Kevin Courtright, PhD

Dr. Kevin E. Courtright is an associate professor of criminal justice at PennWest University at Edinboro. He earned his Ph.D. in criminology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1995. Prior to obtaining his Ph.D., he worked as a probation officer in New York State in Chautauqua County. Previous publications include several book chapters and articles appearing in the

Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Federal Probation, The Criminologist, the Journal of Criminal Justice Education, The Prison Journal, Corrections Compendium, and Criminal Justice Studies. He was a grant award recipient of, and principal investigator for, the “Prisons and Rural Communities” study funded by The Center for Rural Pennsylvania. Prior to joining the State System of Higher Education in Pennsylvania, he taught at Hilbert College and Niagara University in western New York.  In 2007, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (EUP) honored him with the “Researcher of the Year” award and in 2021 EUP presented him with the “Faculty of the Year” award.