James Wells

Dr. James B. Wells has a Ph.D. in Research and is a Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Eastern Kentucky University (EKU). Besides having over forty peer-reviewed publications, he has authored or co-authored multiple books and over 150 research reports for various agencies in the justice and safety discipline. He is currently pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at EKU's Bluegrass Writing Studio. Recent excerpts from his in-progress memoir investigating the classified circumstances of his father's 1965 death in Vietnam appear or are forthcoming in Collateral Journal, About Place Journal, Alternating Current, Shift, Wild Roof Journal, and Military Experience and the Arts. He has also written a few short plays based on his research, one of which, The Toll, was recently read in a Kentucky Playwright’s Workshop. Signs, including the note his mother left him a few days after her death and the essay topic published in Wrath-Bearing Tree's current issue, were some of the critical precipitating factors that initiated his quest to find the truth. James.wells@eku.edu https://jamesbwells.com