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Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Office
Tech Center 355
Phone
605-626-7793
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Michigan, 2016
B.A., Sociology, Indiana University, 2010
Dr. Christopher Near joined Northern State University in 2020 as an assistant professor. He taught previously at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff and at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Courses Taught
CJUS 201 Introduction to Criminal Justice
CJUS 203 Policing in a Free Society (online)
CJUS 380 Research/Data Analysis in Criminal Justice
CJUS 401 Law and Society (online)
CJUS 433 Criminal Procedure (online)
SOC 351 Criminology
SOC 455 Juvenile Delinquency (online)