CJ Professor Interviewed for Book
Fairmont State Community & Technical College Coordinator and Associate Professor of
Criminal Justice Les Boggess was interviewed recently for a book titled, "They Teach
That in College!? A Resource Guide to More Than 75 Interesting College Majors and
Programs."
The interview with Boggess appears in a question and answer format in a chapter on
homeland security. In the interview, he discusses the homeland security program at
Fairmont State. Students enrolled in the multi-track degree program can choose to
follow criminal justice, aviation, safety or emergency medical records tracks. The
program is offered as a two-year associate degree, but frequently students who are
enrolled in the program are also enrolled in the four-year criminal justice program
offered by Fairmont State University.
Boggess also discusses the various career opportunities associated with homeland
security and the personal qualities a student should possess in order to be successful
in the program and in their post-college career.
"There will be many jobs created in the next few years that do not currently exist,"
Boggess says in discussing the Department of Homeland Security as a potential career
path for graduates. "Although it is unfortunate that these jobs are necessary, political
reality suggests that we must, of necessity, become a more careful society, guarding
against attacks both from outside and from within."
The book was published this year and is being distributed by College & Career Press,
LLC, in Chicago.
