About me

I am a Professor in the Department of Health Studies & Applied Educational Psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University. I also hold a secondary faculty appointment in the Department of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health. I am currently the Senior Associate Director of the Edmund W. Gordon Institute for Urban and Minority Education. And also the Inaugural President of the Research Society for Firearm-Related Harms. I'm a school violence prevention researcher, studying gun violence, school safety, and adverse childhood experiences. My work prioritizes the needs for schools and communities to collectively attend to the well-being of children while keeping them safe, reducing their exposure to violence, and ensuring opportunities for them to thrive. I live in New York City with my husband and 8-year-old son.

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