Profile

Gail Sears Humiston is a senior lecturer in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Central Florida.  She joined UCF in 2008 as a doctoral student and began teaching full-time in 2010.  She received her Ph.D. in Public Affairs, Criminal Justice track, from the University of Central Florida in 2014.

• Criminal Justice Administration
• Criminal Justice Education

• Doctor of Philosophy in Public Affairs/Criminal Justice Track, University of Central Florida (December, 2014)
• Master of Science, Criminal Justice, Illinois State University (August, 2008)
• Bachelor of Arts, Criminal Justice (Summa Cum Laude), University of Illinois at Springfield (August, 2005)
• Associate in Applied Science, Paralegal, Illinois Central College (May, 2001)

• Criminal Justice Organizations and Partnerships
• Women in Policing
• Criminal Justice Education
• Comparative Justice

• Criminal Justice Scholar's Track BA/BS Liaison, 2021- present
• Department Award Committee, 2020-present
• Department Victim Advocacy Coordinator, 2024 to present
• Department Undergraduate Advisor Committee, 2017 to present
• CCIE Undergraduate coordinators Committee, alternate, 2023 to present

• Chuck D. Dziuban Award: Excellence in Online Teaching - Winner, 2024
• CCIE Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2024-25
• Chuck D. Dziuban Award: Excellence in Online Teaching - Honorable Mention, 2021
• UCF Faculty Excellence Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) Award, 2020
• UCF Affordable Instructional Materials (AIM), 2021-24
• Department of Criminal Justice Excellence in Teaching Award, 2020
• Florida State University System: Online Course High Quality Webcourse Designations for 1) CCJ 4054 Capstone Criminal Justice Ethics and 2) CJL 3510 Prosecution & Adjudication, 2021
• Florida State University System: Online Course Quality Webcourse Designations for 1) CJL 3510 Prosecution & Adjudication, 2) CCJ 6118 Criminal Justice Organizations, 3) CCJ 3024 Criminal Justice System, 4) CCJ 4054 Capstone: Criminal Justice Ethics, and 5) CCJ 3450 Criminal Justice Management & Liability Issues, 2020-2022

• Capstone: CJ Ethics (Lecture & Webcourse) (Florida SUS Online High Quality Designation) (Dziuban Award Winner - 2024)
• Prosecution and Adjudication (Lecture & Webcourse) (Florida SUS Online High Quality Designation) (AIM Designation) (Dziuban Award - Honorable Mention 2021)
• Criminal Justice Management & Liability Issues (Webcourse) (Florida SUS Online Quality Designation)
• Criminal Justice System (Lecture & Webcourse) (Florida SUS Online Quality Designation)
• Research Methods (Lecture & Webcourse)
• Data Analysis (Lecture & Webcourse)
• Women and Crime (Lecture & Webcourse)
• Criminal Sentencing (Lecture & Webcourse)
• Crime in America (Lecture)
• Comparative Justice Systems (Lecture)

• Criminal Justice Organizations (Webcourse) (Florida SUS Online Quality Designation)