Daniel Stewart

Daniel M. Stewart, 37, assistant professor of criminal justice who joined UNT in 2007, died April 12 in Denton. He served in the U.S. Air Force Security Forces from 1994 to 1998, performing policing duties and working in detention facilities. His research interests included police education, homeland security for policing and police behavior, and he was accepted as a 2013-14 academic fellow with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, which featured a summer course on terrorism studies at Tel Aviv University. His funded research included an examination of Texas police chiefs’ perceptions of agency collaboration and the role of local law enforcement in homeland security, and he taught classes on crime and justice in the United States, police systems and research methods. He also had served as the faculty advisor for Lambda Alpha Epsilon, the criminal justice preprofessional society. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Kentucky Wesleyan College, a master’s from Eastern Kentucky University and a doctorate from Sam Houston State University.

Daniel M. Stewart, 37, assistant professor of criminal justice who joined UNT in 2007, died April 12 in Denton. He served in the U.S. Air Force Security Forces from 1994 to 1998, performing policing duties and working in detention facilities. His research interests included police education, homeland security for policing and police behavior, and he was accepted as a 2013-14 academic fellow with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, which featured a summer course on terrorism studies at Tel Aviv University.

His funded research included an examination of Texas police chiefs’ perceptions of agency collaboration and the role of local law enforcement in homeland security, and he taught classes on crime and justice in the United States, police systems and research methods. He also had served as the faculty advisor for Lambda Alpha Epsilon, the criminal justice preprofessional society. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Kentucky Wesleyan College, a master’s from Eastern Kentucky University and a doctorate from Sam Houston State University.