Visiting Instructor
Maguire Hall 105
845-398-4208
[email protected]
Professor Promisel has been a Visiting Instructor of Criminal Justice at STAC since 2014. He holds an MPA degree from Marist College, a Master’s degree in Criminal Justice from SUNY Albany, as well as a Master's in Philosophy from John Jay. He is working on his Doctorate in Criminal Justice (Policy, Oversight, and Administration) at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Professor Promisel teaches graduate courses in Policy, Planning, and Analysis; the Capstone Seminar, as well as undergraduate courses including policing and information technology. He retired as a Chief Technical Sergeant with 24 years of service from the New York State Police. Professor Promisel has also taught as an adjunct in the program since 2002 and previously taught in the undergraduate and graduate programs at John Jay. He is a veteran of the NYARNG who retired as a Major and deployed overseas in support of the Bosnia operation. His research has focused on incident management, policing, transportation, organizational design, and technology. In his off time, Professor Promisel enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, hiking, and snowboarding.
Publications & Professional Affiliations
PUBLICATIONS Ma, J., TariVerdi, M., Prentiss, D., Miller-Hooks, E., Lochrane,T., Zhou, F., Jodoin, P., Promisel, I. (January 1, 2016), User-friendly benefit–cost estimation tool for traffic incident management programs,Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Vol 2554, Issue 1, 2016.
Chou, C., Miller-Hooks, E., Promisel, I. (April 2010). Benefit-cost analysis of freeway service patrolprograms: methodology and case study, Advances in Transportation Studies, Section B 20.
NCHRP Project 07-20, Technical Guidance for Traffic Incident Management Performance Measurement Implementation (The National Academies). Completed: November 2014. Panel Member.
AFFILIATIONS
Advisor SALUTE Honor Society (STAC)
Member CJEANYS
Member IACP
Member NYS Police PBA
Member Veterans of American Legion
Advisor, Criminal Justice Honor Society (STAC)
Advisor, Criminal Justice Club (STAC)
Member, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
Member, American Society of Criminology
Degrees & Certifications
DEGREES
Ph.D. Candidate, A.B.D. Criminal Justice (Policy, Oversight, and Administration), CUNY Graduate Center, Completion expected Fall Semester 2021
MPhil Criminal Justice, The Graduate School and University Center, The City University of New York (2021)
M.A. Criminal Justice, State University of New York at Albany (1998)
M.P.A. Marist College (1996)
B.A. Political Science/History, State University of New York at Albany (1989) Cum Laude
CERTIFICATIONS
NY State Police Non-Commissioned Officer Course
Crime Scene management/evidence collection
Safe Schools Training
Drug field test training
SFST (Standard Field Sobriety Testing)
Pursuit driving
Hostage and Critical Incident
NY State Police Basic Course
Firearms Training/defensive tactics
HURIVAC Training
TIM Train the trainer SHRP 2 (Strategic Highway Research Program)
Rural incident management Event Security Planning for public safety professionals
NHI Using ICS at Highway Incidents
NHI Managing Traffic Incidents and Roadway Emergencies
Terrorist threats to bridges and tunnels
NHI Traffic Incident Management
NHI ITS awareness course
National Fire Academy: Emergency Response to Terrorism
US Army Support Operations Course
US Army Combined Arms Services Staff School
US Army Officers’ Advance Course – Ordnance, Honor Graduate
US Army Combat Lifesaver Course
US Army National Guard TAC officer Training Course
US Army Officers’ Basic Course – Missile Maintenance
US Army Basic Training
ESRI GIS Intro to ArcGIS
IBM I Series and AS400 system Operation Course
Cognos Impromptu
