Phil Schertzing has served at Michigan State University since July 2002 with a dual appointment as director of the Global Community Security Institute and as an academic specialist/instructor in the School of Criminal Justice. His academic achievements include a B.A. degree and Master of Management degree from Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and a Ph.D. in American History from Michigan State University. Phil is also a graduate of the Law Enforcement Executive Leadership Institute at Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant and the 191st session of the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia.