Prof.
Michael L. Beshears is a retired Army Senior Noncommissioned Officer
whose 20+ year career has taken him to numerous locations including
three years in Berlin Germany. His vast military training includes:
Special Forces (medic) - working undercover in various covert
operations, as well as assisting other agencies in their performance
of criminal investigations. He also has an extensive background in
emergency medicine and intensive care medical treatment, as a special
forces medic, emergency medical technician and licensed practical
nurse.
Prof.
Beshears earned four college degrees while serving in the military via
evening and night college courses. These include an Associate of Arts
in General Studies, Baccalaureate of Science degrees in both Criminal
Justice and Psychology through Drury College, Springfield, Missouri.
He graduated with honors with a Masters of Arts degree in Health
Service Management from Webster University, Saint Louis, Missouri. He
and his wife (Michelle) also recently earned yet another Masters
degree i.e., Masters of Science degree in Criminology from Indiana
State University. They each hope to earn their PhD in Criminology. It
should be noted that Prof. Beshears is recognized, as a member of the
National Honor Society and the American College of Health Care
Executives.
Prof.
Beshears has twenty-six years experience as a judo practitioner and
instructor, teaching numerous YMCA and youth group self-defense
courses, to include a course for the Kentucky State Highway Patrol and
other police departments. His intense interest and knowledge of the
criminal justice field has been demonstrated in the numerous civic
lectures and seminars taught to various police and community groups.
He has worked side-by-side with Arkansas's local and State police in
various investigations and is sought-out for his insight and knowledge
in criminal justice, corrections and security. He has instructed
undergraduate college courses in criminal justice for the past several
years and is noted for his informative and enjoyable style of academia
instruction both in the traditional classroom and the online classroom
environments. His years of managerial, as well as actual hands-on
experience and knowledge in relationship to criminal investigations,
police and correctional operations coupled with an understanding of
medical tests, surgical procedures, and the effects caused to the
human body, due to various trauma induced injuries allows him to give
his students an insight into various elements of criminal justice that
few instructors can.
Prof.
Beshears resides with his wife Michelle
and their son Hunter in
their lake view home near Bull Shoals & Norfork lakes in
Clarkridge, Arkansas.
