Private Liberal Arts College and Historic Black University

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Teaching Political Science, Criminal Justice, Black History and International Relations

Honors Education in Arts, Sciences, Business and Education, Night School

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Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Alabama (1996); Ph.D. in International Relations, University of Alabama; Master of Science in Criminal Justice, University of Alabama (1991); Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Criminal Justice, New College University of Alabama (1977)

Former Member, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences; Zeta Phi; Justice Public Liberty Fund; National Association of African-American Studies; American Society for Public Administration; American Correctional Association; Southern Criminal Justice Association; American Counselor's Association; American Society of Criminology; Who's Who Among American Teachers (2002-2003, 2004-2005, 2005-2006); Nominee, Favorite Faculty (2005); Faculty of the Year Award (2002); Sigma Chi Lambda Leadership Honor Society (2001); Best Advisor Award (2000-2001); Faculty Scholar Award, Stillman College, Office of the President (1999-2000); Nominee, Joseph A.Gore Merit Award (2000); Todd Award for Superior Achievement in Teaching (1999-2000); Best New Teacher of 1999, Zeta Phi Beta Hall of Fame, Stillman College Student Organization (2000); Holt High School Community Service Award (2007); Director of Stillman American History Academy for Hale County Public Schools (2007)

Associate Professor, Stillman College (2004); Stillman College Chair, Tenured (2003); Stillman College Department of Social Sciences (1999- Present); Assistant Professor in Humanities, University of South Alabama Political Science and Criminal Justice (1996-1999); Instructor, University of South Alabama Political Science and Criminal Justice (1995-1996); Graduate Teaching Assistant Coordinator, The University of Alabama (1994-1995); Graduate Teaching Assistant, The University of Alabama (1990-1994)

Articles: Beito, L. R. & Beito, D. T. (2007). "Let Down Your Bucket Where You Are: The Afro-American Hospital and Black Healthcare in Mississippi 1924-1966" in Social Science History; Beito, L. R. & Beito, D. T. (2006). Biographical entry on "Dr. Theodore Roosevelt Mason Howard" in The Mississippi Encyclopedia. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi; Beito, L.R., & Beito, D. T. (2005). "Blacks, Gun Cultures, and Gun Control: T.R.M. Howard, Armed Self-Defense, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi." Journal on Firearms and Public Policy; Beito, L.R., & Beito, D. T. (2005). Biographical entry on "Dr. Theodore Roosevelt Mason Howard" in Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham (editors) African American National Biography. Oxford University Press; Beito, L.R., & Beito, D. T. (2004). "Why It's Unlikely the Emmett Till Murder Mystery Will Ever Be Solved" in the History News, Network. Published April 26, 2004.The History News Network Blogs. http://www.hnn.us/articles/4853.html; Beito, L.R and Nucolls, J. (2004). "The Sound Symbolism of Self in Innovative Naming Practices in an African American Community" presented and published at the Language Variety in the South III: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives & Southeastern Conference on Linguistics LXX at the University of Alabama, April 17, 2004; Beito, L.R., & Beito, D. T. (2004). "T.R.M. Howard: Pragmatism Over Strict Integrationist Ideology in the Mississippi Delta, 1942-1954" in Glenn E. Feldman (editor). Before Brown: Civil Rights and White Backlash in the Modern South. (The University of Alabama Press, Under Advance Contract); Beito, L.R. (2002). "Ruling at The Age of Twelve," a requested Juvenile Justice Perspective in a textbook to be published by McGraw-Hill. Dr. Dennis Stevens (ed.) University of Massachusetts Boston. Accepted for publication 11-01-01; Beito, L.R., & Beito, D. T. (2001). "The Most Hated, and the Best Loved, Man in Mississippi': The Eventful Life of Dr. T.R.M. Howard." The AME Church Review, 4, Spring 2001; Beito, L. R., & Beito, D. T. "Gold Democrats and the Decline of Classical Liberalism, 1896-1900," Independent Review, 4, Spring 2000; Beito, L. R., & Beito, D. T. "Rival Road Builders: Private Toll Roads in Nevada, 1852-1880," Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, 41, Summer 1998, 71-91; Beito, L. R., & Sigler, R. T. "Police Community Service: An Evaluation of Program Effectiveness," International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, Spring 1997, 21 (1), 1997, 151-162; Keynote Speaker: Civil Rights Lecturers on the Late Dr. T.R.M. Howard, Oakwood College Museum; Referee: The American Journal of Criminal Justice; Outside Reader (Master Thesis); Department of Criminal Justice, The University of Alabama 2001. The University of South Alabama, 2000.

Ms. Beito is a presenter, The Stillman Academic Review, Newsletter No. 1 Vol.2 (1999).