Edward Sieh, Associate Professor, Criminal Justice
Degree(s): B.S., Mankato State University
M.S., Criminal Justice, San Jose State University
PhD, Criminal Justice, Rutgers University
Areas of Specialization: Criminal Justice, Corrections

Ed Sieh's principal area of scholarly expertise is the pursuit of human dignity in community and institutional corrections. His research and teaching focus upon criminological theory, diplomatic immunity, prison overcrowding, correctional policy, probation, and correctional policy. In 2006, he published Community Corrections and Human Dignity (Jones and Barlett, 2006). His publications have appeared in Federal Probation, Offender Program Report, Advances in Criminological Theory, Criminal Justice Policy Review, and the British Journal of Criminology. He has also presented numerous papers at the American Society of Criminology and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

Professor Sieh served on the faculty of Niagara University for eleven years and most recently at St. Cloud State University for five. At Niagara, He served as department chair and director of the Criminal Justice graduate program.

In addition to his work at Lasell, Professor Sieh also teaches courses on human dignity at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk. Ed Sieh's teaching philosophy focuses on the whole student: "Students should reach so high as to touch a star on their finger tips. Students should be undaunted by today's problems as these concerns provide new opportunities to engage the future."