Stephen J. Reinhart, Associate Professor
E-mail: SJ-Reinhart@wiu.edu
Stephen Reinhart is the past Chairperson of the School of Law Enforcement & Justice Administration (1997 - 2006). He has 30 years of teaching experience including part-time and full-time. He is a retired Lieutenant Colonel with the U.S. Army Military Intelligence/Aviation. Colonel Reinhart served as chairperson of the ROTC program for four years; two years as the chairperson of the Department of Educational Administration & Supervision; Interim Chairperson of Instructional Technology & Telecommunications and Interim Chairperson of Dietetics, Fashion Merchandising & Hospitality. He also served as Interim Director of the College of Eduction & Human Services Advising Center and as Assistant Dean in the College of Education & Human Services for five years.
He has a background in counter-intelligence, espionage, security, investigations, terrorism, special operations, and administration. He has also worked operations with the FBI, DEA, NSA, DIA, Border Patrol, and numerous foreign police agencies in Europe. He is a 1975 graduate of WIU, where he received a B.S.in Law Enforcement Administration, and his M.A. in International Studies at Troy State, Alabama, in 1983.