Nik Roberts

Contributing Faculty
College of Psychology and Community Services
M.S. Criminal Justice

Dr. Nik Roberts brings approximately 20 years of experience to Walden University, having taught a large array of courses across the social sciences. Currently a tenured assistant professor of criminology and conflict resolution in the Department of Criminal Justice and Psychology at Pennsylvania Western University, his major interests include corrections (especially prison education, correctional law and policy, administrative segregation, and wrongful convictions), militarism, socialization in total institutions, and qualitative research (primarily grounded theory, phenomenology, oral history, and narrative inquiry). Although he has taught in Walden's Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. programs in Criminal Justice, he primarily supervises dissertation research, serving as a methodologist for Ph.D. candidates in both Criminal Justice and Public Policy & Administration. Honorably discharged from the Army National Guard, Dr. Roberts previously worked for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and on a U.S. Library of Congress faculty professional development program. Before moving into the social sciences, Dr. Roberts spent several years teaching information technology, computer networking, and programming courses at the community-college level following his employment as a Field Services Engineer with Getronics and, previously, Wang Global/Bannex. An AccessData certified digital forensics investigator, he is the author of "The Law Behind the Wall: An American Corrections Anthology," published by Cognella Academic Publishing. Dr. Roberts is currently under contract for his second textbook (on wrongful convictions and the death penalty).

Courses Taught

CRJS 9000 - Dissertation

PPPA 9000 - Dissertation

CRJS 8351 - Policy Analysis in Criminal Justice Systems

CRJS 6137 - The Nature of Crime and Criminology

CRJS 4206 - Probation and Parole

CRJS 4201 - Restorative Justice

CRJS 4101 - Criminal Evidence and Investigation

CRJS 3004 - Data Analysis for Criminal Justice Professionals

CRJS 2001 - Criminology and Social Control

CRJS 1001 - Contemporary Criminal Justice Systems

Education

PhD, Saybrook University

Post-master's Certificate, Saybrook University

MA, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

MS, California University of Pennsylvania

Postbaccalaureate Certificate, Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge

BA, California University of Pennsylvania

BS, California University of Pennsylvania