Chris Eskridge Bio-Sketch

Chris Eskridge currently serves as a Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska, and as the Director of the American Society of Criminology.

He took his Ph.D. in public administration from Ohio State University in 1978. Prior to his appointment to the faculty at the University of Nebraska in that same year, he worked in the Economic Crime Unit of the Utah Attorney General's Office, as a Legislative Aide in the Utah House of Representatives, and as an Investigator in the Utah County Attorney's Office. He also worked in the area of private security and university security, and served as the Assistant to the President of the Lincoln Foundation.

He has authored/edited four books, given several hundred professional papers/presentations in more than 40 countries, and has some 70 professional publications, a number of which have been re-published internationally. He has served as a Fulbright Scholar/Visiting Professor of Law at Silliman University in the Philippines, as a Fellow/Visiting Professor of Sociology at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, and as a Research Associate for the U.S. Air Force at the Maxwell AFB in Alabama. He has also received a number of teaching awards.

Professor Eskridge currently serves as the General Editor of the Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, and as a member of the editorial board of eight international journals. He has served as a delegate to the United Nations Economic and Social Council, and has long been affiliated with the University of Nebraska Athletic Department’s Strength and Conditioning Program.

He holds three honorary positions: Research Professor of Law at the University of Central Venezuela in Caracas, Professor of Law at San Martin de Porres University in Lima, Peru, and Honorary Professor of Criminology, Grigol Robakidze University in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia. Chris Eskridge currently serves as the Director of the American Society of Criminology, and as Professor of Criminology at the University of Nebraska. He has worked in a state attorney general's office, as a legislative aide in a state house of representatives, and as a criminal investigator in a county attorney's office. He has authored/edited four books, given several hundred professional papers/presentations in roughly 35 countries, and has some 70+ professional publications which have been published or re-published in a dozen countries. He has served as a Research Associate for the U.S. Air Force at the Maxwell AFB in Alabama, as a Fellow/Visiting Professor of Sociology at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, and as a Fulbright Scholar/Visiting Professor of Law at Silliman University in the Philippines. Professor Eskridge currently serves as the General Editor of the Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, and as a member of the editorial board of six other journals. He also serves as a delegate to the United Nations Economic and Social Council. He holds three honorary positions: Research Professor of Law at the University of Central Venezuela, Professor of Law at San Martin de Porres University in Lima, Peru, and Honorary Professor of Criminology, Grigol Robakidze University in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia.

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