Dr. Don Josi serves as Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice based in Savannah, GA.
Prior to joining South University, Josi served as a tenured Professor of Criminal Justice at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, GA. Earlier, he served as an Associate Professor, Chair and on the faculty at California State University, California Polytechnic University and Chapman University. Josi began his career in Criminal Justice as a Police Officer and Detective in the Rialto, CA Police Department. He later became Director of Security at a prominent California hospital and has served as a research consultant and Juvenile Probation Control Supervisor.
He earned a Ph.D in Criminology, Law and Society from the University of California – Irvine, a master’s degree in Criminal Justice and a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from California State University in San Bernardino.