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Futurist in Residence

Dr. Tina Jaeckle received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida in Criminology and Sociology in 1990 and completed a Master's Degree in Social Work from the University of Houston in 1995. Tina has been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Florida with approximately 18 years of mental health and crisis intervention experience. She has also completed a Masters of Science Degree in Criminal Justice with a specialty track in the Behavioral Sciences from Nova Southeastern University, and earned a Ph.D. in the Humanities and Social Sciences with an emphasis in Conflict Analysis and Resolution (specialty in crisis management) from the same institution.

Tina is presently an Assistant Professor in the Social and Behavioral Sciences at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida and also serves as a Florida Supreme Court Certified family and dependency mediator and approved primary trainer in both areas. She has presented nationally on issues of crisis, trauma, child abuse, domestic violence, mental illness, criminal behavior, cultural diversity, and effective management of high-conflict families. Tina currently serves as the mental health training consultant with the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office (Florida) providing in-service instruction to law enforcement and corrections as well as the crisis hostage/negotiation and crisis intervention teams and consults with numerous law enforcement agencies across the state.

Tina is board certified in emergency crisis response and bereavement trauma through the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress; a Diplomate of American Board of Critical Incident Professionals; A Certified Forensic Consultant with the American College of Forensic Examiners; a Fellow with the National Center for Crisis Management; a visiting professor at the FBI Academy (Behavioral Sciences Unit) in Quantico, Virginia; a visiting professor with the Criminal Justice Institute at Nova Southeastern University; a member of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Child Abduction Response Team; a member of the North Florida Child Death Review Team; a member of the American Red Cross Mental Health Crisis Team; and is presently the FBI's Futurist in Residence for the 2008-2009 year and is conducting research on illegal immigration, culture, and future policing implications.

Tina Jaeckle, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., B.C.E.T.S., C.F.C., D.A.B.C.I.P., F.N.C.C.M. Assistant Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences Flagler College, St. Augustine, Florida
Federal Bureau of Investigation/Quantico,
Futurist/Scholar in Residence, 2008-2009
Office (904) 819-6317 tjaeckle@flagler.edu

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. -Gandhi

The Futures Working Group is a collaboration between the FBI and Police Futurists International. Its mission is to provide innovation in policing. Members of the FWG have completed projects on topics including, but not limited to, the use of augmented reality technology, neighborhood driven policing, homeland security, and the future of policing.