Curriculum Vita
Name:
Address:
Michael E. Martinez
1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway
School of Public Affairs
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Current Position:
Senior Instructor
Director Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice
University of Colorado
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Education
University of Colorado at Denver
Masters Degree in Criminal Justice
May 1981
Metropolitan State College
Bachelor of Science Degree in Law Enforcement
May 1973
Trinidad State Junior College
Associate of Arts Degree in Law Enforcement
May 1971
Employment:
Director, Bachelor of Arts Criminal Justice
Senior Instructor
August 2011 - Present
Serve as BACJ program director. Develop and implemented curriculum. Provide advising to
students pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees in Criminal Justice. Serve as Internship
Director, including the development of internship programs for student. Assist in the recruitment
of students from two-year colleges and high schools. Teaching areas include: Community and
Institutional based corrections, Gangs and Criminal Organizations, White Collar Crime, Ethics in
Criminal Justice, and Wrongful Convictions. Schedule faculty course assignments each
semester.
Instructor
School of Public Affairs
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
August 2009 – August 2011
Developed and implemented curriculum for Institutional and Community-based corrections
courses, gangs, violence in society, ethics, white collar crime, wrongful conviction, and race,
class and crime. Provide advising to students pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees in
Criminal Justice. Serve as Internship Director, including the development of internship programs
for student. Assist in the recruitment of students from two-year colleges and high schools.
Teaching areas include: Community and Institutional based corrections, Gangs and Criminal
Organizations, White Collar Crime, Ethics in Criminal Justice, and Wrongful Convictions.
Assistant Professor
August 2003 – August 2009
Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
Metropolitan State College of Denver
Developed and implemented class curriculum, including application of theory with practice of real
world experience for undergraduate students pursuing a degree in criminal justice. Established
contact with representatives of the Colorado Community College’s Criminal Justice Departments
to facilitate implementation of Articulation Agreement between Metropolitan State College and
the Community Colleges of Colorado. Participated in faculty meetings. Completed training, in
Student and Designer View Web CT, in order to implement the presentation of on-line courses.
Developed upper division on-line corrections course. Advised students related to degree
planning, class registration, internship placements, and career guidance.
Assisted in
development of course curriculum. Participated in open house recruitment of students. Served
as curriculum committee chair and co-chair.
Lecturer Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
August 2002 – July 2003
Metropolitan State College
Developed and implemented class curriculum, including application of theory with practice of real
world experience for undergraduate students pursuing a degree in criminal justice. Advised
students related to degree planning, class registration, internship placements, and career
guidance.
Adjunct Faculty
May 2001 – July 2002
Metropolitan State College
Developed and implemented class curriculum, including application of theory with practice of real
world experience for undergraduate students pursuing a degree in criminal justice.
Investigative Resources Inc.
March 2001 – Present
Serve as consultant and investigator for attorneys in the evaluation of pretrial and presentence
investigation reports on the state and federal level. Interview witnesses in criminal and civil
matters. Conduct background and personal injury accident investigations. Serve as advisory
witness for attorneys appearing before the federal court on issues related to the investigation and
supervision of federal offenders.
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
August 2001 - December 2001
Honorarium Instructor Graduate School of Public Affairs
Developed and implemented class curriculum on Community-Based Corrections for graduate
students pursuing a master’s degree in Criminal Justice.
United States Probation Office
October 1994 – December 2000
Deputy Chief United States Probation Officer
Second-in-command to the Chief Probation Officer in the administration and management of the
United States Probation Office, District of Colorado. Responsibilities include: maintaining a
thorough knowledge of national, statutory, policies, procedures, and administrative practices
specific to pretrial services, presentence investigations, and supervision of federal offenders.
