Board Member (Member-at-Large) - Kansas Correctional Association Member - American Correctional Association Member - Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Member - American Society of Criminology Member - Safe Streets Coalition
Career Accomplishments
Dr. Patricia Dahl has worked in the criminal justice field for a number of years and in different capacities. Her background includes work at the Colorado Department of Motor Vehicles, the Colorado State Patrol, the Colorado courts, the FBI, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, a small police department, a county probation department, and volunteer work as a victim advocate at crime scenes as well as an Internet researcher for missing person/unidentified cases. Dr. Dahl earned her Master’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Colorado in Denver and recently graduated from a Ph.D. program in Public Affairs, specializing in criminal justice issues. She has been teaching criminal justice classes (in traditional and online classrooms) for the past twelve years and is very excited to join the staff at Washburn University's Criminal Justice and Legal Studies Department.
