Professional Studies Graduate Program Coordinator
Rochester Institute of Technology

Sam McQuade currently serves as the Professional Studies Graduate Program Coordinator at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is a former Air National Guard security officer, deputy sheriff and police officer, police organizational change consultant, National Institute of Justice Program Manager for the U.S Department of Justice, and Study Director for the Committee on Law and Justice at the National Research Council of the National Academies of Sciences.

Professor McQuade holds a Doctoral Degree in Public Policy from George Mason University, and a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the University of Washington. He teaches and conducts research at RIT in areas inclusive of computer crime, security technology administration, and career options in technology-oriented societies. Dr. McQuade also oversees a professional concentration of graduate courses pertaining to Enterprise Security, which are now offered through RIT's Professional Studies Masters of Science Degree program.

In January 2008 he concluded the largest and most comprehensive cybercrime research study, involving surveying of over 40,000 K-12th grade students along with hundreds of parents and teachers. His recent books include Understanding and Managing Cybercrime (published by Allyn & Bacon/Pearson Education in 2006), The Encyclopedia of Cybercrime and Cyber Bullying: Protecting Kids and Adults from Online Bullies (both scheduled to be published by Greenwood/Praeger in October 2008).

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