Thomas Underwood, Ph.D., M.P.A.

Assistant Dean of Academic Outreach
Executive Director, Joint Center on Violence and Victim Studies

E-Mail: thomas.underwood@washburn.edu

As the Assistant Dean for Academic Outreach , Thomas Underwood is responsible for the overall management of non-credit professional education, including planning, development, implementation, and evaluation. He also serves as the Executive Director for the Joint Center on Violence and Victim Studies, a consortium program between Washburn University, California State University-Fresno, and the University of New Haven.

His primary areas of expertise include professionalism, adult education, and social service practice and policy. He regularly instructs professional development courses and conferences and he has several written publications in these areas. He also serves as an adjunct instructor for the Department of Human Services at Washburn University and the Criminology Department at California State University-Fresno.

Thomas has a doctorate in Adult and Continuing Education for Kansas State University, a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Kansas, and a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice and Sociology from Washburn University.