Doctor of Philosophy, Adult Education / Criminal Justice, University of Southern Mississippi, 1984

Juris Doctor, Law, University of Mississippi, 1987

Master of Science, Criminal Justice, University of Southern Mississippi, 1980

Bachelor of Science, Criminal Justice, University of Southern Mississippi, 1977

Total grants exceed $1.5M
Principal Investigator and Project Director for Dept of Labor Grant through the Workforce Investment Act creating the "Citizenship and Justice Academy: Sentenced to Learn" An initial $130K implementation grant with additional funding of $117K in 2003: total funding as of 2003 was $247K. Continued funding in FY 05 of $221K from Department of Justice. Total of $468K of May 2008. (Continuing)

Initial consultant and project catalyst:  Grant to the Harrison County Sheriff's Dept. through The University of Southern Mississippi. The initial grant is for $6M with other money appropriated for the project. Because of this technology grant the Criminal Justice Dept. received a $1M Dept of Justice grant for technology advancement and police training. 2002-2003 for the Gulf Coast Campus.  (Sheriff’s Dept grant still ongoing)

Principal Investigator and Project Director Office of Attorney General for Administration of Southern Division Regional Office, as Division Director coordinate and support Attorney General’s Southern Division Office on coast Campus of The University of Southern Mississippi. Period of grant funding Jan 2005-May 2007 of $38.4K. (Completed)

Principal Investigator and Project Director of a Knight Foundation Grant to Promote Youth Development and Prevent Youth Violence in Harrison County, Mississippi. A planning grant designed to conduct a needs assessment in Harrison, County the second largest populated county in Mississippi, 1997-1999. $50K Grant (Completed)

*Have proposed four other grants on police training and public safety communication network and research grant for evaluation of CJA; grants were not funded.

Youth Violence Literature and Resource Guide, published by the Knight Foundation, 1998
(co-authored by student researchers) (300 page review of related literature in abstract summary form promoted nationally by the Knight Foundation) Video production prepared in Cooperation with the United States Veterans Administration, Liability in Law Enforcement, January, 2003 (Regional distribution Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida).

The Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Association Journal, Important Mississippi Decisions, Townsend v. State, No.92-KA-01010-SCT first quarter, 1997. (Charles Marx, co-author).

Police Communication Skills Training in America: A report to the President of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, A report from the I.A.C.P Ad Hoc Committee, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, National Center for State, Local, and International Law Enforcement Training, Glynco, Georgia, August 1997.

(Primarily responsible for writing chapter 1, Appendix B review of related literature and Appendix C selected bibliography) (Carl W. Hawkins, Kathleen M Sauter, and Stephen M. Hennessy, co-authors), (International Publication)

The Mississippi Law Enforcement  Officers Association Journal, Important Mississippi Decisions, Maryland v. Wilson, 65 LW 4124, third quarter, 1997 (Charles Marx, co-author).

The University of Mississippi Law Journal, The Civil Forfeiture Provisions under   the Mississippi Uniform Controlled Substances  Act, March 1990.

S.W.E.E.P.S. State Wide Education Enforcement and Prevention System, Report on Bridge the Gap Seminars with Recommendations, (State printing office, 1989)

Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Journal, Police Training in Mississippi:  The Patrol Officers and Chief Executives Indicate Their Needs, Vol. 31, Jan- Feb. 1985.

Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Journal, The Role of Adult Education in Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement, Vol. 30, No.1 Jan-Feb. 1984.

Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Journal, The Role of the Forensic Anthropologist in Death Investigations, first quarter, 1976.

Payne, Thomas E. Chapter 3: The Prosecutors Role in Forensic Investigations, InCSI Effect, Prosecutors, and Wrongful Convictions: Junk Science, Media Myths, and Potions for a Magic Carpet Ride, by Dennis Stevens, Ph.D., 2007 (Chapter) Book is under contract for 2009 publication with Jones and Bartlet publishers. (Chapter)

Payne, Thomas E., Editor, Homeland Security Series, Ashgate Publishing, London, England. Co-editor, Dr. Tom Lansford. 2005-present (three books published in four book series) (Books)

Payne, Thomas  E., A Non-Lawyers Guide to Police use of Evidence Search and Seizure,   (XLibris Publishing, 2003) (Book)

Criminal Justice System of Mississippi, Politics in Mississippi, Joseph Parker, Ph.D., ed. (Sheffield Publishing, 2nd Edition, 2001) (co-author Charles Marx) (Chapter)

Civil Forfeiture: Effective Law Enforcement tool or Cash Register Justice, Controversial Issues in Policing, James Sewell, ed. (Allyn & Bacon, 1999) (co-author Carl W. Hawkins) (Chapter)