Rick Matthews

• Chair, Sociology Department
• Director, Criminal Justice Program
• Director, Writing Development
• Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice

Rick Matthews specializes in criminology, specifically state and corporate crime. His most recent publications have been in the areas of state-corporate crime, examining the ways in which state agencies and corporate actors engage in criminal activities. Particular case studies published by Mr. Matthews have focused on the roles played by corporations in the Holocaust, the inadequate regulatory environment that led to the Exxon Valdez oil spill, and role played by deregulation in the crash of ValuJet flight 592. Professor Matthews earned his B.S. from Northern Michigan University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in sociology from Western Michigan University.

Education

• Ph.D., M.A. — Sociology, Western Michigan University
• B.S. — Northern Michigan University

• Courses
• Criminal Justice Program
• Sociology Department