Political Science and Criminal Justice

Doris Schartmueller, PhD

Criminal Justice Program and Internship Coordinator
Dr. Doris Schartmueller has been a faculty member in the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice since 2015. She received her doctoral degree in Political Science at Northern Arizona University. She also holds a master’s degree in Applied Criminology from Northern Arizona University and a master’s degree in Political Science with minors in Finnish and Swedish languages from the University of Vienna (Austria). Dr. Schartmueller’s research interests include long-term imprisonment and comparative criminal justice policy. She regularly teaches classes such as corrections, criminal justice ethics, and theories and practices of justice. She has also taught classes on comparative criminal justice policy as well as transnational and international crime.
Portrait of Doris Schartmueller, PhD