J. Mitchell Miller (Ph.D., University of Tennessee, 1996) is a Professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he serves as Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice.nbsp; He has also served two years (2000-2002) as a Visiting Professor at Moscow International University in Russia and as Director the Graduate Studies Program in Drugs and Addictions at the University of South Carolina (2002-2006).nbsp; He was Editor-in-Chief of the 3-volume Encyclopedia of Criminology (Taylor & Francis, 2005) and has authored or co-authorednbsp;five textbooks andnbsp;one monograph andnbsp;46 articles and book chapters.nbsp; He hasnbsp;alsonbsp;served as Editor ofnbsp;two journals ( Journal of… Crime & Justice , 1999-2002; Journal of Criminal Justice Education , 2005-2009). The National Criminal Justice Honor Society named him National Advisor of the Year in 2002, and he is actively involved in both national and regional criminology and criminal justice associations (ASC, ACJS, ASA, etc.).