Harvey L Mcmurray
Dr. Harvey L. McMurray is a professor of Criminal Justice in the Department of Criminal Justice at North Carolina Central University. He has been a member of the faculty for 37 years, serving as department chair from 2004 to 2015 and interim chair from 2021 to 2022. Dr. McMurray was assigned to Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, as a Senior Fulbright Scholar during 1998–1999. During this period, he was a senior advisor to the United Nation’s Crime Institute for Africa, UNAFRI (United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders). In 2004, Dr. McMurray received the Board of Governors Award for Teaching Excellence, the highest award for teaching in the University of North Carolina System.
In addition, Dr. McMurray served as the director of the University Undergraduate Research Program from 1993 to 2006. He was elected chair of the Faculty Senate (2013–2015) and chaired the HBCU Caucus while a member of the UNC Faculty Assembly. Dr. McMurray has served on several department, college, and university committees as well as community and professional committees, which includes being a past chair of Durham’s Human Relations Committee and a past chair of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences’ Academic Review Committee. Finally, Dr. McMurray has been active in research and grants.
Dr. McMurray serves as the executive director of the Institute for Homeland Security and Emergency Management, which he founded in 2005. He is currently the principal investigator for the NCCU grant with the Rural Development Preparedness Consortium, US Department of Homeland Security, which has brought in more than $2 million. He co-founded the HBCU Special Interest Group (SIG) with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Higher Education Program. Dr. McMurray has been invited to several homeland security and FEMA-related meetings, including at the White House Complex, Center for Domestic Preparedness, Emergency Management Institute, North Carolina’s Department of Public Safety.
Dr. McMurray teaches in the following programs: B.S. and M.S.
Education
| Ph.D., Criminal Justice | Rutgers University | 1987 |
| Master of Urban Studies | Howard University | 1982 |
| B.A., Political Science | University of Maryland | 1980 |
| A.A.S. | Community College of the Air Force | 1979 |
Courses
Publications
McMurray, H.; Hargrove, J. & Livingston, J. (2016). A Historical Analysis of African Americans in the Trenton State Prison, New Jersey: Before, During and After the Civil War, 1850-1890. American International Journal of Social Science, 5 (1), 10 - 22.
McMurray, H. L. (2014). Certification of Criminal Justice Academic Programs, The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Landry, F., McMurray, H. & Thomas, R. (2011). Baha’i Black Men’s Gathering: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years, 1987-2011. Illinois: Baha’i Publishing Trust.
McMurray, H.L., Fenlon, C. R. (2003). Survey of Local Options for Short-Term Suspended Students in North Carolina. North Carolina: NC Department of Public Instruction.
McMurray, H.L. (2000). Mending the Divide: Criminal Justice and International Crime. The Commitment: Vol. (2), 4. National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice.
Zingraff, M.T., McMurray, H.L., Fenlon, C.R., Warren, P.Y., Tomaskovic-Devey, D. (2000). Citizen perception of the Driving While Black Phenomenon: Research summary from Six focus groups. American Society of Criminology. San Francisco, California.
Zingraff, M.T., McMurray, H.L., Fenlon, C.R., Warren, P.Y., Tomaskovic-Devey, D., Mason, M., Smith, W.R. (2000). Evaluating north carolina state high patrol data: Citations, warnings, and searches in 1998. Report submitted to North Carolina Department of Crime Control & Public Safety and North Carolina State Highway Patrol.
McMurray, H.L. (1996). Dual realities and structural challenges of African-American criminologists. ACJS Today: Vol. (15) 1, 1-9.
McMurray, H.L. (1993). High-risk parolees in transition from institution to community life. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation: Vol. (19), 145-161.
McMurray, H. and Wilson, G. (October 1991). Durham County Jail Overcrowding: A system analysis. The American Jail Magazine. Washington, D.C.: The American Jail Association.
Wilson, G. and McMurray, H. (1991). System Assessment of Jail Overcrowding Assumptions. In L. Sloan (Ed.) Prison Conditions and Prison Overcrowding. Iowa: Kendall-Hunt Publishers.
Leashore, B., McMurray, H., & Etta, B. (1991), Family reunification and preservation, In J. Everette, B. Leashore, & S. Shipungu (Eds.) Child welfare: An africentric perspective. New Jersey: Rutgers University Press.
McMurray, H.L. (1990). Attitudes of assaulted police officer and their policy implications. Journal of Police Science and Administration, 17 (1), 44-48.
McMurray, H.L. (1988). Police postassault reactions and the buffering effects of social support. Doctoral Dissertation. New Jersey: Rutgers University.
