CECH Chats

Today we welcome Ashley (Bauman) Payne to the podcast. The child of a police lieutenant, Ashley grew up going on ride-alongs with her dad, learning about the work he did out on the beat. As a first-generation college student, Ashley enrolled in her home state's Indiana University, gravitating toward criminal justice in order to learn more of the academics behind a familiar field she found fascinating.

For episode eight we welcome John Kelly, a 2012 graduate of UC's Master of Education program whose career journey has taken a very interesting path. A bookish kid growing up, John went on to study English in undergraduate school then, with a plan to become an educator, he pursued and completed graduate work at UC's School of Education.

Life had other plans for John, though, and, despite rec...

This episode of CECH Chats features a special fireside chat with Robert Hirsch, chief of the Miami Township police department and a two-time alum of UC's School of Criminal Justice – he holds an undergraduate degree and master's degree from the school. But early on Hirsch never even thought of becoming a police officer, instead studying to become an aeronautical engineer until the events of September 11, ...

CECH Chats welcomes Joe Johnson, assistant professor in the School of Information Technology and noted bat ecologist and conservationist. An Northeast native, Johnson first found his way to Ohio by way of Athens' Ohio University, where he worked as an assistant professor of ecology for six years. He joined the University of Cincinnati's School of Information T...

CECH Chats welcomes Hanyun Li, Assistant Professor and School Counseling Program Track Coordinator in the School of Human Services.

Li first came to the U.S. from China to pursue her graduate degree in school counseling, driven by a desire to be the adult that she, personally, needed in her younger years and to be there for young learners and their families. After receiving her master's in ...

This episode of "CECH Chats" features Tina Stanton-Chapman, a Professor of Early Childhood Education and Human Development at the University of Cincinnati and a Fulbright Specialist Scholar for the U.S. Department of Defense. She specializes in the development of peer relationships in children with disabilities, specifically preschoolers with specific language impairment, behavioral disorders and autism spectrum disorder.

Her curre...

Assistant Professor J.Z. Bennett of UC's School of Criminal Justice is a self-described "Temple Made student," having earned his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from Temple University in Philadelphia. He also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Center for Urban Education at the University of Pittsburgh. Bennett joined the School of Criminal Justice in 2022, where he quickly made an impact with ...

CECH Chats welcomes Professor Dave Kelley of the School of Human Services. Kelley is a renowned Sport Administration professor and coordinator of the Online Master's Degree Program here at UC. He began his career as a teacher, coach and athletic administrator in Ohio's Vinton County Local Schools before forging a path in academia. Kelley has over two decades experience in higher education and has significantly ...

On the debut episode of "CECH Chats," we hear from faculty members and students from the School of Criminal Justice about their work under a Department of Justice/Office of Violence Against Women grant awarded in 2024. The project, titled "Language Access Barriers to Justice Among Victims of Violence Against Women with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities," aims to collect data through interviews and focus groups around the ...