A world without violence is possible.
Firmly believing in the power of data and science to serve the greater good, I have dedicated my career to raising awareness and influencing change on social issues. My academic roots began in the epidemiological public health approach to reducing violence. Today I help communities apply science to solving problems. My social justice projects include environmental violence prevention, promoting pretrial justice, and quantifying racial and gender system disparities.
For nearly 30 years, I co-founded and managed the Atlanta-based public policy research firm Applied Research Services. Much of my research efforts focused on quantitative methods of predicting violent behavior. My career includes leading numerous U.S. Department of Justice studies, publishing academic and practitioner articles, and instructing college courses and professional research seminars.
I am passionate about the movement to end violence! My time is devoted to serving as a member of my local Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) and as a Board Member to Hope Shores Alliance, providing services to survivors of sexual assault, stalking, dating violence, and domestic violence.
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Education
Ph.D: School of Criminology – Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
MA: Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, School of Criminal Justice – University at Albany, Albany, NY
BA: Criminal Justice – Saginaw Valley State College, Saginaw, MI
My Services
In a world overflowing with data, the challenge is to turn data into something meaningful, which can be communicated simply and acted upon effectively.
Get the Data you Need
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Identify your needs
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Collect data on the problem
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Organize and analyze your data
Make Sense of Your Information
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Data mining to discover opportunity
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Practical interpretation to inform action
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Identify and prioritize potential solutions
Inspire Action
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Clarify findings
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Motivate action
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Demonstrate impact
Keynote Speaker
Virtual & In-Person
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Environmental violence prevention
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Justice system transformation
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Sexual/domestic violence
Preventing violence
Improving justice systems
Increasing community well-being
Ending sexual and domestic violence
Impact Areas
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