Jefferson L. Ingram received his J.D. in Law from the University of Dayton in 1978 and holds a M.A in American History.  He taught Constitutional History for the Department of History at the University of Dayton in 1978 and 1979.  He taught Criminal Law, The Law of Evidence, Criminal Procedure and Labor Relations in Justice Administration for the Criminal Justice Program before joining the Department of Political Science in 2003.  Ingram taught in the School of Business Administration for the Department of Accounting, teaching a course for their C.P.A. candidates. He has published four books with a focus on Criminal Procedure and Evidence.  The most recent books were published in 2004: Criminal Procedure: Theory and Practice (2005) and Criminal Evidence 9^th edition with John Klotter (2004).  The focus of his current research is directed at death penalty and related Eighth Amendment issues as well as ongoing research in the law of evidence and criminal procedure.  Ingram is a member of the Ohio Bar, the Florida Bar, and is also a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States.