Providing technical assistance to the Chief Probation Officer, Supervising Probation Officers,
Senior Probation Officers, line officers, the court and other judicial personnel regarding offender
programs and services. Oversight of employee supervision, strategic planning, financial
management including contract proposals and monitoring, personnel management, agency
operations and general administrative tasks. Provided ongoing training for supervisors, officers
and staff. Establishing and maintaining cooperative relationships with all components of the
criminal justice system to include federal, state, and local law enforcement, correctional and
social service agencies. Represent department at conferences, seminars, meetings, media
coverage, and other federal, state and local entities. Review of all hire recommendations and
participation in the interviewing and selection of employees. Assisted in after hours coverage of
electronic monitoring of offenders. Provide direction, training and evaluation of the work
performed by the Supervising Probation Officers. The Probation Office served five United States
District Court Judges, two Senior United States District Court Judges, and five United States
Magistrate Judges. The Probation Department employs a total of 74 probation officers and
support staff. Retired December 29, 2000.
Supervising United States Probation Officer
February 1992 - October 1994
Responsible for the quantity and quality of all probation and parole services provided by seven
probation officers. Assigned presentence investigation reports, supervision cases, collateral
investigations, prerelease investigations, and other matters referred by the court. Assisted with
afterhours coverage of home confinement cases. Reviewed and evaluated all work conducted
by officers. Served as communication link between line staff and administration. Assisted the
Chief Probation Officer in developing policies, procedures and programs to increase the
effectiveness of the Department. Conducted on the job training for new officers.
Senior United States Probation Officer
February 1990 - February 1992
Special Offender Specialist
Responsible for the supervision and investigation of the District’s special offender caseload,
including large scale and sophisticated white collar criminals, outlaw motorcycle and gang
members, organized crime offenders, including offenders under special jurisdiction of the United
States Marshal Service and other cases of high notoriety, which posed a unique threat to the
public safety. Served as in-house authority for staff and the court regarding the investigation and
supervision of offenders in the District’s special offender category. Served as lead officer in
conducting complex presentence investigations into the history and background, the prior
behavior patterns, and the character and make up of offenders. Supervised a caseload of 35-40
special offender cases. Assisted in the development of sentencing guideline worksheets for
organizational defendants.
United States Probation Officer
July 1978 – February 1990
Conducted presentence investigation reports on defendants who plead guilty or were convicted
of federal offenses. Supervised caseload of 55-60 offenders by ensuring public safety through
the monitoring and supervision of offenders conditionally released by the Court, the U.S. Parole
Commission, or military authorities. Served as Spanish interpreter for non-English speaking
offenders. Conducted prerelease investigations for the Bureau of Prisons.
Adult Probation Office
August 1973 - July 1978
Served as a state probation officer for the Fourth Judicial District Adult Probation Department,
Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Conducted presentence investigation reports for District and
County Court judges. Supervised offenders convicted of felony and misdemeanor offenses.
Assisted in the development and implementation of internship programs. Served as special
hearing officer for state parole.
Denver Sheriff Department
January 1973 - August 1973
Worked as a Deputy Sheriff assigned to monitor the safety and care of inmates housed at the
Denver County Jail.
Scholarships, Creative Activities
Publications
“County Correctional Nursing in Colorado” published by American Jail Magazine in its August
2009 edition.
Presentations and exhibits
Non-refereed “The Sociology of Gangs” presentation on August 12, 2013, to Law Enforcement
officers from the Caribbean Islands at the International Correctional Management Training
Center, Canon City, Colorado.
Non-refereed “A Lesson in Federal Probation” presented at the “Truth Behind the Fiction”
conference sponsored by the Community College of Denver and CEC Middle College of Denver
on October 17, 2009.
Non-refereed “Correctional Nursing in Colorado” presented at the Colorado Criminal Justice
Association 55th Annual Training Symposium on October 20, 2008 in Colorado Springs,
Colorado. Presentation made with research partner, Carol Jensen from the Department of
Health Professionals
Conferences:
Attended Security Threat Intelligence Network Group (STING) conference, Colorado Springs,
Colorado July 13-15, 2015
Attended Security Threat Intelligence Network Group (STING) conference, Pueblo, Colorado
August 11-13, 2014
Attended United States Sentencing Commission Regional Training, San Francisco, California
September 10-11, 2013
Attended International Gang Investigators Association Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, August
26-29, 2013.
