Plan annual career fair to connect criminal justice undergraduate and graduate students with organizations and agencies in the field. Participating agencies recruit for part-time jobs, internships, and full-time jobs across the full spectrum of the c...

Provided feedback on the differential predictions of the National Institute of Justice's risk assessment, the Prisoner Assessment Tool Targeting Estimated Risk and Needs (PATTERN). Specifically, provided feedback on the psychometric properties of the...

Evaluation of "Getting It Right," a mentoring program for parolees involving a partnership between the Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries the Michigan Dept. of Corrections. The project is funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Implementation and evaluation of a comprehensive school safety initiative in 20 schools across Genesee County, Michigan.

Co-coordinate an annual Homicide Investigation Training School with the Michigan State Police Training Academy. This is an annual state-certified training available to sworn law enforcement professionals only. Each year, between 30 and 40 local law e...

A four-day course to provide instruction on forensic anthropology, forensic entomology, human osteology, skeletal analyses, and excavation, including a field excavation.

Joint lecture with other faculty on head injuries and helmet safety. This was delivered to adults that attended a Reach Out To Youth event at the Secchia Center in Grand Rapids.

There are valid and growing concerns about accuracy, fairness, transparency, and communication in the use of risk and needs assessment. Risk and needs assessment results are not used enough to inform case decisions and management. Criminal justice ag...

Serve as board chair of WOW Outreach, a network of individuals and groups collaborating and engaging to eliminate the tolerance for violence in Flint. Its vision is a socially connected Flint working together to create safe neighborhoods.

Wrote an article for the Wall Street Journal about how IT security experts detect phishing, providing advice for the public about how to avoid this common cybersecurity issue.