Position: Assistant Professor
Department: College of Sciences
Phone: 610-282-1100, x1707
Office: 208 Brisson Hall
Dr. Kenneth Quick received his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, where he also taught both undergraduate and graduate courses prior to coming to DeSales.
Dr. Quick teaches a wide variety of courses that focus on various aspects of the criminal justice system, including law enforcement, criminal investigations, drugs, and organized crime. His research focuses on police organizational culture, recruitment, retention, officer wellness, human-animal interactions within the criminal justice system, and community satisfaction with the police.
Dr. Quick is currently engaged in several international research projects, including long-term capacity-building projects in Latin America that are sponsored by the US Department of State. He also regularly trains police supervisors of all ranks in effective leadership as an instructor for Penn State’s Justice and Safety Institute. Prior to teaching, Dr. Quick served as a police officer in the New York City Police Department (NYPD) for 25 years. He retired from the rank of Inspector. As an executive in the world’s largest police department, he commanded both proactive street crime units and an ethnically diverse precinct in Brooklyn. He was most recently assigned as the Commanding Officer of the Employee Relations Bureau, which is tasked with workforce morale enhancement and employee engagement. In his role, he advised the police commissioner and department senior leadership on numerous critical issues, including the development of an officer wellness strategy in response to a spike in officer suicide.
He is a graduate of Columbia University’s Police Management Institute and has dual master’s degrees in criminal justice and emergency management.