Jonathan M. Metzl
Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health, and Society · Vanderbilt University
World-renowned expert on gun violence and mental illness, white identity politics and race and health.
Mass shootings Mental Health Guns in America Guns and Mental Illness Race, Gender and Social Justice in Healthcare
Amanda J. Crawford
Assistant Professor · University of Connecticut
Professor Crawford is a veteran political reporter, literary journalist, and expert in journalism ethics and misinformation.
Literary Journalism Media News Literacy Misinformation Journalism Ethics
Elizabeth Burgess Dowdell, PhD
Professor and Coordinator of Undergraduate Research | M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing · Villanova University
Elizabeth Dowdell, PhD, RN, FAAN, is an expert in the use of social media by adolescents and the health risks posed by online behaviors.
Gun Violence Internet Safety Sleep Texting Violence and Victimology Health Risk Behaviors in Children and Adolescents
Caitlin Elsaesser, Ph.D.
Associate Professor · University of Connecticut
Dr. Elsaesser partners with communities to create health promotion efforts that are empowering, with a focus on youth violence prevention.
Technology and Interpersonal Violence Youth Violence Gun Violence Prevention Research Methodology Child and Adolescent Development
David J. Thomas, Ph.D., LMHC
Expert in policing in America · Florida Gulf Coast University
David Thomas is a veteran police officer specializing in mental health, police and minority relations, active shooters and mass casualties.
Psychology of School Shooters Law Enforcement Mental Health Policing in America Police Psychology Use of Force by Police
Brett T. Wilmot, PhD
Associate Director, Ethics Program | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University
Brett T. Wilmot, PhD, is an expert in religion and politics, philosophical ethics, and theological ethics.
Ethics Religion and Politics Theological Ethics Philosophical Ethics
Paul C. Rosier, PhD
Professor of History; Director, Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University
Paul C. Rosier, PhD, is an expert in American history, global environmental history, and American environmental history.
History Sustainability Studies Global Environmental History American History American Environmental History
Professor Craig Jackson
Professor of Occupational Health Psychology · Birmingham City University
He has two main areas of professional interest: primarily as an occupational psychologist and secondly in the area of criminal psychology.
Serious Crime Criminal Profiling Stress at Work Wellbeing at Work Workplace Psychology
Laura Wilson
Associate Professor and Director of Safe Zone · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Wilson focuses on post-trauma functioning, particularly in survivors of sexual violence and among minoritized communities.
LGBTQ+ Minority Stress Trauma Sexual Violence Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Melissa Fore
Assistant Professor · Michigan State University
Melissa Fore teaches how concepts of race, class, gender, and sexuality are socially and culturally constructed.
Gender Policy Social Theory
David Carter
Professor of Criminal Justice · Michigan State University
David L. Carter is a professor in the School of Criminal Justice and Director of the Intelligence Program at Michigan State University.
Counterterrorism Policing Homicide Investigations Law Enforcement Criminal Justice
Lance Hunter, PhD
Professor of Political Science · Augusta University
Dr. Lance Hunter studies the connection between terrorism and political stability in democracies.
Politics Terrorism International Relations Voting Civil Liberties
Sandra M. Chafouleas
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Educational Psychology · University of Connecticut
Professor Chafouleas is an expert on whole child, school mental health, behavioral assessment, and K12 tiered systems of support.
Multi-Tiered Frameworks Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Model Social-Emotional-Behavioral Assessment School Mental Health Trauma-Informed Schools
Alyssa Hadley Dunn, Ph.D.
Director of Teacher Education, Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction · University of Connecticut
Dr. Dunn focuses her teaching, research, and service on urban education for social and racial justice.
Teacher Education Sociocultural and Political Contexts of Education Teacher Preparation Racial and Social Justice Educational Equity
Kerri Raissian, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Public Policy · University of Connecticut
Public administration expert, focusing on child and family policy
The impact of early childhood investments on child well-being Role of policy in family violence and contraception subsidies How policy generates family complexity, data collection and decision making in the child protective system
Kim Walsh-Childers
Professor/Chair · University of Florida
Kim Walsh-Childers' research focuses include news coverage of health issues and mass media effects on individual health and health policy.
Science Communication Health Communication Ethics Editing Professional Responsibility
Sunny G. Hallowell, PhD
Associate Professor | M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing · Villanova University
Sunny G. Hallowell, PhD, APRN, PPCNP-BC is an expert in human milk and lactation, neonatal care, and children’s health policy.
Healthcare Simulation/VR Lactation Consultation Perinatal Outcomes Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing Workforce Issues
Kim Davies, PhD
Dean of Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences · Augusta University
Dr. Kim Davies, Dean of the Pamplin College, is a sociologist available to discuss homicide.
Gender-Based Violence Sociology Of Homicide Social Equality Murder Sociology
Dale Peeples, MD
Pediatric Psychiatrist / Associate Professor of Psychiatry · Augusta University
Peeples is a highly-regarded psychiatrist providing tips to maintain mental wellbeing throughout the COVID-19 outbreak.
Foster Care and Adoptions Medical Education Juvenile Delinquency Pediatric Psychiatry Telepsychiatry
Roxane Cohen Silver
Distinguished Professor of Psychological Science · UC Irvine
Roxane Cohen Silver studies stress, traumatic events, coping, disasters, health psychology and social psychology.
Health Psychology Stress Traumatic Events Coping Social Psychology