From life as a Police Officer to a Professor at Morningside. The journey of becoming a Professor after having one of a kind experiences.
Professor Gonsler studied at Michigan State University and spent two years in public law enforcement before switching majors and obtaining a bachelor’s degree in anthropology. He proceeded to get his masters and PHD.
In his first two years of working in law enforcement, he worked for six months as a correction officer. While Gonsler was on duty, he confiscated over 50 phones , saw dead baby birds in a hot pot, and figured out that more times than not there’s corrupt cops at almost any department.
One thing that did stand out during my time interviewing Gonsler was that he “was on a federal watchlist for eight years just because I was mailing the unabomber for 8 months” since his boss told him to start emailing various terrorists in hopes to hear something back. He then added how “I was probably the only person in the world besides his gang that would want mail from the uni bomber” since the unabomber used to send bombs through the mail.
From his time in law enforcement, he soon realized that it wasn’t for him however, and led him to find many qualities in life as a professor. His first gig as a teacher was actually being an instructor but as he grew in his teaching abilities he sought out a better job. He initially applied to around 50 schools but only heard back from two.
One of those two was Morningside University. On his first interview here he instantly fell in love with the campus, environment, and faulty on campus. Once he got the job, he started teaching various intro classes as he loves to do. His favorite class to teach is CIC as he only teaches that in the fall.
As he only wishes the best for his students he stated that “I don’t really care what my students do, some kids shouldn’t be cops, the most important thing is that I want them to get what they want out of this course is to expose them to the good and the bad of careers”.
Lastly, from handcuffs and pepper spray to a class made up for college students he loves what he does now.