CURRICULUM VITA

JOEL B. SAMAHA

EDUCATION

B.A. Northwestern University, 1958

J.D. Northwestern University, 1961

M.A. Northwestern University, 1963

Fellow, University of Cambridge, England, 1969-1970

PhD. Northwestern University, 1972

EMPLOYMENT

Practicing Attorney, 1961-1962

High School teacher, Chicago Public Schools, 1962-1967

High School Guidance Counselor, Chicago Public Schools, 1966-1967

Visiting Assistant Professor, Northwestern University, Summers 1965-1967

Lecturer, University of California at Los Angeles, 1970-1971

Visiting Associate Professor, University of Minnesota, 1971-1972

Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, 1972-1973

Associate Professor, University of Minnesota, 1973-1978

Professor, University of Minnesota, 1978-

Chair, Department of Criminal Justice Studies, 1974-1977

Professor of History and Adjunct Professor of Sociology, 1981-2006

Professor of Sociology, 2006-

COURSES

Created and taught

1. Criminal Law in American Society (Sociology 4161), 1971-2008, annually; overload, evening annually, 1973-Fall 2004; Summer alternate years until 2005.

2. Criminal Procedure in American Society (Sociology 4162) 1971-2009, annually; overload, Evening annually 1973-Fall 2004; Summer alternate years until 2005.

3. Supreme Court and the Bill of Rights (History 4337) created and taught, 1999-2004)

4. May Session overload (History 4910/Sociology 4090) 2001-2006, 2008

5. Introduction to Crime and Justice, 1985- annually (overload most years)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Illinois Bar, 1962-

American Historical Association

Organization of American Historians

American Society of Criminology

Acadamy of Criminal Justice Sciences

American Constitution Society

American Bar Association

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

American Correctional Association

AWARDS

University of Minnesota, College of Liberal Arts, Distinguished Teacher, 1974

University of Minnesota, Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor, 2007

PUBLICATIONS

1. Law and Order In Historical Perspective (New York: Academic Press, 1974)

2. “Sedition in Elizabethan Essex,” Journal of Social History, Summer, 1975

3. “Law and the Liberal Arts,” Journal of Legal Education (March, 1976)

4. “A Case of Murder: Criminal Justice in Early Minnesota,” Minnesota Law Review, 60 (1979)

5. Law and Society, multi-media package (Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, 1979)

6. “Hanging for Felony: The Rule of Law in Elizabethan Essex,” Historical Journal 21 (1979)

7. “The Anglo-Saxon Origins of Discretionary Justice,” Social Psychology and Discretionary Law, (New York: Van Nostrand, 1980)

8. “The Recognizance in Elizabethan Law Enforcement,” The American Journal of Legal History, 25 (1981)

9. “John Winthrop and the Criminal Law,” William Mitchell Law Review, 15 (1989)

10. Criminal Justice (1987), (7th edition, 2006)

11. Criminal Law, 1981 (9th edition, 2008)

13. Criminal Procedure, 1990 (7th edition, 2008)

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