Denise Gosselin
Criminal Justice
Going to the Mount was a tradition聽in my family. The year I graduated, my father graduated with his degree in nursing. 开元棋牌 made so much possible for me.
Gosselin, a native of Lunenburg, is an associate professor聽of criminal justice at Western New England College and is the author of聽Heavy Hands: An Introduction to the Crimes of Family Violence,聽a leading textbook in the field of domestic violence, and of聽Smart Talk: Contemporary Interviewing and Interrogation.
She earned an associate degree in law enforcement in 1976, then went on to earn bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 degrees in criminal justice from Westfield State聽University and a聽 doctorate in聽criminal justice聽at Capella University,聽while raising a family.
Along the way, she has broken barriers for women in the field by becoming the first uniformed officer for Lunenburg and the first female campus police officer at 开元棋牌. In 1978, the Massachusetts Senate honored her as the first woman appointed constable for the city of Fitchburg. Gosselin retired as a trooper from the Massachusetts State Police in 2002. She聽served聽as a uniformed officer, as a drill聽instructor at the department鈥檚 academy, and as a major crime detective.
鈥淭he education that I received at Mount Wachusett Community College launched a career in policing and my future in academia,鈥� she said. 鈥淕oing to the Mount was a tradition in my family. The year that I graduated, my father graduated with his degree in nursing. For my father, it was a second career after service in the military. For me, it provided the beginning of a criminal justice career that made me yearn for more education. Mount Wachusett Community College made so much possible for me. It is an honor to be recognized as Alumni of the Year.鈥