Authenticity, Care, and Relationships: Ethical Decision-Making in Criminal Justice Education
Authenticity, Care, and Relationships: Ethical Decision-Making in Criminal Justice Education
Robert Bradford Lehmann Kurt Stemhagen Robert Bradford Lehmann, holds a Ph.D in Education: Curriculum, Culture, and Change, is a former Police Sergeant, and is an assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University. His research interests include Authenticity, Relationships, and the Ethic of Care; Ethical decision-making in Criminal Justice Education, Justice Studies, and Community Cultural Awareness, Criminal Justice Education, Curriculum, and Professional Development. Dr. Lehmann received the Excellence in Pedagogical Innovation Award from the VCU Provost’s Office.Kurt Stemhagen holds a Ph.D in Social Foundations of Education with a concentration in Philosophy of Education and is a professor in the School of Education at Virginia Commonwealth University. His scholarship most often draws on democratic theory and American Pragmatism to critique and seek improvement to various aspects of education. Most recently, he has developed an account of the corruption and antidemocratic dimensions of youth sports in the U.S. and some ways to reintegrate youth sports and democratic/civic education. He serves as coeditor of Education and Culture: The Journal of the John Dewey Society.