Faculty Bios and Info

Ivan Biss

Email: bissix@pgcc.edu 

Ivan Biss is an adjunct professor at Prince George’s Community College (PGCC). He holds a B.S. in management studies from the University of Maryland Global Campus and a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) from Trinity College. He has been teaching courses in the criminal justice curriculum at PGCC since 2004. 

Alaina S. Gay

Email: agay56061@pgcc.edu 

Alaina S. Gay is an adjunct associate professor at Prince George’s Community College (PGCC). She received a Bachelor of Science in marketing from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and has worked at PGCC since 2015. She received a master’s degree in criminal justice leadership and executive management with a concentration in terrorism from Walden University in 2014.

Professor Gay has over 20 years of experience in law enforcement, beginning in 2002 with the Baltimore City Police Department. In 2005, she transitioned to the Prince George’s County Sheriff’s Office (PGSO) where she served for 15 years. She separated from PGSO in 2021 and is currently employed as a police officer with Maryland National Capital Park Police. 

Johnnie A. Jones III, Esq.

Email: jonesja@pgcc.edu 

Dr. Johnnie A. Jones III is a professor of law at Prince George’s Community College (PGCC). Dr. Jones has been with PGCC since 2002, teaching introduction to upper-level legal courses.  He previously taught at the University of Maryland University College, New Mexico State University, the University of New Mexico, and the Albuquerque Technical Institute ABA Legal Studies Program in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Professor Jones is also a practicing trial attorney and legal consultant in Washington, D.C., and New Mexico. Professor Jones is a former assistant district attorney, senior felony trial attorney, special prosecutor, acting and assistant city attorney, trial attorney, and legal consultant.  

Dr. Jones is currently on the Maryland County Police Accountability Board, handling public complaints against excessive police force and misconduct. He is currently the Chair of the Maryland Ethics Law Commission in Chestertown, Maryland, where he handles complex public corruption complaints against elected and appointed Maryland officials. Dr. Jones is also responsible for training elected and appointed officials on Maryland’s Ethics Law. In 2005, Professor Jones organized, hosted, and moderated the first “Community Legal Forum” sponsored by Prince George’s Community College on the topic of “Guns, Snipers, Protective Orders and the Death Penalty” with an open discussion with Maryland State’s Attorney Glenn F. Ivey of Prince George’s County and Douglas F. Gansler of Montgomery County. The Legal Forum received local, state, and national media attention. In 2006, Professor Jones was invited to submit written briefing statements against the death penalty and testified before the Maryland House of Delegates Judicial Committee, the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee, and before the full session of the Maryland Legislature in Annapolis, Maryland in support of Senate Bill 349 for the repeal of the Death Penalty. In 2007, Professor Charles Ogletree, Jr. of Harvard Law School’s Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice invited Professor Jones to present and participate on panel discussions at the historic Summit on The Death Penalty in Maryland.  

Dr. Jones also testified before Governor Martin O’Malley’s historic Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment, chaired by the Honorable Benjamin Civiletti, former United States Attorney, in Annapolis, Maryland, in August 2008. In February 2011, Amnesty International-Charlottesville invited Dr. Jones to participate as a panel member on Capital Punishment: A Forum on the Death Penalty at the University of Virginia. Dr. Jones also assisted and supported equal access to justice in the New Mexico legislative initiative for New Mexico HB 285, which abolished the death penalty in New Mexico. Bill Richardson, the then Governor of New Mexico, signed the bill to Abolish the Death Penalty in New Mexico in 2009. In 2013, Governor Martin O’Malley invited Professor Jones to attend the historic signing ceremony of Senate Bill 349 into law repealing Maryland’s death penalty. 

Dr. Jones is a first-generation college graduate.  

Thomas W. Kemp

Email: kemptw@pgcc.edu 

Thomas W. Kemp is an assistant professor at Prince George’s Community College (PGCC). He holds an Associate of Science degree in criminal justice and a Bachelor of Arts in criminology. Assistant Professor Kemp is the first in his immediate family to attend and complete a college degree, having transferred from Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, New York, to the University of Maryland, College Park. His two sons also graduated from community colleges and transferred to the University of Maryland earning bachelor's degrees.

Assistant Professor Kemp has been with PGCC since 1989, teaching a variety of courses such as Community Policing, Criminal Law, Criminal Investigation, Introduction to the Criminal Justice System, Juvenile Delinquency, Patrol Operations, and Police Administration. Assistant Professor Kemp was employed by the Greenbelt City Police Department for over 34 years, leading the Tactical Unit, serving as Patrol and Special Operations Division Commander, and served two years as Interim Chief of Police. Assistant Professor Kemp retired as the agency’s Deputy Chief of Police in 2019.

