Bio

Dr. Farmer teaches the survey course, Introduction to Criminal Justice, as well as, upper–level courses in Criminology, Criminal Law, and Business Law. She also participated in the development of the original adult degree completion program in Criminal Justice and continues to teach in that program in the on-line format. She attended Bluefield College as an undergraduate and went on to obtain a B.A. in Psychology from West Virginia University and a J.D. from the WVU College of Law in 1989. She began teaching at B.C. in the fall of 1989 creating the Criminal Justice major out of the existing Behavioral Science degree the following year. Dr. Farmer has received numerous service awards and is a member of several professional CRJ organizations.