D.Crim., University of California, Berkeley, 1971
M.S., University of California, Berkeley, 1969
B.S., John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 1968

Osterburg, James W. and Richard H. Ward. Criminal Investigation: A Method for Reconstructing the Past. Anderson Publishing Co.: Cincinnati, Ohio, 1992. 2nd Revised edition, 1997, 3rd Revised edition, 2000, 4th revised edition, 2004, 5th revised edition, 2007. 
 
Ward, Richard, Kathleen Kiernan, Daniel Mabrey. Homeland Security. Cincinnati, Ohio: Lexis-Nexis, Anderson Publishing Company, 2006.

Hill, Sean and Richard H. Ward, editors. Extremist Groups: An International Compilation of Terrorist Organizations, Violent Political Groups, and Issue-Oriented Militant Movements, 2nd Edition. Huntsville, Texas: Office of International Criminal Justice, 2003.

Dr. Ward came to the University of New Haven in July 2008 with strong experience in academic and higher education administrative leadership positions.  From 2006 - June 2008 he was Associate Vice President for Research and Special Programs at Sam Houston State University. Dr. Ward also served as Dean of Criminal Justice at SHSU from 1999 - 2006. Previously he served as Associate Chancellor for Special Programs and Vice Chancellor for Administration at the University of Illinois, Chicago for 16 years.  In addition, Dr. Ward served as Vice President and Dean of Graduate Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice from 1975 - 1977. Dr. Ward is a Charter of the Society of Police Futurists International. He is a former police officer and detective of the NYPD from 1962 - 1970.