He has been a certified police instructor since 1986 and is currently a part-time instructor for the Prince George’s Municipal Police Academy, teaching search and seizure warrant methodology and portions of constitutional law. Assistant Professor Kemp is a graduate of the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Association School and a graduate, then mentor, for the Maryland Police Executive Leadership Challenge course. He is a past member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, a past member of the Maryland Municipal League Police Executive Association, and a current member of the Fraternal Order of Police and Police Emerald Society. Assistant Professor Kemp is a Fourth-Degree member of the Knights of Columbus, a certified scuba diver, and an active volunteer Fire Fighter and Emergency Medical Technician. He enjoys traveling, motorcycling, boating, snowmobiling, and piloting private aircraft. 

Brian David Miller

Email: millerbd@pgcc.edu 

Brian D. Miller is a professor of forensic science at Prince George’s Community College (PGCC). He holds a B.S. in biology and an M.S. in forensic science. Mr. Miller has been with PGCC as an adjunct since 2009 and became a full-time faculty member in 2019. He began teaching forensic photography before taking over the forensic science program. He has also taught master-level courses at Stevenson University. Before teaching full-time, Mr. Miller was a Crime Scene Technician II for the Baltimore County Police Department Crime Lab, where he used his degrees and expertise to assist the community for almost 13 years. 

LaLinda McMillan Street

Email: streetlm@pgcc.edu

Dr. LaLinda Street is a professor of criminal justice at Prince George's Community College. She serves as an adjunct professor of criminology and sociology at the College and is an adjunct professor of criminal justice and sociology at Delaware State University. Additionally, she has established a successful advancement record as a Public Safety Academy Advisory Committee member coordinating with Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS) in creating and managing the Public Safety Academy. Dr. Street serves as the lead for Career and Technical Education Day in collaboration with PGCPS to develop a comprehensive program to bring awareness of career pathways in a global market. She has also presented at both national and local conferences.

Dr. Street has developed, taught, and trained faculty and students. Her previous experience as a security specialist for the Department of Commerce included conducting risk assessments and occupant emergency plan reviews, determining security eligibility for sensitive positions, evaluating and recommending safety measures, and coordinating with federal, state, and law enforcement on emergency preparedness.

Membership:

  • Member, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
  • Member, National Criminal Justice Association.
  • Member, Alpha Phi Sigma, the Criminal Justice Honors Society.
  • Member, Pi Gamma Mu, International Honor Society in Social Sciences.
  • Member, National Association of Developmental Education.

Certifications:

  • Instructor Development Certificate, the Municipal Police Officers' Education & Training Commission (MPOETC).
  • Continuity of Operations (COOP) Awareness Certification, FEMA.
Henry White

Email: whitehn@pgcc.edu 

Dr. Henry White, Jr. is an associate professor at Prince George’s Community College (PGCC). He was born in Washington, D.C., and received his education in the District of Columbia public school system. He is a retired law enforcement officer and an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland Global Campus. He is a graduate of Prince George’s Community College and the University of Maryland University Global Campus and holds a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University in executive leadership and management. He also holds a doctorate in higher education from Grand Canyon University. 

During his law enforcement career, he has been responsible for developing a strategic technology plan for the Prince George’s County Police Department. He directed the implementation of the police department’s closed circuit TV project, active crime reporting applications, electronic citation technology, the IT portion of the department’s Fusion Center, and gunshot detection technology. In addition to these responsibilities, he has served as the special liaison to three police chiefs. His other assignments included patrol operations, training and education, homeland security, special operations division (Collision Analysis Reconstruction Unit), criminal investigation division (Serious Habitual Juvenile Offenders Section – SHJOP), and the community services section. 

Some of his most notable assignments were working with the former Public Safety Director, Fred Thomas, during the Wayne Curry administration on his Police Reform Initiative and serving as the Acting Director of Homeland Security for Prince George’s County during Hurricane Isabel (September 2003, www.gazette.net).  

He is also a former candidate for public office in Prince George’s County, Maryland. He is an active member of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA).    

Dr. Henry White received the Adjunct Faculty of the Year Award in 2012. He currently serves on the College’s Provost Advisory Group, Division Promotion Committee, Budget Committee, Student Early Alert Committee, and the Strategic Plan Committee. He is also an alternate for the Curriculum Committee. 

Peter A. White

Email: whitepa@pgcc.edu 

Peter A. White is an associate professor at Prince George’s Community College (PGCC). He has been teaching at PGCC since 1994, starting as an adjunct professor before being hired as a full-time faculty professor in 2010. Professor White teaches several criminal justice courses, including Introduction to Criminal Justice and Community Policing.