120 Initiative Expert Participants
American University
- Adam Auerbach, PhD, Associate Professor, School of International Service
- Sumitra Badrinathan, PhD , Assistant Professor, School of International Service
- Kurt Braddock, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Communication
- Charles Call, PhD, Associate Professor, International Peace & Conflict Resolution, School of International Service
- Susanna Campbell, PhD, Associate Professor, School of International Service, and Director, Research on International Policy Implementation Policy Lab (RIPIL)
- Lauren Carruth, PhD, Associate Professor, School of International Service, and Research Fellow, Center on Health, Risk & Society
- Maria De Jesus, PhD, Associate Professor, School of International Service, and Research Fellow, Center on Health, Risk & Society
- Carole Gallaher, PhD, Senior Associate Dean, School of International Service
- Austin Hart, PhD, Associate Professor, School of International Service
- Iris Krasnow, MA, Assistant Professor Emerita, School of Communication
- Brigid Maher, MFA, Associate Professor, School of Communication and Senior Fellow, Community Voice Lab
- Andrew Popper, LL.M, JD, Professor, Washington College of Law
- Rachel Robinson, PhD, Professor & Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs, School of International Service, American University
- Brenda V. Smith, JD, Professor, Washington College of Law, and Director of Community Economic and Equity Development Clinic
- Rachel Snyder, MFA, Professor of Literature
- Aparna Soni, PhD, Assistant Professor, Public Administration & Policy
- Leonard Steinhorn, MA, Affiliate Professor of History
- Matthew M. Taylor, PhD, Professor & Faculty Director of Research, School of International Service, and Director, The Brazil Research Initiative
- Erdal Tekin, PhD, Professor, Public Administration & Policy
- Thespina (Nina) Yamanis, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, School of International Service
- Joseph Young, PhD, Professor, Department of Justice, Law and Criminology
Catholic University of America
- David Jobes, PhD, Professor of Psychology & Associate Director of Clinical Training, and Director of the Suicide Prevention Lab
Gallaudet University
- Erin Farley, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Civil Leadership, Business & Social Change
- Gabriel Lomas, PhD, Professor of Counseling & Director of Counseling Programs
George Mason University
- Stephanie Aaronson, Deputy Vice President, Media & Communications
- Paul Allvin, Vice President & Chief Brand Officer
- Tehama Lopez Bunyasi, PhD, Associate Professor, Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution
- Lauren Cattaneo, PhD, Associate Professor, Clinical Psychology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, PhD, Associate Professor, Schar School of Policy & Government
- Stephanie Dailey, EdD, Assistant Professor, Counseling and Development, College of Education and Human Development
- Beidi Dong, PhD, Associate Professor, Criminology, Law and Society
- Carolyn Drews-Botsch, PhD, MPH, Professor and Chair, Global and Community Health, College of Health and Human Services
- Lei Gao, PhD, Associate Professor, Finance, School of Business
- Marc Gopin, PhD, James H. Laue Professor, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, and Director, Center for World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution
- Brad Greenwood, PhD, JM, MBA, MIT, Professor, Information Systems & Operations Management, School of Business
- Denise Hines, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, Institute for Biohealth Innovation, College of Health and Human Services
- Niklas Hultin, PhD, Assistant Professor, Global Affairs, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Douglas Irvin-Erickson, PhD, Assistant Professor, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, and Director, Raphaël Lemkin Genocide Prevention Program
- Christopher Koper, PhD, Professor, Criminology, Law and Society, and Principal Fellow, Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy (CEBCP)
- Robert Leider, JD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School
- Cynthia Lum, PhD, M.Sc, University Professor, Department of Criminology, Law & Society, and Director, Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy (CEBCP)
- Patricia Maulden, PhD, Associate Professor, Conflict Resolution, and Student Engagement Coordinator,Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, and Director, Dialogue & Difference Project, and Faculty, Institute for a Sustainable Earth
- Jeremy D. Mayer, PhD, Associate Professor, Schar School of Policy & Government, and Director, Political Science Doctoral and Master’s Programs
- Rose Pascarell, Vice President for University Life
- Arthur Romano, PhD, Assistant Professor, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution
- Jeffrey Stuewig, PhD, Research Associate Professor, Psychology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Faye Taxman, PhD, University Professor & Faculty Fellow, Schar School of Policy & Government, and Director, Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence (ACE!)
