Ms. Yarckow-Brown received a M.S. in Criminal Justice, with an emphasis in violence, sex crimes and restorative justice, from the University of North Texas in 2003. Since that time she has completed additional graduate courses in the field of leadership and public administration and has attained numerous credits towards a Ph.D. in Criminology. In 2005, she became an honorary member of Alpha Phi Sigma. 

Classes that Ms. Yarckow-Brown teaches for the department include Introduction to Society (SOC 150), Introduction to Criminal Justice Systems (CRM 210), Causes of Crime and Delinquency (CRM 320), Delinquency and Juvenile Justice (CRM 330), Institutional and Community-Based Corrections (CRM 370) and Victimless Crime (CRM 430).  She also offers a variety of intersession courses including Sex Crimes, Bad Girls and Violent Predators.

Ms. Yarckow-Brown has had two recent publications. She authored an Instructor’s Manual to accompany the text Criminal Justice in Action, with a publication date of 2007. “Restorative Justice with Serious Offenders,” as an essay, along with several other components, were included within the textbook Restorative Justice in the United States, with a publication date of 2008.