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
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