Leashore, B.R. and McMurray, H.L. (1987). "Community-based volunteer groups and organizations help in reuniting families. "Permanency Report, (50) 1, p.6.
Leashore, B.R. and McMurray, H.L. (1987). Reuniting Black families with children in foster care: Family strengths, community support, and public policy. Washington, D.C.: National Association for Equal Opportunity and Higher Education.
Leashore, B.R. and McMurray, H.L. (1987). Reuniting families with children in foster care: A manual for volunteer community-based resource development. Washington, D.C.: Howard University, School of Social Work.
McMurray, H.L. (1983). The criminal victimization of the elderly. Washington, D.C.: Institute for Urban Affairs and Research.
Grants
2024 May. Principal Investigator: TVTP Grant, "Enhancing Community Capabilities and the Prevention of Youth Involved Targeted Violence in North Carolina." $796,270 (Submitted).
2008-Present. Principal Investigator: Grants from 2009 to 2014 and 2017 to 2023, Rural Development Preparedness Consortium (RDPC). NCCU was among the original six members of the Consortium and the only HBCU. Tasks involve the development of training courses for first responders in rural communities and small towns. Funded by US Department of Homeland Security, the amounts received to date are noted below. The website of the RDPC is available at https://ruraltraining.org/course-catalog/.
The Institute offers the following courses: MGT 401: "Planning and Intervention for Security Threat Groups, Hate, and Terrorist Groups in Rural Jails and Prisons"; MGT 405: "Mobilizing Faith-Based Community Organizations in Preparing for Disasters"; and MGT 406: "Community Threat Group Identification, Assessment and Information Reporting for Rural Law Enforcement Officers." These courses have been offered in 41 states to first responders and community representatives.
Funding Received:
- $903,119 (2008–2011)
- $138,320 (2012)
- $67,880 (2013)
- $138,320 (2014)
- $227,000 (2017)
- $222,555 (2018)
- $127,500 (2019)
- $172,500 (2020)
- $185,000 (2021)
- $172,500 (2022)
- $141,000 (2023)
2007 Principal Investigator, Colloquium on Embracing Diversity in the Global War on Terrorism. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College ($35,200)
2006 Summer Student Leadership Institute Grant Award ($30,000). Office of the Provost, NCCU.
2005 Director, University Undergraduate Research Program ($57,065).
2005 Principal Investigator: Focus Growth Award in Criminal Justice (Homeland Security and Forensic Applications/ $195,000. Office of the President, UNC.
2004 Director, University Undergraduate Research Program, ($55,800).
2004 Principal Investigator, Long-term Suspension Project, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, School Improvement Section. ($35,800)
2003 Principal Investigator, Short-term Suspension Project, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, School Improvement Section. ($25,890)
2003 Director, University Undergraduate Research Program, ($56,380). 2002 Director, University Undergraduate Research Program, ($55,551).
2001 Principal Investigator, Consortium for the Advancement of Suspended Students and Their Families, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services. ($193,530/Second Year Continuation Funding totaling $387,060)
2000 Director, University Undergraduate Research Program, ($65,000). 2002 Director, University Undergraduate Research Program ($55,500) 2001 Director, University Undergraduate Research Program ($47,800)
2000 Principal Investigator, Consortium for the Advancement of Suspended Students and Their Families, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services. ($193,530)
2000 Principal Investigator (Sub-contractor), North Carolina Traffic Study. Collaboration with the Center for Criminal Justice Research, North Carolina State University. ($45,000)
1999 Co-Principal Investigator, Juvenile Justice Institute ($500,000)
1998-1999 Fulbright Scholar, Sociology Department, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
1995-96: Principal Investigator: North Carolina COPLINK Project, Governor’s Crime Commission ($276,000).
1995-98: Principal Investigator/Director: University Undergraduate Research Program, ($250,000). 1993: Faculty Research Grant/NCCU: Police-Community Relations and Community Policing Project ($1,000).
1993: Principal Investigator: Police-Community Initiatives for Effective Law Enforcement in Rural Communities Project ($159,297).
1990: Project Director, An Assessment of Bond Decisions and Issues on Jail Overcrowding. National Institute of Justice 90-IJ-CX-0058 ($11,000).
1990: Project Director, Drug Use and Help-Seeking Patterns Among University Students. National Institute of Justice 90-IJ-CX-0062 ($11,000).
1989: Co-Project Director, Jail Population Management Project Grant. Durham County (North Carolina) Government ($33,000).