Faculty
Kathleen Baggett, Interim Director Mark Chaffin Center for Healthy Development, Associate Professor, School of Public Health
Research Interests: Early childhood social-emotional health promotion, child maltreatment prevention
Elizabeth Beck, Professor, Professional Excellent Program, School of Social Work
Research Interests: restorative justice, violence prevention, mass incarceration
Konrad Bresin, Research Assistant Professor, Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences
Research Interests: Aggression, self-injury, alcohol and drug use
Callie Burt, Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
Research Interests: gene-environment interplay, biopsychosocial mechanisms linking social inequality and risk behaviors
Sarah Cook, Professor, Dept. of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences
Research Interests: sexual violence
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, Dept. 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, Health Policy & Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health
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
Chris Henrich, Professor, Chair, Dept. of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences
Research Interests: bullying, violence in schools
Susan Kelley, Professor, Associate Dean for Nursing, Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions
Research Interests: child maltreatment, grandparents raising grandchildren, substance abuse
Ruschelle Marie Leone, Research Assistant Professor, Health Policy & Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health
Research Interests: Sexual and relationship violence, bystander intervention, problematic alcohol use, masculinity
Katherine Masyn, Associate Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health
Melissa Osborne, Clinical Assistant Professor, School of 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, Health Promotion & Behavior, School of Public Health
Research Interests: Cross-cutting risk and protective factors for violence prevention and health promotion
Laura Salazar, Professor, Health Promotion & 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
Cynthia Stappenbeck, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Research Interests: IPV, alcohol, sexual & mental health, interventions
Monica Swahn, Distinguished University Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health
Research Interests: alcohol policy and violence (and other risk behavior)
Kevin Swartout, Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences
campusclimate.gsu.edu Research Interests: sexual violence, quantitative methods
Daniel Whitaker, Professor, Health Promotion & Behavior, School of Public Health
Research Interests: family violence