Meet Our Public Safety Faculty

Patrick Bradley

Vice Dean, Business and Professional Programs, and Collegiate Professor

240-684-2824
patrick.bradley@umgc.edu

A native of Erie, Pennsylvania, Patrick Bradley joined the Baltimore City Police Department as a patrol officer in 1970. In 1994, he retired as major/director of the Baltimore Police Academy to accept an appointment as deputy director for the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions. Ten years later, he was appointed executive director. In that capacity, he was responsible for the certification and training of over 32,000 police and correctional officers, parole and probation agents, and juvenile justice employees throughout Maryland as well as the operation of the 700-acre Public Safety Education and Training Center in Sykesville. In June 2009, Bradley was appointed assistant director for training for the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services' Commitment Division.

On August 15, 2011, Bradley accepted the position of academic director for the University of Maryland Global Campus Undergraduate School's criminal justice program. In 2016, he was elected as a charter member to the UMGC Academic Advisory Board. In May 2017, Bradley began serving as the acting vice dean for the business and professional programs in the Undergraduate School. He was officially appointed to the position six months later.

Bradley received a Bachelor of Science in law enforcement and corrections from the Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Liberal Arts from Johns Hopkins University. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law and a member of the Maryland State Bar Association. He holds a graduate certificate in teaching in higher education from Johns Hopkins. He is a graduate of the 114th Session of the FBI National Academy. He is the past president of the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training.

Richard A. Pauli

Program Chair, Criminal Justice Management, and Collegiate Professor

rich.pauli@umgc.edu

Richard A. Pauli is a collegiate professor and program chair of the criminal justice management program at University of Maryland Global Campus. He received a JD from Boston University and a master's in management from the McGregor School, now Antioch University Midwest. He has nearly 25 years of experience in teaching and course design in online, F2F, and blended programs for graduate students. Prior to joining UMGC, Pauli was a practicing attorney and held senior management positions in a variety of for-profit ventures ranging from large, transnational information companies to internet software startups.

Pauli's courses include Critical Analysis of the Criminal Justice System, Leadership, Ethical Leadership in Organizations and Society, and The Manager in Organizations and Society. His current research interests include online pedagogy, ethics, and critical thinking in decision making. Pauli is a former Provost’s Award winner for best paper in online education research.

In his non-teaching life, Pauli is a playwright and a musician. His most recent Baltimore-area production ran in April/May 2018 at the Fells Point Corner Theatre. He has written a Star Trek parody musical and is working on an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet set in Appalachia and featuring traditional string-band music.

Brian E. Powers

Program Chair and Associate Professor of Management, Specialization in Intelligence Management

brian.powers@faculty.umgc.edu

Brian Powers joined UMGC in 2017 as an associate professor and chair of the Intelligence Management program.

Prior to joining UMGC, he served for 26 years in the U.S. Air Force as an intelligence officer. He served in various operational and staff assignments at the Pentagon in the Air Staff, Joint Staff, J2, and Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, as well as in three overseas combatant commands in the Europe, Middle East, and Pacific regions. He has also worked 13 years in the private sector as an intelligence planner in strategy and policy at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and Defense Intelligence Agency.

Powers was a faculty member at the National Intelligence University and taught undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in intelligence collection, operations, and policy and strategy. He had additional responsibilities as a student advisor and thesis chair. He also was an adjunct professor at Webster University, teaching courses in international relations and European political development.

Powers earned a master’s degree in national security affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School, a master's degree in international relations from Creighton University, and a master's degree in security management from Webster University.

Powers is affiliated with the International Studies Association and has published and presented two papers on intelligence collection and operations. He is a member of the International Association for Intelligence Education, Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation, Association of Former Intelligence Officers, and National Military Intelligence Association.