Jillian Marconi

Adjunct Faculty

Originally from Long Island, New York, Ms. Marconi holds a Master of Science in Criminal Justice, a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, along with a minor in anthropology, from the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University. She attained her undergraduate degrees magna cum laude, was an Honors Program and Merit Fellowship Participant, and received the Student Affairs Core Values Award. Her Master’s Thesis is titled: The Effectiveness of Psychological Criminal Profiling in Solving Serial Murders. Upon attaining these degrees, she relocated to Dayton, Ohio to attend law school. Ms. Marconi earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Dayton School of Law, where she was enrolled in the Advocacy and Dispute Resolution Track, focusing on criminal law and procedure. As a law student, she studied Comparative Criminal Law abroad in Winchester, England, was President of the Criminal Law Association, and was a member of the UDSL Moot Court Team. Upon graduating, she received the Social Justice Award and the Pro Bono Commitment to Community Award. She took and passed the Ohio Bar Exam, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio, and is currently on inactive status.

Ms. Marconi possesses a variety of experience working within the criminal justice system and legal system. She has interned for a district attorney’s office, a county prosecutor’s office, a United States Attorney’s Office, a Federal District Court Judge, a police department, and a county legislator. Ms. Marconi has practiced law both as an assistant prosecutor, prosecuting numerous criminal and children services cases, and as an associate attorney working in private practice. Ms. Marconi has been teaching online as an Adjunct Professor of Criminal Justice at Indiana University East since 2015, at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis since 2020, and at George Mason University since 2020.

In 2015, Ms. Marconi began working for the federal government in the field of contract negotiation. She started working in this field as a Contract Specialist/Contracting Officer for the Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Upon relocating to the DMV, Ms. Marconi has worked as a Contract Specialist/Contracting Officer for the Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command Headquarters; the Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force, 11 CONS; the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; and the Library of Congress. Ms. Marconi currently works as a Contracting Officer/Team Lead with an Unlimited Warrant for the Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency.

In her free time, Ms. Marconi enjoys learning, traveling, trivia, going out to eat, cooking, walking/hiking, Zumba, watching TV, meeting up with friends, and of course anything true crime related.

Courses Taught

CRIM 302 - Delinquency and Juvenile Justice (Juvenile Delinquency)

CRIM 408 - Criminal Courts

CRIM 424 - Constitutional Law: Criminal Process and Rights (Criminal Procedure)

CRIM 430 - Criminal Law

CRIM 490 - Special Topics: Serial Killers & Mass Murderers

CRIM 561 - Politics of Criminal Policy

Education

J.D., Law - Advocacy and Dispute Resolution Track with Emphasis in Criminal Law and Procedure, University of Dayton School of Law (2011)

M.S., Criminal Justice, C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University (2008)

B.A., Criminal Justice, C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University (2007)

B.A., Political Science, C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University (2007)

Minor, Anthropology, C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University (2007)