Attended Security Threat Intelligence Network Group (STING) conference, Pueblo, Colorado
July 15-17, 2013.
Attended Diversity Summit 2013 Rising Spirit Uniting Through Difference University of Colorado
Colorado Springs, Colorado April 18, 2013
Attended National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Forensic Science and the Law
Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 5-6, 2013
Attended National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Defending Modern Drug Cases
Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 1-2, 2012
Attended Security Threat Intelligence Network Group (STING) conference, Pueblo, Colorado
July 16-18, 2012
Attended Training “Update on the Mexican Mafia, Southwest Perspective Evolution/Migration”
Pueblo, Colorado October 20, 2011.
Attended Security Threat Intelligence Network Group (STING) conference, Pueblo, Colorado
July 18-20, 2011
Attended STING conference, Pueblo, Colorado July 26-28, 2010
Attended STING Gang conference, Pueblo, Colorado March 26, 2010
Attended Colorado Criminal Justice Association 55th Annual Training Symposium, October 2021, 2008, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Attended Centerforce 9th Annual Inside/Out Summit in Rohnert Park, California on October 6
and 7, 2008
Attended National Institute of Justice conference in Washington, DC from July 21 to 23, 2008
Participated in the college Academic Affairs Curriculum Workshop on July 15 2008
Attended Federal Sentencing Guidelines 17th Annual Seminar in Orlando, Florida from May 21 to
23, 2008
Participated in Assessment Training presented by Dr. Robert Mundhenk On January 25, 2008
Attended Centerforce 8th Annual Inside/Out Summit, Innovative Solutions for Addressing the
Impact of Youth and Adult Incarceration in Our Communities, October 22 and 23, 2007
Attended the Progressive Audio Conference on Improved Academic Searches: Intervention
Opportunities for Human Resources offered by MSCD On September 24, 2007.
Participated in the SPS workshop presented by Dr. Carlos Cortez on August 16, 2007
Attended Faculty Development Conference: Moving Toward Inclusive Excellence – How
Strategic Planning Informs the Institutional Diversity Agenda at Metro State, August 15, 2007
Attended Colorado’s Response to Modern Day Slavery and Human Trafficking Conference on
April 12 and 13, 2007. The conference was co-hosted by the Institute for Women’s Studies and
Services at MSCD
Attended the MSCD Spring 2007 Professional Development Conference on January 19, 2007.
Attended Webinar Series Part III, Special Considerations for Hearing Campus Sexual
Misconduct Complaints on October 27, 2006
Attended Webinar Series Part II, Campus Sexual Misconduct and the Law on October 13, 2006
Attended Webinar Series Part I, Evaluating Sexual Misconduct Complaints: Force, Consent, and
Incapacity on October 6, 2006
Attended Colorado Department of Corrections: Prison Rape Elimination Act Training Conference,
December 20, 2006, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Attended Colorado Criminal Justice Association 54th Annual Training Symposium, November 13
and 14, 2006
Attended New Foundations Nonviolence Center Seminar, October 17, 2006
Attended the American Probation and Parole Association 31st Annual Training Institute: July 2326, 2006, Chicago, Illinois
Attended Webcast Federal Sentencing Guideline Updates, February 6, 2006
Attended American Probation and Parole Association 30th Annual Training Institute, July 17-21,
2005, New York
University of Colorado Colorado Springs School of Public Affairs Bachelor of Arts
in Criminal Justice Program
Member Compass Curriculum Navigate Advisory Committee
Scheduled Campus and Community Engagement Forum in conjunction with the Colorado
Springs Police Department on Body Worn Cameras
Participated in the UCCS Summer Bridge Program for Incoming Freshmen
Presentation to incoming students and parents during the Mountain Lion Experience Day
Scheduled Recruitment luncheon with Representatives from the Two-year Colleges in Colorado
offering a Criminal Justice Undergraduate Degree
Recruitment trips made to Two-year Colleges in Colorado offering a Criminal Justice
Undergraduate Degree
Scheduled Campus and Community Engagements involving Internship Panel, Corrections Panel,
Offender Panel, and Kids Doing Life presentation
Worked in conjunction with the office of Student Success to provide group advising to BACJ
majors and minors
Coordinated with the Department of Sociology chair to develop a dual degree program in
Criminal Justice and Sociology
Assisted in the development of BACJ course curriculum for GE course mapping.
