Wesley Kendall, JD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (808) 735-4873
Biography
Dr. Wesley Evan Kendall is an Assistant Professor of Law and Criminal Justice at Chaminade University. Dr. Kendall received his JD from Texas Southern University, and his Ph.D. from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Australia). He is a lawyer, author and professor.
Dr. Kendall has taught law, criminal justice and business in the United States, Vietnam, Singapore and Fiji, and has authored several books including: The Death Penalty and U.S. Diplomacy; The Language of Terror, How Neuroscience Influences Political Speech; and From Gulag to Guantanamo, The Political, Social and Economic Evolutions of Mass Incarceration. He has also published articles in numerous peer-reviewed international journals.
Dr. Kendall is also a research fellow at the Cairns Institute, as well as a member of the Centre for International Trade and Business in Asia at James Cook University, Singapore.
Academic Degrees
PhD, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, AUS, International Relations
JD, Texas Southern University, Law
MA, University of Missouri-St Louis, Political Science
BA, Ohio University, Philosophy
Courses
Dr Kendall teaches a variety of courses in the School of Education and Behavioral Sciences including:
Undergraduate
- CJ 223 Introduction to Law
- CJ 243 Criminal Law
- CJ 424 Criminal Procedure
- CJ462, Courtroom Advocacy
- CJ 291 Juvenile Justice
Graduate
- CJA 604 Constitutional Law
- CJA 708 Terrorism and Justice
- CJA 725 Cybercrime
Selected Publication
From Gulag to Guantanamo, Political, Social and Economic Evolutions of Mass Incarceration, Rowman and Littlefield International, London, 2016, ISBN 978-1-7834-8469-0
Language of Terror, How Neuroscience Influences Political Speech in the United States, Rowman and Littlefield, New York, 2014, ISBN 978-1-4422-3582-3
The Death Penalty and U.S. Diplomacy, Rowman and Littlefield, New York, 2013,
ISBN 978-1-4422-2434-6
Selected Journal Articles and Conferences
The Impact of Value Perceptions on Purchase Intention of Sustainable Luxury Brands in China and the UK. J Brand Manag (2021) Jan 30; 28(3):325–346.
Would the Singaporean Approach to Whistleblower Protection Laws Work in Australia?, Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal, 13(1), 2019, 90-108.
Presenter, 8th Academic International Conference on Interdisciplinary Legal Studies, 2018, Oxford University, United Kingdom, paper titled “Dollar Diplomacy; The Global Influence of Corporate States on Economic, Political and Legal Regimes”, published in conference proceedings.
Presenter, 24th International Business Research Conference, Las Vegas, America, 2013, paper titled “A Comparative Statutory Analysis of Dividend Taxation and Directors Duties between Vietnam and Australia”, published in the International Review of Business Papers, Volume 9, No. 4, (2013) ISSN 1832-9543
Presenter of Keynote address, IAMURE World Research Festival, Davao City, Philippines, 2013, paper titled “A Survey of the Scholarly Literature: The American Courts Ability to Act as Autonomous Policymakers” Published in the International Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, Vol. 4, pg. 56 (2013) ISSN 2243-8327.
Presenter, IAMURE Multidisciplinary Conference on Higher Education, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2013, paper titled “Comprehensive Trace Processing: A Qualitative Innovation in Social Science Case Study Analysis”, published in the International Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 5, pg. 21 (2013) ISSN 2244-1514.
Presenter, West East Institute International Conference, Zagreb, Croatia, 2012, paper titled “How US Allies Influence American Death Penalty Policies”, published in conference proceedings.
Presenter, 6th Asian Business Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 2012, paper titled “Defeating Industry Capture: Improving Corporate Governance by Reforming Bureau Culture”, published in conference proceedings