Jennifer K. Wesely

I received my Ph.D. in 2001 from the School of Justice Studies at Arizona State University and joined the faculty in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of North Florida in 2004. I typically teach graduate and undergraduate courses about family violence, criminal law, women and crime and qualitative research methods. In 2019 I taught a Transformational Learning Opportunity (TLO) course called "The Role of Canines in Inmate Rehabilitation" that included work with the "Canines with Careers" program at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Utah, and the TAILS (Teaching Animals and Inmates Life Skills) program locally in Jacksonville. The UNF course was featured on Action News Jax and in Jacksonville print media, as well in a Best Friends story.