General Information

• Position: Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
• E-mail: aguler@lamar.edu
• Phone: 409-880-8631
• Office: Maes 82

Education

• Ph.D. Public Administration and Policy, State University of New York at Albany, NY, 2009
• M.A. Public Administration, Kirikkale University, Turkey, 2001
• B.A. Criminal Justice, National Police Academy, Turkey, 1999

Research Interests

My research interests lie in criminal justice policy, terrorism, police organizations, criminal justice reform, information technology in criminal justice, and community policing.

Selected Publications

Bastug, F. & Guler, A. (Forthcoming) “The Influence of Leadership on the Strategies and Tactics of Islamic State and its Predecessors,” Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism.

McSkimming, M., Dunbar, R.V., & Guler, A. (Forthcoming) “Organizational Identity Change in Conservation Law Enforcement: Lessons for Pennsylvania,” Commonwealth: A Journal of Pennsylvania Politics & Policy. 

Uluturk, B., Guler, A. & Karakaya, M. (2017) “Police Officers’ Attitudes toward the Implementation of Community-Oriented Policing in Turkey” Crime & Delinquency, 63(14), 1946–1967

Sevinc, A. & Guler, A. (2016) “Fighting Terrorism through Community Policing” Middle East Review of Public Administration, 2(1), 1-20.

Kula, S. & Guler, A. (2014). “Evaluating the Influence of Supervisor Support on Job Satisfaction Levels of Turkish National Police (TNP) Members: Istanbul Police Department Case” International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences, 9(2), 209-224.