{"id":2434201,"date":"2026-05-27T15:21:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2434201"},"modified":"2026-05-27T15:21:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:21:00","slug":"class-of-2026-selects-teachers-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/class-of-2026-selects-teachers-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Class of 2026 Selects Teachers of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Dr. Back, who has worked at Scranton since 2019,\u00a0is a retired Marine captain who served as an instructor in counter-terrorism tactics and counter-intelligence operations for the Republic of Korea Marine Corps. He previously served as a legislative aide for the South Korea Senate and the Massachusetts State House.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Dr. Back holds a Ph.D. in International Crime from Florida International University, a Master of Science in Criminal Justice from Bridgewater State University and a Bachelor of Science in Leadership and Political Science from Northeastern University. He teaches courses on cybercrime, cyber intelligence, mobile forensics, digital forensics investigation and introduction to homeland security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Dr. Venezia, who has worked at Scranton since 2016, teaches in the kinesiology program and nutrition concentration and serves on the advisory committee for the neuroscience program. Among his courses is Advanced Physiology of Sport and Exercise, which\u00a0he\u2019s\u00a0taught to every graduating kinesiology senior since 2016. He has also mentored several students in the University Honors Program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Dr. Venezia earned\u00a0bachelor\u2019s\u00a0and master\u2019s\u00a0degrees\u00a0in exercise science from Bloomsburg University. He earned his Ph.D. in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science from the University of Maryland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Faculty members may earn the Teacher of the Year award no more than once.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n\t\t  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\t  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9\";\n\t\t  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source news.scranton.edu \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Back, who has worked at Scranton since 2019,\u00a0is a retired Marine captain who served as an instructor in counter-terrorism tactics and counter-intelligence operations for the Republic of Korea Marine Corps. 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