Since the mid- 1970s, Dr. Schmalleger has been involved in curriculum development in the areas of criminal justice, criminology, and private and homeland security at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

One of the first curricula that Dr. Schmalleger developed was the undergraduate criminal justice program at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP) where he taught for nearly 20 years. While there he created many new courses in the areas of law enforcement, courts, and corrections.

The criminal justice program at UNCP was soon certified by the state of North Carolina, permitting students who were planning careers in criminal justice to apply for tuition assistance through the state attorney general's office.

In the early 1980s, Dr. Schmalleger worked with Webster University (Webster Groves, MO) to create a new graduate program in Security Management (SMG). The Webster University Security Management graduate program has been endorsed by the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) and continues to be offered through Webster University campuses across the country and around the world.

Over the past two decades Dr. Schmalleger's expertise in curriculum development has helped private, public, and proprietary institutions to shape programs of their own at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Dr. Schmalleger has worked with schools and universities in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Oklahoma, New York, Pennsylvania, and in other countries -- extending his program development efforts to encompass traditional and distance learning programs at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels.

Dr. Schmalleger has also served on visiting accreditation teams, and is experienced in meeting with curriculum experts to help shepherd course and program proposals through both university and regional accrediting committees.

His current interest is in helping schools meet the certification standards recently established by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS).