Director

Dr. Daniel Beers
Associate Professor of Justice Studies
Darcus Johnson Hall 1005A
beersdj@jmu.edu  

Past Directors

     Dr. Taimi Castle (2021-2026)
     Dr. Terry Beitzel (2014-2021)
     Gary Race (2010-2013)
     Dr. Sushil Mittal (Founding Director, 2005-2010)

Justice Research Lab

      Research and Development, Tatjana Titareva, SSLS, AY 2023-4

International Journal on Responsibility

Dr. Taimi Castle, Editor-in-Chief
Darcus Johnson Hall 1005B  

Program Support

Dianne Fulk
Darcus Johnson Hall 2013
fulkde@jmu.edu

Student Interns

2025 - 2026  
Isabella Smith
Tabby Bay

2024 - 2025  
Mariam Elassal
Isabella Smith
Tabby Bay

2023 - 2024  
Mariam Elassal
Emma Sparks
Hannah Christy

2022-2023  
Renee Lorenzo
Maggie Smith

2021-2022 
Evan Munsey 
Audrey Billard

Advisory Board

• Dr. Smita Mathur, Associate Professor, College of Education, JMU
• Dr. Suzanne Fiederlein, Center for International Stabilization & Recovery, JMU
• Alicia Horst, Executive Director, Mid-South Immigration Advocates (Memphis, TN)
• Charles Martorana, Retired Valley Region Market President, Blue Ridge Bank
• Keith May, Broker/Owner, Cottonwood Commercial and Kline May Realty
• Sylvia Whitney Beitzel, Managing Editor, International Journal on Responsibility
• Rick Yoder, Professor Emeritus/Business, Eastern Mennonite University
• Ron Yoder, International Development Advisor