Nik Roberts
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College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
School of Criminal Justice
Degree Program
M.S. Criminal Justice
Dr. Nik Roberts brings 15 years of experience in college teaching to Walden University with areas of interest in corrections education, criminological/social theory, militarism, digital forensics, and intelligence/national security. Although he has taught in the Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. programs in Criminal Justice, he primarily supervises dissertation research as a qualitative methodologist for both Ph.D. in Criminal Justice and Ph.D. in Public Policy & Administration candidates. Honorably discharged from the Army National Guard, Dr. Roberts previously worked for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and the U.S. Library of Congress' Teaching with Primary Sources program. A recently certified digital forensics investigator, Dr. Roberts earned his Ph.D. (Human/Social Science) from Saybrook University, his M.A. (Criminology) from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and his M.S. (Law and Public Policy) from California University of Pennsylvania. He lives in Pittsburgh, PA with his family and enjoys collecting vinyl records and playing guitar.
Courses Taught
CRJS 9000 - Dissertation
PPPA 9000 - Dissertation
CRJS 8351 - Policy Analysis in Criminal Justice
CRJS 2001 - Criminology and Social Control
CRJS 1001 - Contemporary Criminal Justice Systems
Education
PhD, Saybrook University - Pasadena, CA United States
Post-master's Certificate, Saybrook University - Pasadena, CA
MA, Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Indiana, PA United States
MS, California University of Pennsylvania - California, PA United States
Postbaccalaureate Certificate, Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge - Cambridge, England
BA, California University of Pennsylvania - California, PA United States
BS, California University of Pennsylvania - California , PA United States