Office Hours
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Classes Taught
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| CJ 213 |
INTRODUCTION CRIMINAL JUSTICE |
HWC 203 |
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1000-1150 |
| CJ 608 |
WORKSHOP |
ONLINE CRS |
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| CIE 213 |
INTRO TO CYBERCRIME |
ONLINE CRS |
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Areas of responsibility
Practicum Coordinator
CJS Faculty Senate Senator
Education
Omar Melchor-Ayala, PhD is an Assistant Professor in Criminal Justice at Western Oregon University. He has a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from Western Oregon University (2006-2009), a Master’s degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Nevada in Las Vegas (2009-2011), and a PhD in Sociology from Portland State University (2014-2019). Omar has been teaching at WOU for 6 years, and also taught at PSU for 3 years.
Omar is also currently the Practicum Coordinator for the Criminal Justice Department at WOU, and an academic advisor. Additionally, he is the Faculty Senate representative for the Criminal Justice Sciences division, and the division’s Curriculum Committee Chair. His main research area of interest is the overall immigration-crime nexus. Moreover, Omar worked at Hillcrest Youth Correctional Facility as an educator and mentor for two years.
Courses previously and regularly taught:
- CJ 213 Introduction to Criminal Justice
- CJ 219 Ethics and Leadership in Criminal Justice
- CJ 451 Youth, Crime, and Society
- CJ 461 Youth, Immigration, and Crime
- CJ 409 Practicum
- SOC 370 The Sociology of Deviance
BS Western Oregon University: Criminal Justice
MS University of Nevada in Las Vegas: Criminal Justice
PhD Portland State University: Sociology
Undergrad courses taught
Introduction to Criminal Justice
Introduction to Juvenile Justice
Ethics and Leadership in Criminal Justice
Research and Writing in Criminal Justice
Research Methods in Criminal Justice
Youth, Crime, and Society
Youth, Immigration, and Crime
Publications
National Conference Presentations:
Western Society of Criminology, February 2019. Honolulu, Hawaii
“The Effect of Age at Migration on Offending Among Immigrant Youth”
Western Society of Criminology, February 2018. Long Beach, California
“Effects of Existing Generational Classification of Immigrants and Immigrant Children in Research”
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, February 6, 2010; San Diego, CA
“Following the Lead of Barack Obama, CNN, and Ashton Kutcher: Police Department’s Use of Twitter”
Graduate Research Symposium UNLV 2010 Poster Presentation
“Following the Lead of Barack Obama, CNN, and Ashton Kutcher: Police Department’s Use of Twitter”
American Society of Criminology, November 5, 2009; Philadelphia, PA
“Homelessness to Jail and Back Again”
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