Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 1983
M.A., Sam Houston State University, 1977
B.A., Sam Houston State University, 1976

Areas of special interest include: criminology, juvenile delinquency, race and ethnic relations, and research methods. Abney serves as a research consultant for numerous public and private agencies, and organizations.

M.S., Troy State University, 2003
B.S., Wayland Baptist University, 1981

Ph.D. Political Science, University of Colorado at Boulder
J.D., University of Iowa

Milo Colton is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder with B.A., M.P.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. He also graduated from the University of Iowa with a J.D. degree, and he holds active law licenses in Washington, D.C., Nebraska, U.S. District Court in Nebraska, and the Winnebago Tribal Court.

He taught Legal Studies in the Criminal Justice Program and Administrative Law in the Master of Public Administration Program at the University of Texas at San Antonio from 1994-2001. He also served as adjunct professor at San Antonio College, teaching Texas Peace Officer Law. He began teaching as an adjunct professor in the Criminal Justice Program at St. Mary's University in 1996, and he joined the St. Mary's faculty full time in the fall of 2001, teaching courses related to policing and American Indians and the Law. He administered a community college program at the Winnebago Indian Reservation in Nebraska, and he taught college classes at both the Winnebago and Omaha Indian Reservations. He was an outreach consultant to American Indian communities for the University of Iowa, and he served as president of the American Indian Law Students Association at the University of Iowa Law School before returning to the Winnebago Reservation as the tribe's chief administrative officer.

He was the director of Institutional Research and Management Information Services at Westmar College. He was associate director of the National Maternal and Child Health Resource Center and an analyst for the Budget and Management Office of the City and County of Denver. He was also an analyst for the Colorado Supreme Court in the State Court Administrator's Office and a senior staff associate for the National Center for State Courts. He served as local evaluator and principal investigator for several U.S. Department of Justice grants related to community policing.

In 1980, he was elected to the Board of Education in Sioux City, Iowa. In 1982, he was elected to the Iowa Senate.

He enlisted for active duty in the U.S. Air Force, and he served in the Strategic Air Command during the Vietnam War.

He recently published the following articles: The Impact of a Casino on Crime and Education (1999), The Blackbird Bend Dispute (2000), The Winnebago Path to Self-determination (2000), Theft at East Central High School-San Antonio, Texas (2000), Courts Give Green Light to State Annexation of Indian Reservations (2001), George W. Bush and the Tradition of Broken Treaties (2001), Self-determination and the American Indian: A Case Study (2001), Kerrey, Custer and the Legacy of Manifest Destiny (2002), and Strengthening Indian Nations Through Culturally Relevant Education (2002). He recently authored the following books: The Political Thought of Alexander Solzhenitsyn (2000) and The Seed of Cain (2000).

Ph.D., University of the Incarnate Word, 2008
M.S., Trinity University, 1993
B.B.A., University of Texas at San Antonio, 1991

Ph.D. Political Science, Indiana University

Interests in mediation & conflict resolution and legal topics.

M.A., St. Mary's University, 1998
B.A., Texas A&M, 1993

M.A., Troy University, 2004
B.A., Wayland Baptist University, 2002


Over 17 years experience with the Bexar County Sheriff's Department.

Ph.D. Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University

Interests in institutional and community-based corrections.

Doctoral Candidate, University of Texas at San Antonio
M.A., Education, Seattle University, 2009
B.A., University of Notre Dame, 2004