Office: Pearsons Hall 201-B
Phone: (417) 873-7328
E-Mail: jscollione@drury.edu
Monday
10 a.m. – Noon
Tuesday
8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday
10 a.m. – Noon
Thursday
8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Friday
10 a.m. – Noon
Also available by appointment.
Dr. Scollione joined the Drury University faculty in August 2020. He teaches a variety of courses, including Introduction to Criminology, Advanced Criminology, The Correctional System, Behavioral Health and the Justice System, Deviance and Social Control, Juvenile Delinquency, Policing, and Justice, Punishment, and Ethics.
Dr. Scollione brings diverse experience to the Department of Behavioral Sciences from the criminal justice, social services, and behavioral health fields. He served as a case manager and a therapist, where he performed a variety of duties as screening, intake, and client orientation; assessment, evaluation, and diagnosis; treatment, goal, and discharge planning; individual, group, and family counseling; case management and referral services; crisis intervention and de-escalation; and client education and consultation. He also has diverse experience in levels of care, from withdrawal management to early intervention. Additionally, he has diverse experience with various behavioral health approaches, including trauma-informed care, cognitive behavioral therapy, 12-step facilitation, and holistic care. Furthermore, he worked with clients who had a mental illness, a substance use disorder, and co-occurring disorders involved with the criminal justice system. Finally, he served as a team member on a variety of problem-solving courts.
Dr. Scollione earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Criminal Justice at Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio, and his doctorate in Instructional Management and Leadership at Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His research interests include behavioral health, theories of behavioral health disorders, addiction, criminology, penology, zemiology, criminal justice system, criminology and criminal justice pedagogy, rehabilitation, reintegration, systems thinking, and general systems theory. His published work appeared in the Journal of Criminal Justice Education and the Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences.
Outside the classroom, Dr. Scollione is an active member of the Behavioral Sciences Club in the Department of Behavioral Sciences. He is serving a two-year appointment as the Phi Kappa Phi Chapter 331 secretary at Drury University. Additionally, he serves and contributes to the good of the justice system and the people of Missouri as a Missouri Bar appointee to the Missouri Judicial Performance Review Committee, which is a statewide committee composed of lawyers, non-lawyers from the general public, and retired judges. He and the committee collect information on judicial performance, including survey responses from lawyers, jurors, and other reliable sources, review judicial performance based on performance review standards adopted by the committee, and report the committee’s findings to the people of Missouri. He is serving a two-year appointment on the committee, and his appointment expires on June 30, 2024.