Denise L. Bissler

Dr. Denise Bissler is a full Professor in the Department of Criminology/Sociology at Randolph-Macon College. She holds a PhD in Sociology from North Carolina State University (2003), with specialties in Criminology and Gender/Race/Class Inequality, alongside MA and BA degrees in Sociology from the University of Akron (1997, 1994).

Research Expertise:

• Sexual Assault
• Corporate Deviance and White-Collar Crime
• Media and Crime
• Opioid Crisis
• Incarcerated Juveniles

Recent Publications: Focus on corporate crime pedagogy, slasher film analysis, and rape myth acceptance, reflecting her interdisciplinary approach combining criminological theory with cultural studies.

Awards & Leadership:

• Excellence in Academic Advising (2022)
• Most Valuable Professor November 2020 (2021)
• United Methodist Church Exemplary Teaching Award (2019)
• Director of Criminology Major
• Vice-President of Southern Sociological Society
• President of Sociologists for Women in Society-South