Brian K. Payne
Current University
Old Dominion University
Research Area
Interests include pedagogy, elder abuse, cybercrime, and white-collar crime.
Background
Brian K. Payne is the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Old Dominion University, where he is tenured in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice. Asprovost, he serves as the chief academic officer of the institution and is responsible for academic success and faculty affairs initiatives. He also oversees the College of Arts and Letters, Batten College of Engineering and Technology, College of Sciences, Darden College of Education, Darden College of Education, Perry Honors College, Strome College of Business, and University Libraries, as well as ODU’s graduate school and three interdisciplinary schools. He is a former editor of the American Journal of Criminal Justice and past president of the Southern Criminal Justice Association and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Dr. Payne is the author or co-author of more than 160 journal articles and seven books including White-Collar Crime: The Essentials (Sage), Family Violence and Criminal Justice (Elsevier, with Randy Gainey), Crime and Elder Abuse: An Integrated Perspective (Charles C Thomas), Introduction to Criminal Justice: A Balanced Approach (Sage, with Will Oliver and Nancy Marion). Dr, Payne led the development of three interdisciplinary schools at ODU – the School of Cybersecurity, School of Data Science, School of Supply Chain, Logistics, and Maritime Operations – and was the founding director of the Coastal Virginia Center for Cyber Innovation. He has been PI or Co-PI on grants totaling more than $11 million.
Alma Mater
Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in sociology and an M.A. and Ph.D. in criminology