Journal of Forensic Psychology

Mark Teslik

Biography

Chaplain Mark Teslik has been a chaplain at Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage since December 2010. Columbia Correctional Institution (CCI) is a maximum security correctional institution for 830 male offenders within the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. Prior to his call at CCI, Mark served as pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church in East Moline, Illinois, and as chairman of the World Hunger Appeal Committee of the Northern Illinois Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He served as chaplain from 2002-2004 at Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center (SRSTC) in Mauston and at New Lisbon Correctional Institution from 2004-2010 where he worked to implement many new programs to meet the spiritual needs of 1000 inmates at NLCI prior to accepting the call from our synod. The CCI chapel has a full range of programs addressing the spiritual needs of inmates. CCI has one full-time chaplain, Rev. Mark Teslik, and one part-time chaplain.

Research Interest

Psychology, Neuropsychology