M.A., Texas A&M University—Kingsville
Prior to TAMUK:
- Graduate Texas Parks & Wildlife Game Warden Training Academy
- Texas game Warden; Kleberg, Nueces and Jim Wells Counties
- Retired as State Game Warden VI & Master Peace Officer with 36 years service.
Scholarship:
- Associates Degree-Criminal Justice-Del Mar College
- BAAS Degree – Criminology- Texas A & M University, Kingsville
- MA Degree –Sociology/Criminology Texas A & M Kingsville
- Thesis-Poaching Behavior in South Texas A&M University—Kingsville
Research Interests:
- Law Enforcement
- Corrections
- Wildlife Enforcement
Courses taught at TAMUK:
- Intro. To Sociology
- Intro to Criminology
- Victimology
- Pluralistic Society
- Psychology of Criminal Behavior
- Corrections
- Social Deviance
- Methods of Social Research
- Criminological Theory
- Organized & White Collar Crime
- Juvenile Delinquency
- Gangs & Gang Behavior
Wife, Pauline: Retired Teacher, Administrator and Educational Consultant. Son-Jeremy; Daughter- Katy. Three Grandchildren: Austin (14), Caleb (12) & Beverly (7) Four dogs (all rescue dogs) Ruby, Opal, Maggie & Pixie and a cat, Mama, a Cockatoo (Chindi), and African Grey Parrot (Gilligan) and numerous other cats who think they belong to us.
Contact Information
Department of Psychology & Sociology
Manning 215
MSC 177 Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Kingsville, Texas 78363-8202
voice: 361-593-2688
fax: 361-593-2707
email: william.mcclendon@tamuk.edu
