: Analyzing Frequently Victimized Yet Rarely Discussed Populations

Victims of crime may experience a wide variety of traumas that result in physical, sexual, financial, psychological, emotional, and/or social consequences. While the types of...

Violence Against Healthcare Workers

The focus of this chapter is violence against healthcare workers. Issues surrounding inconsistent definitions, various data collection strategies, and concerns of underreporting...

Conceptual and Theoretical Frameworks for CRT Pedagogy

Online courses have the ability to connect learners and faculty from across the globe. Understanding the role of diversity as it relates to the pedagogical development of courses...

Factors Contributing to the Effectiveness of Online Students and Instructors

Identifying the positive attributes of students and instructors in the online environment will contribute to the understanding of how we can enhance the learning experience for...

Conceptual and Theoretical Frameworks for CRT Pedagogy

Online courses have the ability to connect learners and faculty from across the globe. Understanding the role of diversity as it relates to the pedagogical development of courses...

Factors Contributing to the Effectiveness of Online Students and Instructors

Identifying the positive attributes of students and instructors in the online environment will contribute to the understanding of how we can enhance the learning experience for...

Instructor-Driven Strategies for Establishing and Sustaining Social Presence

The purpose of this chapter is to provide readers with strategies and techniques to enhance social interaction/presence within the online learning environment. A discussion of...

International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning (IJMBL)

David Parsons, Kathryn Mac Callum. Est. 2009.

The International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning (IJMBL) provides a forum for researchers, practitioners, and academicians in this field to share their knowledge and...

Questions for the Student Evaluation of Distance Courses

Different aspects of education have been evaluated by the government since 1897 (Patton, 1997). Educators have also adopted this means to collect information in order to make...