- Preston Williams, Staff Senator and Presidential Communications Manager
- Ashley Yuckenberg, PhD, Assistant Professor, Business Foundations and Dean’s Teaching Faculty Fellow, School of Business
Georgetown University
- Matt Charles, DPA, Professor, Master of Public Relations & Corporate Communication Program, School of Continuing Studies
- Tahir Duckett, JD, Executive Director, Center for Innovations in Community Safety (CICS), Law Center
- Eduardo Ferrer, JD, Visiting Professor, Law Center, and Policy Director, Juvenile Justice Clinic & Initiative
- Vicki W. Girard, JD, Professor, Legal Practice, Law Center, and Faculty Director of the Health Justice Alliance
- Liza H. Gold, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
- Carole Roan Gresenz, PhD, Bette Jacobs Endowed Professorship in the Department of Health Management and Policy, McCourt School of Public Policy & School of Health
- Erin C. Hall, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Surgery, School of Medicine, and Medical Director of the MedStar Washington Hospital Center Community Violence Intervention Program
- Frederic Lemieux, PhD, Professor of the Practice and Faculty Director of the Master of Professional Studies (MPS) programs in Applied Intelligence, Cybersecurity Risk Management, Technology Management and Information Technology Management, School of Continuing Studies
- Christy E. Lopez, JD, Faculty Co-Director, Center for Innovations in Community Safety (CICS), Law Center
- Deborah Perry, PhD, Professor in Pediatrics, Center for Child and Human Development, School of Medicine, and Director of Research & Evaluation, Health Justice Alliance
- Lisa Singh, PhD, Professor, Computer Science, and Director, Massive Data Institute
- Belinda Taylor, JD, Gun Violence Prevention & MLP Consultant
George Washington University
- Jeff Delinski, Professor and Program Director, Homeland Security Undergraduate Program, College of Professional Studies
- Mark Edberg, PhD, Professor, Milken Institute School of Public Health
- Adnan A. Hyder, MD, PhD, MPH, Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Research, Milken Institute School of Public Health; Director, Center on Commercial Determinants of Health; & Member, Gun Violence Task Force of the Association of Schools & Programs in Public Health
- John Sandberg, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health
- Naomi Seiler, JD, Associate Research Professor, Department of Health Policy & Management, Milken Institute School of Public Health
- Amita Vyas, PhD, MHS, Associate Professor, Department of Prevention and Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health; Director, Center of Excellence in Maternal & Child Health
- Mark Wrighton, PhD, President, George Washington University
- Risa Zwerling Wrighton, First Lady, George Washington University
Howard University
- Sandra Edmonds Crewe, PhD, MSW, Professor of Social Work and Dean, School of Social Work
- Danielle R. Holley-Walker, JD, Professor of Law and Dean, School of Law
- Roger A. Mitchell, Jr., MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
- Cassandra Crifasi, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Health Policy & Management, and Co-Director, Center for Gun Violence Solutions, Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Joshua M. Horwitz, JD, Dana Feitler Professor in Gun Violence Prevention & Advocacy, Professor of the Practice, and Co-Director, Center for Gun Violence Solutions, Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Daniel Webster, ScD, MPH, Bloomberg Professor of American Health and Co-Director, Center for Gun Violence Solutions, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Marymount University
- Erik Alda, PhD, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, College of Sciences and Humanities
- Paul Easton, Associate Vice President for Campus & Auxiliary Services
- Stephanie Ellis Foster, PhD, Professor of Criminal Justice, and Vice Provost, College of Sciences and Humanities
Montgomery College
- Andraè L. Brown, PhD, LMFT, Professor of Psychology
- Sonia Pruitt, MS, Professor of Criminal Justice
- Karl Smith, MA, Professor of Political Science & History
Trinity Washington University
- Debbie Van Camp, PhD, Vice President for Assessment and Student Success
University of the District of Columbia
- Andrea Adams, PhD, JD, Assistant Professor, Crime, Justice, & Security Studies
- Michelle Chatman, PhD, Associate Professor, Crime, Justice, & Security Studies
- Suzanne Lea, PhD, Assistant Professor, Crime, Justice, and Security Studies
- Anthony Mazza, Assistant Professor
- Kevin C. Norton, EdD, Program Coordinator, Violence Prevention & Community Wellness Initiative
- Jason B. Willis, PhD, Program Director, Violence Prevention & Community Wellness Initiative
University of Maryland College Park
- Zubin Jelveh, PhD, Assistant Professor, College of Information Studies
- Dawn Jourdan, PhD, JD, Professor and Dean, School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
- Samuel (Woodie) Kessel, MD, MPH, Professor of the Practice, Family Science, School of Public Health
- Katie Lawson, Chief Communications Officer
- Joseph Richardson, Jr., PhD, Joel and Kim Feller Professor and MPower Professor of African-American Studies and Medical Anthropology
- Sally Simpson, PhD, Distinguished University Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice, and Director, Center for the Study of Business Ethics, Regulation, & Crime (C-BERC)
- Brian Ullmann, Vice President, Marketing & Communications
University of Maryland Global Campus
- Justin Baumgartner, PhD, Associate Professor, Education & Public Service
- Alison Goodrich, PhD, JD, Professor & Chair, Education & Public Service
- Jose Jimenez, Adjunct Professor, Education & Public Service
- Julie Hill, PhD, Adjunct Professor, School of Arts & Sciences
- Christopher Swain, JD, Professor & Director, Public Safety Administration Bachelor’s Degree Program
Virginia Tech
- William “Mac” Babb lll, Chief of Police and Director of Security
- James E. Hawdon, PhD, Professor of Sociology & Director, Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention
- Mike Mulhare, Assistant Vice President for Emergency Management
- Mark Owczarski, Associate Vice President of University Relations, Chief Spokesperson
Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area
- Andrew Flagel, PhD, President and CEO; Visiting Senior Scholar, George Washington University
- Jeff Dagley, Director, Strategic Initiatives
- Kiriana McAffee, Technical Writer
- Gaurav Bhatnagar, Founder
- Mark Minukas, Managing Partner