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Faculty

Richard Elligson, PhD Assistant Professor of Instruction & Graduate Program Coordinator (SP'27) Phone: 813-974-3858 Office: SOC 331 Send email Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests: Impact of Structure, Behavior, & Culture on Criminal Justice Employees; Policing & Crime Prevention; Criminal Justice Organizations & Leadership. 

Richard Lee Elligson, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Department of Criminology at the University of South Florida. Dr. Elligson received his BA (2013) and MS (2014) in Criminal Justice from the University of West Florida, and his PhD in Criminal Justice from the University of Central Florida (2024). His research interests focus on the influence of organizational structure, behavior, and culture on the job attitudes and performance of criminal justice employees, with an emphasis on policing and wildlife law enforcement contexts.

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