Faculty

Kathleen Baggett, Associate Professor, Division of Health Promotion and Behavior, School of Public Health

Interim Director Mark Chaffin Center for Healthy Development

Research Interests: Early childhood social-emotional health promotion, child maltreatment prevention

Elizabeth Beck, Professor, Professional Excellent Program, School of Social Work, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

Research Interests: restorative justice, violence prevention, mass incarceration

Callie Burt, Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

Research Interests: gene-environment interplay, biopsychosocial mechanisms linking social inequality and risk behaviors

Sarah Cook, Professor, Dept. of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences

Dean, University Honors College

Research Interests: sexual violence

Violence Against Women Prevention Research Team

Rachel Culbreth, Assistant Professor, Respiratory Therapy, Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions

Research Interests: child maltreatment, suicide prevention

Leah Daigle, Professor, Dept. of Criminal Justice & Criminology, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

Research Interests: sexual violence, campus victimization, recurring victimization

Natasha Felice Deveauuse-Brown, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy & Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health

Research Interests: reduction and improving the quality of life of children, adolescents, and young adults, with an emphasis on sexual behaviors, violence, mental health, and substance abuse.

Xiangming Fang, Associate Professor, Health Management & Policy, School of Public Health

Research Interests: Economic Evaluation (including Impact Evaluation), Health Economics, Food Safety, Violence Prevention

Amanda Gilmore, Assistant Professor, Mark Chaffin Center for Healthy Development, Department of Health Policy & Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health

Director, National Center for Sexual Violence Prevention

Research Interests: Prevention of alcohol & drug use, sexual assault, and sexual risk behaviors. Technology-based interventions and secondary prevention programs for individuals who experienced sexual assault

Susan Kelley, Professor, Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions

Research Interests: child maltreatment, grandparents raising grandchildren, substance abuse

Ruschelle Leone, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy & Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health

Research Interests: Sexual and relationship violence, bystander intervention, problematic alcohol use, masculinity

Katherine Masyn, Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health

Associate Dean for Academic & Faculty Affairs

Elizabeth Mosley, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health

Research Interests: sexual and reproductive health, sexual and intimate partner violence, community-engaged research, health equity, structural and social determinants of health

Melissa Osborne, Clinical Assistant Professor, Nursing, Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions

Research Interests are: child maltreatment and trauma, firearm access and injury in the pediatric population

Dominic Parrott, CRIV Director, Professor, Dept. of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences

Research Interests: Alcohol-related aggression, intimate partner aggression, campus sexual violence

Dennis Reidy, Assistant Professor, Division of Health Promotion and Behavior, School of Public Health

Research Interests: Cross-cutting risk and protective factors for violence prevention and health promotion

Laura Salazar, Professor, Division of Health Promotion and Behavior, School of Public Health

Research Interests: sexual violence, intimate partner violence

Shannon Self-Brown, Professor, Health Promotion & Behavior, School of Public Health

Research Interests: child maltreatment, commercial sexual exploitation of children

Kevin Swartout, Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences

campusclimate.gsu.edu  Research Interests: sexual violence, quantitative methods

Violence Against Women Prevention Research Team

Daniel Whitaker, Professor, Division of Health Promotion and Behavior, School of Public Health

Research Interests: family violence