Students and faculty have spent the past few weeks mourning the loss and remembering the legacy of a UCF professor and alumnus who died earlier this semester.
Dr. Shamir Ratansi, a full-time lecturer in the Department of Criminal Justice, died on Feb. 14 due to an unexpected medical condition, said Dr. Eugene Paoline, professor and chair of the department.
Paoline said that Ratansi, who was 58, was a “phenomenal person and a phenomenal teacher.”…