Floyd Berry, PhD, LCDC has been an assistant professor for A&M - Central Texas since the Fall of 2006, teaching courses in criminal justice, sociology, and world religions. He retired as a criminal justice practitioner in 2006, after working in the fields of law enforcement, security, community supervision corrections (juvenile and adult systems), and juvenile institutional corrections for 25 years. During his tenure as a probation officer for McLennan County (Waco), he served in the following capacities: Editor-in-Chief of the Texas Probation journal, Certification Trainer for The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and Instructor for 3 drug and alcohol offender programs for the State of Texas. He has received a number of awards in criminal justice, including The Judge Terry L. Jacks Award (The Outstanding Probation Officer in the State of Texas for 1990) through the Texas Probation Association and The Sam Houston Award (for scholarly contributions in the field of criminal justice) through Sam Houston’s State University’s Criminal Justice Center. Prior to accepting his position at Tarleton, Dr. Berry was a management trainer for the Texas Youth Commission. He is a Certified Covey Instructor in 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
Dr. Berry earned his BA and MA degrees from Baylor University and his PhD from the University of Texas in Austin. He is a member of the honor society, Phi Kappa Phi. Prior to Tarleton, he taught courses in criminal justice, sociology, anthropology, psychology, and religion at Baylor University, St Edward’s University, McLennan Community College, Central Texas College, and Hill College.
Dr. Berry has been practicing as a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC) for over 20 years, working primarily with offender populations in the juvenile, adult, and federal criminal justice systems, in inpatient and outpatient settings. For the Texas Department of State Health Services, Dr. Berry was a Certification Instructor for the Texas Drug Offender Education Program for a number of years.
Dr. Berry’s research interests include community corrections, evidence-based practices, organizational culture change, deviant subcultures, and marginality.