Charles Wellford

Charles Wellford
Born
Charles Franklin Wellford

Laurel, MD
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Maryland, College Park
University of Pennsylvania
AwardsFellow of the American Society of Criminology, Vollmer award recipient, merit awards USDOJ, Lifetime National Associate NAS, University of Maryland President's Medal (2011)
Scientific career
FieldsCriminology
InstitutionsFlorida State University. Westinghouse Research Center, US Department of Justice
University of Maryland, College Park
Thesis A sociometric analysis of a correctional community  (1969)

Charles Franklin Wellford is an American criminologist, emeritus professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland–College Park. He previously served as the department's chair.[1] In 1996, the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice established the Charles Wellford Fellowship in his honor.[2] He was chair of the University of Maryland's Athletic Council from 1995 to 2008.[3][4] He was the president of the American Society of Criminology (ASC) during 1995–96.[3] In addition he was the research director for the National Issues Center at Westinghouse Corporation, director of the Federal Justice Research Program, Director of the Maryland Justice Analysis Center, Director of the Center for Applied Studies, Director of the Office of Academic Computing, Dean of Graduate Studies and Research and Dean of Continuing and Extended Education. He twice served as the President of the Atlantic Coast Conference and served on the Championship Cabinet and Management Council of the NCAA.

  1. ^ "Charles Wellford". Faculty Profiles. University of Maryland, College Park. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Charles Wellford Fellowship". University of Maryland. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
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  4. ^ Goldstein, Amy (18 June 2006). "Bias Death Still Ripples Through Athletes' Academic Lives". The Washington Post. Retrieved 17 June 2017.