Judge Cynthia Kent to Teach

January 8, 2015

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Retired Judge Cynthia Kent to Teach Spring 2015 Criminal Justice Course at UT Tyler

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January 8, 2015

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January 8, 2015

State District Court Judge-Retired Cynthia Stevens Kent will teach a criminal justice course at The University of Texas at Tyler for the spring 2015 semester, Dr. Martin Slann, College of Arts and Sciences dean, announced.

“We are delighted and honored to have Judge Kent teach for UT Tyler, said Dr. Barbara Hart, social sciences department chair. “Judge Kent enhances the excellent criminal justice curriculum at UT Tyler with her years of judicial experience. She brings the ‘real world’ of the courtroom into the classroom, and students are extraordinarily fortunate to have her as an instructor. She is an amazing teacher as well, and her passion for the law is a great example for students.”

The course, Criminal Procedure: CRIJ 4341, will be offered twice in Tyler: 4 – 5:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays as well as 6 – 8:45 p.m. Mondays, when it will be broadcast to the UT Tyler Longview University Center via distance learning ZOOM technology.

The broadcast is live and students in Longview can also interact with the instructor in Tyler, Hart added.

For more information, contact the UT Tyler Department of Social Sciences, 903.566.7356.

A licensed attorney by the Texas Supreme Court and State Bar of Texas member since 1977, Kent served as judge for the 114^th Judicial District Court in Smith County for 19 years, retiring in 2008. Currently a private practice attorney since July 2013, she also previously served as a judge for the Smith County Court at Law #2 and assistant criminal district attorney.

Kent holds a bachelor of arts from the University of Houston, a J.D. from South Texas College of Law and a master of judicial studies from the University of Nevada–Reno.

She has served as a UT Tyler adjunct faculty member since 2014. Other UT Tyler courses she teaches are criminal evidence and criminal law.

One of the 15 campuses of the UT System, UT Tyler features excellence in teaching, research, artistic performance and community service. More than 80 undergraduate and graduate degrees are available at UT Tyler, which has an enrollment of more than 8,000 high-ability students. UT Tyler offers courses at its campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine as well as a location in Houston.