Dr. Dayton Hall

Degrees:

• Doctor of Philosophy in Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University, May 1999
• M.S., Criminal Justice Management, Sam Houston State University, Aug 1988
• B.S., Social and Rehabilitation Services/Sociology, Stephen F. Austin State University, Aug 1972

Dr. Dayton Hall is the Program Chair for Criminal Justice at American InterContinental University (AIU) Hosuton. Prior to teaching at the university level, Dr. Hall was a probation officer and probation administrator for twenty years. He began his career as a juvenile probation officer in Dallas County, Texas in 1972. From 1978 until 1983, he was an adult and juvenile probation officer in the 25th Judicial District in Hallettsville and Gonzales, Texas. In 1983, he became the Chief Probation Officer in Eastland County, Texas between Fort Worth and Abilene. There he established the first adult and juvenile probation office in Eastland County under the oversight of the Texas Adult Probation Commission and the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission. In 1984, he became the Chief Probation Officer in Polk, Trinity, and San Jacinto Counties in East Texas where he remained until he retired in 1992 to complete his doctoral degree.

From 1995 until 2001, Dr. Hall was an assistant professor of criminal justice at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, TX and Killeen, TX. There he helped revise the undergraduate program and establish a master’s program in criminal justice.

From 2001 until 2003, he served as an associate professor and coordinator of the criminal justice program at the University of Houston-Victoria. Under his leadership, the program grew substantially and added a master’s program in criminal justice.

In 2004, Dr. Hall took over the criminal justice program at Galveston College, where he was responsible for the academic program and was also the director of the law enforcement academy. In 2006, he became the Dean of Academics, a position he held until coming to AIU Houston in June, 2009. His major research interests are in juvenile violence and criminal justice administration.

He has been married for over 37 years and has five children and eight grandchildren with another due in March 2013.

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