Participated in the 2013-14 Pikes Peak Community Development Initiative Pathways to College
Readiness and Success Program
UCCS School of Public Affairs Course Content team representative
UCCS Retention Committee member
Department representative on the University Diversity Committee
Development of Internships for Criminal Justice students
Metropolitan State College of Denver Criminal Justice and Criminology Department
Service
Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology Articulation Agreement Committee Chair (2004
– 2009)
Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology Curriculum Committee Chair/co-Chair (2005 –
2009)
Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology Search Committee member (2005 – 2009)
Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology Assessment Committee member (2005 – 2009)
Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology Faculty Guideline Committee member (2005 –
2006)
Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology Adjunct Faculty Committee member (2005 –
2009)
Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology Faculty Senate representative (2005 – 2007)
Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology Search Committee Chair, (2005 – 2006)
Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology Volunteered to oversee students enrolled in the
college Cooperative Education Internship program. (2005 to 2009)
Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology Advising Committee member (2004 – 2009)
Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology representative to SPS Space Planning
Allocation Resource Committee 2008
Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology representative for MSCD Open House (2004 –
2009)
Metropolitan State College of Denver School of Professional Studies Service
SPS representative to the College Academic Structure Review Committee 2008
Reviewed Criminal Record for Nursing Department 2007
Faculty Senate representative to the College Space Planning Allocation Resource Committee
member (2006 – 2007)
School of Professional Studies Curriculum Committee member (2005 – 2008)
School of Professional Studies Turnitin committee member (2005 – 2009)
Served on Holistic Health and Wellness Tenure-Track Search Committee (2006 and 2007)
Metropolitan State College of Denver Service
Faculty Senate Budget Committee member (2006 – 2007)
Participated in MSCD’s Academic Profile senior experience exam program (2006)
Participated in 2+2 Curriculum meetings with Front Range Community College (2006 - 2008)
Worked in conjunction with Cooperative Education in developing internships with local, state and
federal law enforcement agencies (2005 – 2009)
MSCD Latino Faculty and Staff Association student mentor (2004 – 2009)
Community Service
Advisory Board Member Arapahoe Community College
Denver Public Schools Crime and Forensics Advisory Board Member
Assisted Denver District Court Adult Probation Volunteer Coordinator in recruitment and training
of Deputy Probation Officers
Provide pro bono services to local attorneys in the area of investigation and supervision of state
and federal offenders
Served on the Board of Managers for Southwest YMCA
Served as YMCA volunteer coach for girls softball, girls and boys basketball, and boys baseball
and boys in-line hockey.
Guest presentations at Columbine High School and Denver Public Schools Criminal Justice and
Forensic Academy
Serve as volunteer during YMCA fundraising activities.
Content Team Member for Colorado Community College System working to develop and
implement a continuum of learning for students from secondary and post secondary Career and
Technical Education programs, specifically related to the field of criminal justice, utilizing the
Colorado Career Cluster Model
Professional Organizations
Federal Probation and Pretrial Officers Association
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
American Probation and Parole Association
American Correctional Association
Colorado Criminal Justice Association
Consulting Position
Provide consulting to attorneys related to the investigation and supervision of state and federal
offenders.
Honors and Awards
Nominated for Metropolitan State College of Denver, School of Professional Studies Outstanding
Faculty Advisor for 2006 and 2007