Faculty

Camie Condon

Camie Condon

Dr. Camie Condon began her career as an investigator for the Public Defender in Washington, D.C. and has been involved in education and training at several Ontario colleges and institutions for almost 20 years. She has worked as a senior researcher at iBrabo, a Canadian-based open source intelligence research group, and as a crime analyst with a regional police service providing analytical support to investigators and uniformed officers.

Camie has been a part of several research projects including one with results published in Global Crime, Crime Analysis and cognitive effects: the practice of policing flows of data (Sanders, C. and Condon, C. 2017). Dr. Condon has also presented research on Using Open Source Intelligence in Assessing Potential for Violence by Foreign Fighters to the Association of European Threat Assessment Professionals in Helsinki, Finland and designed training scenarios with Firearms Training System (FATS), FX Marking Cartridges – Simunition, and SetCan Stress-Vest. Her blog post – ISIS Targets Blackberry Channels — was subsequently published by the Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium.

Camie is a recipient of YWCA Woman of Distinction – Education, Training and Professional Development Award and the Wilfrid Laurier Teaching Excellence Award. Dr. Condon holds a master’s degree in Investigative Psychology and a PhD in Psychology, specializing in tactical decision making by police during armed confrontations, and she co-ordinates and teaches in the Honours Bachelor Crime and Intelligence Analysis program at Seneca.


Richard Norman

Richard Norman is a full-time faculty member in the Crime & Intelligence Analysis (Honours) degree, Police Foundations, and Advanced Investigations & Enforcement program. Richard’s background includes 25 years as an Intelligence Officer with the Canadian Armed Forces specializing in counterinsurgency, East Asia and post-conflict development. In 2008/2009, he served in Afghanistan as the chief targeting intelligence liaison officer with Operation Enduring Freedom. Richard has both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from the University of Guelph and is currently pursuing a doctorate Royal Roads University focused on understanding why states fail and seeking ways to reverse this process. He has lectured and advised in Canada, the United States (US) and Australia on crime analysis and crime mapping processes.


Melissa Sweet

Melissa Sweet

Melissa Sweet is a professor in the School of Behavioural Studies. Ms. Sweet is a Board-Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) with a master's degree in Education specializing in Adaptive Instruction and Special Education from the University of Toronto. Ms. Sweet has worked in the field of applied behaviour analysis (ABA) for more than 27 years. In the first part of her career, Ms. Sweet worked as a clinician in both home and centre-based programs, working primarily with children and youth diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).  

Since 2006, Ms. Sweet has worked with individuals who engage in severe behaviours that affects their overall quality of life. Through a community-based clinic, service was provided to both children and adults with a variety of diagnoses including intellectual and developmental disabilities, dual diagnosis, acquired brain injury, genetic syndromes, mental health and addictions and neurocognitive decline that is often seen in older individuals. Ms. Sweet also mentored other clinicians to conduct behavioural assessments, design, deliver and evaluate behaviour support plans. Ms. Sweet has trained caregivers in a number of settings including family homes, schools, daycares, group residential settings and within hospitals.


Melissa Somos

Melissa Somos

Melissa Somos is a fulltime professor in the Honours Bachelor of Behavioural Psychology degree and the Behavioural Sciences diploma program. She is a Board-Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) and has obtained her master’s in Applied Disability Studies from Brock University, as well as her Honours Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour from McMaster University. Ms. Somos has worked in the field for nearly 15 years, primarily focusing on supporting students in elementary, secondary and postsecondary environments. Ms. Somos has worked as a member of multidisciplinary teams for many years and is passionate about reducing student barriers and creating an equitable learning space that is inclusive to all learners. Ms. Somos has also received credentialling as lead implementor of practical functional assessment and skills-based treatment with Dr. Gregory Hanley’s team at FTF Behavioral Consulting in Mass., U.S., and is dedicated towards practising trauma-informed applied behaviour analysis (ABA). 


Ferhat Goktepe

Ferhat Goktepe

As a former Police Chief with 20 years of experience in both academic and practical fields, Dr. Ferhat Goktepe holds an MS degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Louisville (U.S.) and an Ed.D. degree in education from Spalding University (U.S.). Mr. Goktepe’s master’s thesis compared the use of intelligence for countering terrorism in the U.S. and Turkey. For his doctoral dissertation, he conducted research on the perception of Kentucky state police officers regarding their individual and agency preparedness before and after a terrorist attack.

