She teaches various courses in juvenile justice and juvenile corrections, as well as several online CJ courses. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Criminology from the University of Florida. She also holds a Master of Arts and Ph.D. in Criminology from the University of South Florida. Dr Gulledge's research interests include truancy, intervention strategies for juvenile offenders in diversion programs, co-occurring disorders in juvenile populations, and psychosocial risk factors associated with delinquency. Her research has been published in Journal of Crime and Justice, Criminal Justice and Behavior, Deviant Behavior, Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, and Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders.