Jennifer is a faculty member at Western Oregon University as an NTT Assistant Professor in the Criminal Justice Sciences Division. Her areas of expertise include American Courts, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Policing, though she teaches of variety of criminal justice courses for the division. In addition to teaching criminal justice courses at WOU, Jennifer serves as an instructor at the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training in Salem, Oregon. She evaluates practical field exercises in addition to facilitating an assortment of basic police academy curriculum courses. With both a police, legal and academic background, Jennifer's research areas of interest focus predominately on policy resiliency, trial procedure and tactics, criminal law and procedure, and online pedagogy.