Mr. Goktepe previously worked with the Turkish National Police Department for 20 years and as a team leader at the Regional Serious Crime Investigation Squad at the United Nations Mission Interim in Kosovo (UNMIK). He was as an academic advisor at a Brussels-based institute, administering several European Union projects that primarily focused on counterterrorism and preventing radicalization and violent extremism. Mr. Goktepe also organized several national and international conferences in the U.S. and Turkey on policing and crime scene investigation and due to his efforts, he was awarded the “2011 International Human Rights Award” by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP).

Mr. Goktepe’s research interests include counterterrorism, prevention of radicalization and violent extremism, examining the psychological roots of terrorism, crime and intelligence analysis and police leadership.


Glenn Barenthin

Glenn Barenthin

Dr. Glenn Barenthin is a fulltime faculty member in the School of Public Safety, where he teaches in the Honours Bachelor of Crime and Intelligence Analysis and Police Foundations programs.

Glenn holds a Bachelor of Arts in History (York University), a Master of Theology (University of Toronto) and a PhD (University of Toronto - Trinity College). Dr. Barenthin is the author of Solving the Evolutionary Puzzle of Human Cooperation and co-author of Ethics in Criminal Justice and Public Safety, 5th Edition.

Mr. Barenthin primarily teaches on topics such as criminal law, evidence and investigation, forensics, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and ethics. Mr. Barenthin was the recipient of the Guelph Humber Outstanding Mentorship Award (2019) as well as the Outstanding Contribution to Student Success Award (2017).

Prior to teaching, Mr. Barenthin worked with the Toronto Police Service in Primary and Community Response, the Street Crime Unit, Toronto Drug Squad, Organized Crime Enforcement and the Hold-Up Squad.


Bethany Kopel

Bethany Kopel

Bethany Kopel is a professor in the Honours Bachelor of Behavioural Psychology degree and the Behavioural Sciences diploma program. She is a Board-Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) and holds a master’s degree in applied disability studies specializing in applied behaviour analysis from Brock University and a bachelor of arts degree in early childhood education from Toronto Metropolitan University. Bethany has been practising behaviour analysis in the community for more than 17 years. Specific areas include the Intensive Behaviour Intervention program, community-based behaviour consulting for children and adults with developmental disabilities including dual diagnosis, and development and clinical supervision in the Ontario Autism Program.

More recently, Bethany’s focus has been on the application of behaviour analysis in services for older adults diagnosed with dementia in long-term care with the Behavioural Supports Ontario initiative. Bethany is passionate about the cross-sector application of behaviour analysis, including application in the education system including early childhood education, business and organizations, as well as in the health care field, specifically behavioural gerontology and dementia care.


Evangelo Boutsis

Evangelo Boutsis

Evangelo Boutsis is a full-time faculty in the Bachelors (Honours) of Behavioural Psychology degree and the Behavioural Sciences diploma programs. Evangelo is a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) and has been practicing Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) in community-based settings for the past 15 years with a variety of populations such as autism spectrum disorders/ developmental disabilities, and dual diagnosis. He has held a variety of clinical roles and has worked with provincial ministries as a policy analyst. Evangelo was involved in developing policies, guidelines and reports related to the practice of ABA in Ontario. He primarily teaches courses on topics such as introduction to applied behaviour analysis, behaviour assessment/intervention, ethics and behaviour analysis, and policy and legislation.


Kelly Alves

Kelly Alves 

Kelly Alves is a full-time faculty member in the Behavioural Science diploma program. Her teaching expertise lies in the areas of research design, and behavioural interventions for skill acquisition and behaviour reduction.

Kelly has more than 20 years community-based experience designing, supervising and assessing behavioural programs for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their families. Kelly has a Master of Education from Brock University and is a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst. Her research interests include parent education, staff training and curriculum development.


Laura Berk

Laura Berk

Dr. Laura Berk has more than 20 years of experience in the field of counselling adults diagnosed with mood and anxiety disorders as well as women experiencing infertility, postpartum depression or whose children were in the care of the Children’s Aid Society.

