I am the Director of the Criminal Justice degree program at Schreiner University with a Doctoral Degree in Adult Continuing Education with a focus in Human Resource Development from Northern Illinois University.

I recently retired from Lewis University, Romeoville Illinois as a tenured professor after teaching traditional undergraduate, graduate, and online courses in the Justice, Law, and Public Safety Department. I am a twenty-five-year veteran of law enforcement retiring as a Commander with the Elk Grove Village Police Department, Illinois. As a career law enforcement professional, I was involved in street patrol, criminal, and youth investigations with a specialization of child sexual abuse and domestic violence. I have presented internationally and nationally on law enforcement topics. I am published in both law enforcement and educational journals.

In my spare time, I love to travel with my husband Rafael, who is a retired police officer from Des Plaines Police Department. I love to work out by cycling, lifting weights, and running.

After graduating from Texas A&M University in 2000, I became a licensed Texas Peace Officer and soon started working the streets of Bryan, TX. After four years of patrol, I was promoted to the Criminal Investigation Division and filled the open position in the Crimes Against Persons section. Throughout my career, I held many training courses educating the public and sworn officers about child abuse prevention and investigation.

After retiring in 2018, I obtained a masters in professional counseling. My calling to help others continues with providing therapy for adults and children who have experienced trauma, grief, anxiety, or change of life issues. I also enjoy teaching as an adjunct professor with the Schreiner University Criminal Justice Program.

Dr. Jason Boswell serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Schreiner University, where he teaches a multitude of courses in criminal justice to include ethics, social diversity, and crisis intervention.

A veteran of the United States Air Force and a former Senior Special Agent and Task Force Supervisor with the United States Secret Service, Dr. Boswell brings more than two decades of distinguished federal law enforcement and protective operations experience to his academic work. During his tenure with the Secret Service, he led complex criminal investigations involving financial crimes and counterfeiting, supervised multi-agency task forces, and coordinated protective missions for national and foreign leaders. As a firearms instructor and mentor, he developed new-agent training programs and contributed to the modernization of agency policies and procedures.

Dr. Boswell’s research focuses on trust in law enforcement, ethical decision-making, leadership in policing, and the application of ecological systems theory to law enforcement and community relations. His teaching philosophy emphasizes experiential learning, integrating professional experience, theory, and ethical reasoning to prepare students for careers in criminal justice and public service.

In addition to his academic role, Dr. Boswell serves as an Adjunct Instructor with Sonoran Desert Institute where he teaches a variety of courses related to the Firearms Technology degree.

I am an adjunct professor at Schreiner University in Kerrville, Texas. I hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Wildlife Science from Virginia Tech, and a Juris Doctor Degree from Texas A&M School of Law. I helped develop the Criminal Law curriculum at Schreiner University and love to help students understand the intricacies of the Texas and American criminal justice systems.

When I’m not teaching, I work as a Felony Defender at the Hill Country Regional Public Defender Office. The HCRPDO covers five counties in the Texas Hill Country, and I have been with that office since June of 2021. I have handled hundreds of felony and misdemeanor cases for the office in the last few years – everything from murder charges to simple theft charges. Prior to my career at the HCRPDO, I handled family law and probate law matters in Fort Worth, Texas.

I love spending my spare time at my family’s ranch in Boerne, Texas, and you can find me hunting, fishing, or golfing. Lucky for me, my fiancé, Madison, loves to be outdoors too.

I am a Kerrville native that graduated from Schreiner University with a Bachelor’s in English and a Master’s in Education. I currently work for Kerr County Juvenile Probation. Prior to that, I worked for Kerr County Adult Probation and served in The United States Army.

Heather Stebbins has served as the Kerr County Attorney since March 2014 and has been a licensed Texas attorney for twenty years.  Stebbins is a Kerrville native who attended St. Edward’s University and Baylor Law School.

She was briefly associated in a private practice in Kerrville before joining the Kerrville City Attorney’s Office as the municipal prosecutor and later was appointed Assistant City Attorney, where she served until she became the Kerr County Attorney.

Stebbins has practiced juvenile law since 2005.