Rate My Professor Elizabeth Wiles

Elizabeth Wiles is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice Studies at Truman State University, where she was recently promoted with tenure. She also serves as Director of Interdisciplinary Studies & Student Research, overseeing the Interdisciplinary Studies Major, interdisciplinary minors, Junior Interdisciplinary Seminar, First Year Seminar, and student research initiatives including Tru Scholars, Grants in Aid of Scholarship & Research, and the annual Student Research Conference. Additionally, as Chair of Legal Studies & Pre-Law Programming, she mentors students to improve access to legal education from all backgrounds. A Truman State University alumna, Wiles earned a B.A. in Philosophy & Religion magna cum laude in 2006. She received her J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Missouri School of Law, during which she served on the Editorial Board of the Missouri Law Review and interned for the Honorable Mary R. Russell of the Supreme Court of Missouri. Following law school, she clerked as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Patricia Breckenridge of the Supreme Court of Missouri.