Laura holds a master of social work degree from the University of Toronto, a master of arts degree in Psychology from York University and a PhD in Clinical Psychology from York University.

Her past research interests include the peer networks of depressed adolescents, postpartum depression and gender differences related to the onset of a depressive episode. For her doctoral dissertation, Laura examined the reasons women stop breastfeeding before they had intended, highlighting postpartum depression and a lack of social support as contributing factors.

Dr. Berk is currently a professor in the Bachelor of Behavioural Psychology program where she teaches courses related to human development, theories of counselling and interpersonal communication. Outside Seneca, Laura focuses on counselling adults and the parents of adolescents from an emotion-focused therapy approach with a key emphasis on making sense of one’s emotions to bring about change.


Laura Cavanagh

Laura Cavanagh

Laura Cavanagh is a mother, clinician, and professor of Psychology & Behavioural Sciences at Seneca in King City, Ontario. She has a Master of Arts degree in Clinical/Developmental Psychology from York University, and extensive experience in clinical practice with various exceptional populations, including individuals who have experienced trauma, youth in foster care, and individuals on the autism spectrum. She is a Registered Psychotherapist with over twenty years of clinical experience, licensed by the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario.

Professor Cavanagh is the Academic Co-ordinator of the Behavioural Sciences diploma program, which was launched at Seneca in 2013. Professor Cavanagh is a co-author of the textbook “Essentials of Understanding Psychology”. She has taught at the college and university level since 2005. Her very favourite course to teach is Introduction to Psychology, where she gets to be an ambassador for this subject and introduce students to this fascinating field.


Mark Rohlehr

Mark Rohlehr

Mark is a military veteran and has been a member of the Seneca faculty since 1994. He is currently teaching in the Police Foundations and Advanced Investigations & Enforcement programs at King Campus.

Mark serves as president of Corporate Safety and Security Services where he provides consulting services for oil and natural gas facilities, airports and mass transit, nuclear power and water facilities as well as the commercial sector.

Mark has published two texts: Foundations of Law and Security Administration (2005) and Fundamentals of Security (2018).


Mark Tucci

Mark Tucci

Dr. Mark Tucci received his PhD in neuroscience from McMaster University where he studied the relationship between brain and behaviour, with a focus on pre-clinical models of abnormal behaviour. His psychological research has included work in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), depression, addiction, autism, communication disorders and augmentative communication systems. He has published journal articles for several peer-reviewed journals, presented his research internationally and practiced behaviour therapy for a pediatric population. He continues to be involved in research efforts at Seneca through community partnerships and supervising student research projects. Dr. Tucci has a passion for teaching and mentoring students, hoping to inspire a curiosity in the brain and behaviour.


Murat Ozkan

Murat Ozkan

Dr. Murat Ozkan holds Master of Arts and Ph.D. degrees in criminal justice from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. For his doctoral dissertation, Murat examined neighbourhood level social environmental characteristics and their effects on creating crime risk. He worked with the Turkish National Police for 18 years as international trainer, curriculum developer, and project manager. He served as the liaison officer between the department and the US law enforcement. Dr. Ozkan's research interests include social and ecological context of crime, environmental criminology and crime analysis, evidence-based policing and criminology. He primarily teaches courses on research methods and statistics, criminology, policing and comparative criminal justice.


Peter Skrypka

Peter Skrypka

Peter is a professor in the School of Public Safety and Police Studies. He holds a master’s in public policy, administration and law from York University and a bachelor of applied arts in justice studies from the University of Guelph-Humber. Peter also has diplomas in public policy and administration from the University of Guelph and fish and wildlife technology from Sir Sandford Fleming College.

Before retiring as a staff sergeant, Peter worked with the York Regional Police for more than 30 years. During that time, he worked in the criminal investigations branch, case management, communications and technical collision investigation. As a collision reconstructionist, he was seconded as an instructor and assistant program co-ordinator by the Canadian Police College and was qualified as an expert in collision reconstruction on 34 occasions by all levels of the court in the Province of Ontario. Before joining York Regional Police, he worked for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources as a deputy conservation officer and fisheries technician.

