Sheldon Greenberg, Ph.D.

Sheldon Greenberg, Ph.D., is Associate Dean of the School of Education, Division of Public Safety Leadership, and Associate Professor of Management at Johns Hopkins University. In this capacity, he directs the Johns Hopkins University Police Executive Leadership Program, U.S. Secret Service Executive Development Program, and Intelligence Analysis Program. He directs the University’s formal partnerships with the U.S. Secret Service and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). 

Prior to joining Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Greenberg served as Associate Director of the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), a national law enforcement think tank and center for research. He began his career as an officer in the Howard County, MD Police Department, where he served as criminal investigator, supervisor, director of the police academy, and commander of the administrative services bureau. He worked with the U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Border Patrol, Department of Justice, and Department of State in a variety of capacities. He is past president of the Maryland Crime Prevention Association.

Dr. Greenberg worked with police agencies in Cyprus, Jordan, Kenya, Panama, Hungary, Pakistan, and the Czech Republic. He has served on national task forces on school violence, race-based profiling, police response to people who have mental illness, police recruiting, highway safety, military deployment, and homeland defense. He is the author of several books and numerous articles and is an expert witness on police operations in federal and state courts