OUR PEOPLE
TEAM
Amanda Ruzicka, MA
Deputy Director | Senior Research Associate
Luciana Assini-Meytin, PhD
Deputy Director | Associate Scientist
Aengus Ó Dochartaigh
Outreach Director
Ericka Muempfer, MA
Research Associate
Abigail R. DeSilva, MSW
Senior Research Program Coordinator
Christina Knepper, LCSW-C
Research Coordinator / Interventionist
Yi Sun, MPH, MS
Research Data Manager
Ian McPhail, PhD, CPsych
Research Associate
Hunyee McCollum
Research and Communications Assistant
AFFILIATED FACULTY
Rebecca Fix, PhD
Assistant Professor
Scott Hubbard
Senior Research Associate
Michael Seto, PhD
Forensic Research Director and Professor in Psychiatry, University of Ottawa's Institute for Mental Health Research
Ryan Shields, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Criminology & Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
Allyn Walker, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology, Saint Mary's University
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
Our Scientific Advisory Board members help identify knowledge gaps and prioritize areas where Center resources can achieve the greatest impact. We are so grateful for their service.
- Karen Baker, director of the National Violence Resource Center
- Esther Deblinger, co-director, Child Abuse Research Education and Service Institute
- David Finkelhor, director, Crimes Against Children Research Center
- Andrea Gielen, former director, Center for Injury Research and Policy
- James A. Mercy, former director, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention