Connie M. Koski

Dr. Connie M. Koski is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice in the Department of Criminal Justice at North Dakota State University (NDSU). She has been employed by NDSU since 2004. She teaches courses in policing, investigation, criminal courts systems and criminal law and procedure. Her research explores collective efficacy and formal and informal social control in neighborhoods, perceptions of policing, and high impact pedagogical practices in teaching criminology and criminal justice, and her work has been published in a variety of outlets including peer-reviewed journals and edited books. Dr. Koski is also the co-author of one Introduction to Policing textbook. Dr. Koski currently serves the discipline at a national level as an Executive Counselor and Awards Committee Chair of the American Society of Criminology Division of Policing, and has previously served as a member of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Criminal Justice (ACJS) Month Awards Committee and the Social Media Chair for the ACJS Policing Division and the American Society of Criminology Division of People of Color and Crime.

policing, perceptions of police, neighborhoods and crime, collective efficacy and social control, historic trauma and policing, criminal justice and criminology pedagogy

CJ 210: Introduction to Policing (undergraduate)

CJ 226: Criminal Investigation (undergraduate)

CJ 330: Criminal Law & Procedure (undergraduate)

CJ 440/660: American Criminal Courts (graduate & undergraduate)

2019-2024: Oglala Lakota College (Kyle, SD) Assistant-Associate Professor of Social Science

2013-2019: Longwood University (Farmviille, VA) Assistant-Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

2006-2013: University of Nebraska Omaha Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant

1990-2006: City of Ypsilanti, MI Police Department Police Officer

2023 - Chair's Faculty Recognition Award, Oglala Lakota College

2017 - Citizen Leader Award for Faculty/Staff, Longwood University

2015 - Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) Junior Faculty Teaching Award

2008 - Graduate Student Teaching Award, University of Nebraska Omaha

American Society of Criminology - Division of Policing (Executive Counselor & Awards Committee Chair - 2022-present)