Biography

Professor Donnelly comes to OBU after three decades of working in increasingly responsible positions in Criminal Justice. Donnelly has served in a variety of positions including; Executive Director or the NJ Juvenile, Deputy Director of the Texas Commission on Children and Youth, Assistant Secretary for the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services, Chief Probation Officer in Nueces County Texas as well as executive positions in Adult Corrections and substance abuse treatment.

Donnelly is a certified expert witness in juvenile justice administration and has had the opportunity to testify before the US Congress and several state legislative bodies. He has been a speaker and panel member at a number of regional and national conferences and has done consulting work in juvenile justice for the United Kingdom, Argentina, and Estonia as well as a jurisdictions in the US. Prior to joining the faculty at OBU Donnelly has taught at UT Dallas, UT Arlington and Texas Christian University.

Education

• BA Sociology, Biola University, La Mirada California
• MS Public Administration, University of Texas at Tyler
• PhD Criminology, University of Texas at Dallas
• Dissertation: The Cycle and Dynamics of Reform and Neglect in a State Juvenile Corrections Agency: The Texas Experience

Courses Taught

• Intro to Criminal Justice
• Crime and Justice
• Topics in Criminal Justice
• Victimology
• Media and Crime
• Organized Crime
• White Collar Crime
• Policing and Corrections
• Juvenile Delinquency 
• Drugs, Crime and Society
• Criminal Justice Practicum
• Intro to Sociology
• Social Problems

Memberships

• American Corrections Association
• American Probation and Parole Association
• Council of Juvenile State Administrators
• National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
• Texas Corrections Association
• Texas Probation Association
• Texas Juvenile Detention Association
• National Juvenile Detention Association