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John H. White, Jr.

John H. White. Jr. is an American author, scholar, forensic psychologist, and former police sergeant for the Dallas Police Department. He teaches forensic psychology courses at Stockton University in Galloway, New Jersey and runs a private forensic psychology practice as a New Jersey licensed psychologist. His novel is entitled, In Pursuit of a Serial Killer: The Archetype Case.

Early life

John H. White, Jr. was born and raised in the inner city of Dallas, Texas. He attended Maple Lawn Elementary School, Rusk Junior High School, and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School after his parents moved away from the inner city. In high school, he was a member of the band and orchestra as a tuba and string bass player, respectively. He was also a writer for the school newspaper and a volunteer for the Key Club. He attended the University of Texas at Austin, then transferred to North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas) and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Sociology. He continued school at North Texas State and earned a master’s degree and a doctorate in Counseling.

Career

After graduating with a bachelor’s degree, White taught psychology at David Carpenter High School in Dallas. He then joined the Dallas Police Department. After completing the police academy, White was assigned to the Central Division and patrolled near the inner city in which he was raised. He transferred to the Psychological Services Unit, was promoted to sergeant and transferred to the Communications Division. He then went to the Internal Affairs Division and later transferred to the Fugitive and Special Investigations Division in Northwest Patrol. While working as a police officer, White was involved in two shootings and four high speed car chases.

White was lured away from the police department by corporate industry and joined the Training and Education Division of Electronic Data Systems (EDS) in Plano, Texas. After only a year, he left EDS and Dallas and began teaching psychology and criminal justice courses at Jefferson Community College in Watertown, New York. After three years, he took a position as an assistant professor of criminal justice at Stockton State College (now Stockton University) in Galloway, New Jersey. He later transferred to the psychology program and was promoted to full professor in 2015.

Stockton University

While at Stockton University, White was the coordinator of the criminal justice program and modified a previously submitted criminal justice proposal for a master’s degree. The master’s degree program was implemented in 2000. White also proposed and implemented a forensic psychology track for the undergraduate criminal justice and psychology programs and the graduate criminal justice program.