Professor Howard Henderson joined the College of Criminal Justice in 2006. Along with a Ph.D in criminal justice, Howard earned a master’s degree in criminal justice from Tennessee State University and a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice administration from Middle Tennessee State University.

Howard’s current research interests are of probationer and prisoner recidivism through analysis of risk and need assessments, as well as examinations of racial/ethnic differences in criminal justice processing. Some of his research has appeared in The Journal of Criminal Justice and Law Review, Journal of Contemporary Issues in Criminology and the Social Sciences, the International Journal of Crime, Criminal Justice, and Law, the Journal of Texas Probation, and Journal of Applied Sociology/Sociological Practice. He currently serves on the Texas Multi-Disciplinary Advisory Board overseeing the Texas Prisoner Reentry Initiative funded by the Department of Justice.

Prior to his academic career, Dr. Henderson was a certified community supervision officer where he supervised felony and misdemeanor offenders. He also has spent some time as a case manager of juvenile conduct and sex offending youth.