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Cari Keller

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Dr Cari Keller

kellerc@nsuok.edu

  • Associate VP Academic Affairs
    VP Academic Affairs Administration

Office Location

  • Tahlequah
    Seminary Hall 316
    (918) 444-2065

Bio

Dr. Cari Keller has worked at NSU for over 30 years. She currently serves as the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at Northeastern State University. Before this appointment, she served as the Dean of the Graduate College, Assistant Dean for the College of Liberal Arts and the Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies.

Dr. Keller also serves as NSU's Accreditation Liaison Officer with the Higher Learning Commission. She is an experienced peer reviewer for the HLC, as well as a master reviewer for Quality Matters.

Education:

  • JD, Law, University of Arkansas , Cum laude, 1994
  • BS, Criminal Justice, Northeastern State University, 1991
College student victimization
Campus safety
Higher education administration
Criminal law and procedure
Court systems and judicial process
Crime analysis and prevention
Statistics

Intellectual Content:

  • Crime and Victimization on College Campuses: Implications for Institutions of Higher Education. Higher education response to exponential societal shifts. (Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New), Application, Published, August, 2020

Presentations:

  • How Students Define Success - HLC Annual Conference - Chicago, IL - April 2019
  • College Student Victimization and Race: Results of the Northeastern State University Crime and Victimization Survey - Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting - Kansas City, MO - March 2017
  • Crime and Victimization on College Campuses: Implications for Institutions of Higher Education. - NSU Faculty HawkTalk - Tahlequah, OK - March 2021
  • Utilizing a Competency-Based Assessment Tool to Facilitate Faculty-Student Mentorship - 45th International Conference on Improving University Teaching - Virtual - July 2020
  • Improving Student Persistence: Co-requisite Education - HLC Annual Conference - Chicago, IL - April 2018

Courses Taught:

  • BUSINESS STATISTICS - BADM 3933 - Summer 2024
  • ADVANCED EDU MEASUREMENTS - EDUC 5483 - Summer 2024
  • CONSTITUTIONAL CRIMINAL LAW - CR J 5073 - Spring 2015
  • CRIME THEORY - CR J 5033 - Spring 2014
  • CRIME PREVENTION - CR J 4143 - Spring 2014