Online Bachelor's Degree: Investigative Forensics

Susan Blankenship began her forensics career working for the Drug Enforcement Administration as a forensic drug chemist. While working for the DEA, she analyzed seized evidence to determine if it contained any controlled dangerous substances. From there, she moved to the Western Maryland Regional Crime Laboratory in the Hagerstown Police Department, where she continued to analyze suspected controlled dangerous substances in addition to performing crime scene investigations, basic serology, impression evidence development, and basic document analyses. In 2007, she was hired by University of Maryland Global Campus as a full-time collegiate faculty member to teach and help administer investigative forensics classes. In 2014, Blankenship was promoted to program chair for public safety administration and investigative forensics. In 2017, Blankenship revived the homeland security program.

Blankenship is a board-certified forensic scientist, holding a Diplomate in General Criminalistics from the American Board of Criminalistics. She is also a member of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists. She represents MAAFS as a board member of the ABC and currently serves as treasurer of the ABC. She earned a Doctor of Management from UMGC, a Master of Forensic Sciences from The George Washington University, and a Bachelor of Science in chemistry from Mary Washington College.

A native of Erie, Pennsylvania, Patrick Bradley joined the Baltimore City Police Department as a patrol officer in 1970. In 1994, he retired as major/director of the Baltimore Police Academy to accept an appointment as deputy director for the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions. Ten years later, he was appointed executive director. In that capacity, he was responsible for the certification and training of over 32,000 police and correctional officers, parole and probation agents, and juvenile justice employees throughout Maryland as well as the operation of the 700-acre Public Safety Education and Training Center in Sykesville. In June 2009, Bradley was appointed assistant director for training for the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services' Commitment Division.

On August 15, 2011, Bradley accepted the position of academic director for the University of Maryland Global Campus Undergraduate School's criminal justice program. In 2016, he was elected as a charter member to the UMGC Academic Advisory Board. In May 2017, Bradley began serving as the acting vice dean for the business and professional programs in the Undergraduate School. He was officially appointed to the position six months later.

Bradley received a Bachelor of Science in law enforcement and corrections from the Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Liberal Arts from Johns Hopkins University. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law and a member of the Maryland State Bar Association. He holds a graduate certificate in teaching in higher education from Johns Hopkins. He is a graduate of the 114th Session of the FBI National Academy. He is the past president of the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training.