Ira Promisel

Ira Promisel serves as a Lecturer in the Department of Criminal Justice at St. Thomas Aquinas College, where he has taught since 2014 as a Visiting Instructor. His instruction spans graduate courses including Policy, Planning, and Analysis; Capstone Seminar; and undergraduate policing and information technology curricula.

His academic credentials feature:

• B.A. from SUNY Albany
• M.P.A. from Marist College
• M.A. in Criminal Justice from SUNY Albany
• M.A. in Philosophy from John Jay College
• Ph.D. Candidate in Criminal Justice (Policy, Oversight, and Administration) at John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Research integrates incident management, policing, transportation, organizational design, and technology with practical expertise from 24 years as a Chief Technical Sergeant in the New York State Police and military service as a Major in the NYARNG including Bosnia deployment operations.

Prior academic roles include adjunct Criminal Justice instruction at St. Thomas Aquinas College since 2002 and teaching positions at John Jay College across undergraduate and graduate programs.