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Dr. Kilby Raptopoulos is a Senior Instructor with the School of Criminal Justice and Criminology at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Dr. Raptopoulos is a former criminal probation officer who has worked with the Criminal Justice Department since 2004. She joined the faculty in 2009 teaching full time in the department鈥檚 BA and MS programs. She also serves as the school’s Undergraduate Coordinator. Dr. Raptopoulos鈥� research interests include violence and victimization, sex offenders, the media鈥檚 portrayal of victims and offenders, empathy as it intersects with criminal justice, and online pedagogy.

PhD, University of Arkansas, Little Rock
Criminal Justice and Criminology
Dissertation: Safety Behind the Computer Screen: Gauging Public Perceptions about Teacher Student Sexual Abuse

MA, University of Arkansas, Little Rock
Criminal Justice
THESIS: Differences in Meth Users and Cocaine Users

BA, Lyon College
Political Science

鈥淭he Role of Childhood Victimization on Adult Offending among Female Sex Offenders鈥� Presented at the American Society of Criminology Conference: Atlanta, Georgia. November 2018.

“QM Teaching Online Certificate Earners Panel” Presented at the Quality Matter’s Connect Conference: Fort Worth, Texas. September 2017.

鈥淚nstilling Resilience in System Involved Youth鈥� with Lisa Hutchinson and Erica West. Presented at the Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice: Little Rock, Arkansas. October 2010/Arkansas Coalition for Juvenile Justice: Little Rock, Arkansas. October 2010.

鈥淛ournal Editors and Journal Writers: Publication vs. Service as a Measure of Faculty and Department Productivity鈥� with Jeffrey T. Walker. Presented at the Annual Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences: Seattle, Washington. March 2007.

鈥淭he Impact of Solitary Confinement on its Prisoners: A Review of the Literature, Legal Cases, and Future Policy Implications鈥� Presented at the Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice: Fort Worth, Texas. September 2006.

鈥淎 Comparison between Juvenile and Adult Sex Offenders鈥� Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences: Baltimore, Maryland. March 2006.

鈥淎 General Theory of Crime for Hispanics鈥� Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences: Chicago, Illinois. March 2005.

Walker, J. T. & Raptopoulos, K. (2008). Journal editors and journal writers: Publication vs. service as a measure of faculty and department productivity. Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 19(2), 251-274.

Erwin-Raptopoulos, V. K. (2006). Facing violence: The path of restorative justice and dialogue, a book review. Criminal Justice Review, 31(1), 96-97.

ten Bensel, T., Gibbs, B. R., & Raptopoulos, K. (2019). The role of childhood victimization on the severity of adult offending among female sex offenders. Victims & Offenders, 14(6), 758-775.

Raptopoulos, K. & ten Bensel, N. D. (2010). The Christian crusades. Religion and Violence: An Encyclopedia of Faith and Conflict from Antiquity to the Present. Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe.

Raptopoulos, K. (2008). The life of J. Edgar Hoover and the creation of the FBI. Icons of Crime Fighting. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing.

Raptopoulos, K. (2008). Gangs: the 1980鈥檚. The Eighties in America. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press.

ATLE Teaching Stamina Award 鈥� 2025
Academy for Teaching and Learning Excellence, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock

ATLE Lifetime Participation Award 鈥� 2023
Academy for Teaching and Learning Excellence, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock

ATLE Master Teacher Award 鈥� 2022
Academy for Teaching and Learning Excellence, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock

ATLE Distinguished Teaching Fellow Award 鈥� 2022
Academy for Teaching and Learning Excellence, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock

Undergraduate Faculty Mentor Award 鈥� 2024
University of Arkansas, Little Rock, College of Business, Health, and Human Services

Best PhD Student of the Year 鈥� 2021
SCJC, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock

CSSC Innovative Program Award 鈥� 2018
Juvenile Justice Mentoring Program
College of Social Science and Communication, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock

Professional Faculty Member of the Year 鈥� 2014
College of Professional Studies, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock

Undergraduate Courses:
Introduction to Criminal Justice
Domestic Violence (QM Certified)
Sex Crimes (QM Certified)
Drug Abuse (QM Certified)
Police and Society
Psychology and the Criminal Justice Process
Victimology
Correctional Psychology
Race, Ethnicity, and Criminal Justice
Seminar on the History of Criminal Justice
Crime and Behavior
Juvenile Delinquency
Juvenile Law and Process
Criminal Evidence (QM Certified/U.A. Little Rock Gold Certification)
Comparative Criminal Justice Systems
Community Corrections
Criminal Investigations
Criminal Law
Mentoring Internship [service-learning course]

Graduate Courses:
MS Proseminar (QM Certified)
MS Capstone

Quality Assurance Series, U.A. Little Rock Office of eLearning – 2026

Black Board Advanced Teaching Certification 鈥� 2018

Quality Matters Applying the QM Rubric 鈥� 2017

Quality Matters Teaching Online Certificate 鈥� 2016

American Society of Criminology

Academy of Criminal Justice Society

Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice

Undergraduate Coordinator, SCJC 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock 鈥� 2025 to present

Online Campus Advisory Board, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock 鈥� 2026 to 2027

eLearning Search Committee Member, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Office of eLearning – 2026

Chapter Advisor for Alpha Phi Sigma Honor Society [Omega Delta Chapter], 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock 鈥� 2024 to present

External Reviewer for Promotion to the rank of Principal Lecturer for Barbara M. King, Georgia Southern University 鈥� 2024

Strategic Planning Committee, SCJC 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock 鈥� 2026

Member of the Curriculum Committee, CBHHS 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock 鈥� 2025 to present

Chair of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, SCJC 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock 鈥� 2024 to present

Workday Project One Student Tester, CBHHS 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock 鈥� 2023 to 2024

Mission Statement Committee, SCJC 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock 鈥� 2006

Assessment Committee, SCJC 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock聽鈥� 2017 to present

Search Committee, SCJC 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock 鈥� 2017 to present
Chair of the Instructor search 鈥� 2022 to 2023
Chair of the HEI Coordinator search 鈥� 2023 to 2024
Chair of the Instructor search 鈥� 2024
Chair of the Instructor search 鈥� 2025
Chair of the Instructor search 鈥� 2026

Arkansas Department of Higher Education Review Committee Member, SCJC 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock 鈥� 2021

Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice, Ethics Committee 鈥� 2021

糖心Vlog传媒LR Mentoring Program, Co-Director, SCJC 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock 鈥� 2017 to 2019

Institutional Effectiveness Committee, SCJC 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock – 2018

School of Criminal Justice and Criminology, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock – 2009 to present

North Little Rock Criminal Court, Probation Office – 2005 to 2006