For more than 28 years, he has been a volunteer with both Baseball Ontario and Baseball Canada, where he teaches officiating to volunteers.


Aamir Khan

Aamir Khan

Aamir Khan is a full-time professor in the School of Behavioural Studies. He has worked in the field of developmental disability and applied behaviour analysis (ABA) since 2004. Mr. Khan is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) and holds a master’s degree in applied disability studies with a specialization in ABA from Brock University, as well as a bachelor’s degree in health sciences and philosophy from the University of Western Ontario. Mr. Khan’s work experience ranges from providing direct support to individuals with autism and developmental disabilities in their homes, to managing teams in social service agencies, developing and implementing ABA programming for adults and children), and managing a team of multidisciplinary clinicians.


April Stauffer

April Stauffer

April Stauffer is a full-time faculty member of Seneca’s Bachelors (Honours) of Behavioural Psychology degree and the Behavioural Sciences diploma programs. April is a Board-Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) with a master of arts degree in education and digital technology and a bachelor’s of education, both from Ontario Tech University. She has been an Ontario Certified Teacher with primary/junior teaching credentials since 2010.

Ms. Stauffer has worked in the field of applied behaviour analysis (ABA) in community, home, clinic and education settings for more than 18 years through the intensive behaviour intervention program and more recently, as an OAP clinical supervisor. Areas of interest for research and clinical practice include ethics training for practitioners, feeding interventions, language development, reading skills and skills-based treatment.


Ian Messenger

Ian Messenger

Dr Ian Messenger is a professor in the School of Public Safety where he teaches in the Crime & Intelligence Analysis (Honours) degree.

A former law enforcement officer, Dr Messenger held a number of roles with the National Crime Agency and its predecessor, Serious Organised Crime Agency, focused on financial crimes, money laundering and terrorist financing investigations. Dr Ian Messenger has also led financial crime investigation teams within a multinational financial institution and was a Director of Anti-Money Laundering.

Dr Messenger holds an MA in Social Policy and Politics (University of Edinburgh), a Graduate Certificate in Sports Integrity Investigations (University of New Haven), an MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice (University of Edinburgh), and a Doctorate in International Criminal Justice from the (University of Portsmouth).


William Russell

William Russell

William is full-time faculty member in the School of Public Safety and a former York Regional Police Sergeant. During his 30-year policing career, William has worked in various units: Training & Education, Community Oriented Response, Public Order, Search & Rescue, Criminal Investigations, Uniform Patrol, and a two-year secondment as an instructor at the Ontario Police College.

William holds a Master’s Degree in Leadership Studies from Royal Roads University, as well as a Master’s Certificate in Adult Training and Development from York University/Schulich, and Honours Diploma in Police Foundations Leadership from Humber College. William has also served as a volunteer board member for Big Brothers Big Sisters of York and The Alzheimer’s Society of Haldimand Norfolk.


Ebrahim Kantini

Ebrahim Kantini

Dr. Ebrahim Kantini is a behavioral neuroscientist and a full-time faculty member in Seneca’s behavioral psychology programs. He obtained his doctorate (PhD) in the field of Psychology from the University of Nottingham in 2010 investigating attention in clinical populations diagnosed with Attentional Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Tourette’s syndrome using translation model of classical conditioning. Moreover, he has completed his Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in psychology from the University of Nottingham in 2004 investigating learning deficits via the amphetamine model of schizophrenia. He is also a former graduate of University of Toronto, having obtained his Honours Bachelor of Science (Hon.BSc) in the field of Neuroscience Specialist.


Jane Davey

Jane Davey

Jane Davey is a full-time professor and the program coordinator for the Environmental Landscape Management program. Jane has been teaching at Seneca for over 15 years, and previously owned her own landscape business. Jane is passionate about offering experiential learning opportunities for the students at the beautiful King Campus. She has also collaborated with key partners in the industry to create experiences for students outside the classroom, including design challenges, community plantings, fusion training and more.

She is proud to be a graduate from this program and is delighted that she is now able to help students develop skills and knowledge to enter an industry that is sustainable, creative and contributes positively to assist physical and mental health.