Dr. John Conley, Ph.D., MS, 71’ - Ph.D, 77’ has made significant contributions in the field of criminal justice as the founding editor of the ACJS series, Perspectives on Criminal Justice and as a national member of the Executive Board of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences where he was involved in the development of their scholarly journal, Justice Quarterly.

John is the Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at California State University, San Bernardino. He has also Chaired the criminal justice departments at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and New York State University College at Buffalo.

Dr. Conley has received the Founders Award, Phi Beta Delta International Honor Society Award, Morris Fromkin Memorial Research and Lecture Award, Who’s Who in American Law, Dissertation Fellowship at Michigan State University and the US Department of Justice, Graduate Research Fellowship.