Faculty & Staff

The Begun Center is currently made up of approximately 50 individuals, including students and administrative support staff. Our faculty, researchers, and trainers come from a wide range of disciplines including psychology, education, social work, sociology, anthropology, and criminal justice. Senior faculty and researchers are nationally-recognized and well-cited scholars in the areas of juvenile justice, specialty courts, violence prevention, behavioral health, community-based research, and law enforcement.

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    Joyce Agne

    Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Trainer
    Center for Innovative Practices
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.206.7350

  • Jesse Bassett headstho

    Jesse Bassett

    Research Associate
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

  • Bobbi Beale headshot

    Bobbi L. Beale, PsyD

    Co-Director
    Center for Innovative Practices
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 330.806.7731

  • Ashley Bukach headshot

    Ashley Bukach, MPH

    Research Associate
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
    Assistant Director
    Partnership for Evaluation
    Research
    Partnership for Evaluation, Research, and Implementation (PERI)
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.0160

  • Vaishali Deo headshot

    Vaishali Deo, MD, MPH

    Research Associate
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.5818

  • Xiao Ding headshot

    Xiao Ding, MSSA, PhD

    Postdoctoral Scholar
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

  • Heather Distin headshot

    Heather Distin, PCC-S

    COE Project Director
    Center for Innovative Practices
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

  • Dennis Donkor headshot

    Dennis Donkor, MPH, MS

    Research Associate
    Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Center of Excellence
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.1682

  • Milly Embaye headshot

    Milen Embaye, MPH

    Research Associate
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.3878

  • Jeremy Evenden headshot

    Jeremy Evenden, MSSA, MBA, LISW-S

    Manager of CEBP Accounts
    Center for Evidence-Based Practices - Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.0808

  • Erin Fiorito headshot

    Erin Fiorito, LPCC-S

    Research Associate
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

  • Kelly Fischietto headshot

    Kelly Fischietto

    Research Associate
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.2614

  • headshot of Daniel J. Flannery

    Daniel J. Flannery, PhD

    Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Professor
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
    Director
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.0109

  • Karen Coen Flynn

    Karen Coen Flynn, PhD

    Senior Research Associate
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.4278

  • Michael Fox headshot

    Michael Fox, MA, PCC-S, LCDC-III

    ICT Consultant & Trainer
    Center for Innovative Practices
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

  • Sarah Fulton headshot

    Sarah E. Fulton, MA

    Research Associate
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.0429

  • Scott Gerhard headshot

    Scott Gerhard, MA, LSW

    Senior Consultant & Trainer
    Center for Evidence-Based Practices - Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.0808

  • Amanda Gillespie headshot

    Amanda Gillespie, LISW-S

    Research Associate
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 440.665.0110

  • Margaret Good headshot

    Margaret Good, MSEd, LPCC, LSW

    Consultant and Trainer
    Center for Evidence-Based Practices - Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 330.727.4708

  • Sarah Hill headshot

    Sarah Hill, MSSA, LISW-S

    Research Associate
    Center for Evidence-Based Practices - Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

  • David Hussey headshot

    David L. Hussey, PhD, MSSA

    Associate Director of Research
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
    Associate Professor
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.0476

  • Adrian Johnson headshot

    Adrian Johnson, MPA

    Department Administrator
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.6015

  • Amanda Kantaras headshot

    Amanda Kantaras, MEd, LPCC-S, LICDC

    Research Associate
    Center for Evidence-Based Practices - Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.0808

  • Paula Kertes headshot

    Paula Kertes, MA

    Director of Administrative Operations
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.4951

  • Maureen Kishna headshot

    Maureen Kishna, MSSA, LISW-S

    MST Network Partner Director for Ohio
    Center for Innovative Practices
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

  • headshot of Jeff Kretschmar

    Jeff Kretschmar, PhD

    Managing Director
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
    Research Associate Professor
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.2305

  • Richard Kruszynski headshot

    Ric Kruszynski, MSSA, LISW, LICDC-CS

    Director
    Center for Evidence-Based Practices - Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
    Director
    Ohio Substance Use Disorder Center of Excellence

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.0808

  • Deana Leber-George headshot

    Deana Leber-George, M.Ed, LPCC-S

    Manager of Training & Consultation
    Center for Evidence-Based Practices - Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.0808

  • Junghae Lee headshot

    Junghyae Lee, PhD

    Research Associate
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.6653

  • Patricia LeGrand headshot

    Patricia LeGrand

    Professional Development Specialist
    Center for Innovative Practices
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.1932

  • Katherine Lewis headshot

    Katherine Lewis, LSW, MSSA

    Research Associate
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.4254

  • Madhurima Mallik-Banerjee headshot

    Madhurima Mallik-Banerjee

    Department Administrator
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.2266

  • Luma Masarweh headshot

    Luma Issa Masarweh-Zawahri , PhD

    Research Associate
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.1963

  • Melissa Maxey headshot

    Melissa A. Maxey, MSSA, LISW-S

    Consultant and Trainer
    Center for Evidence-Based Practices - Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.406.1410

  • Emma McCann headshot

    Emma McCann, BA, MA

    Research Assistant III
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.0159

  • Ryan McMaster headshot

    Ryan McMaster, MBAn

    Research Associate
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.0711

  • Kimberlyn M. Meyer headstho

    Kimberlyn M. Meyer, LPCC-S, LICDC-S

    Director of Fidelity and Quality Management - Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Center of Excellence
    Center for Innovative Practices
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 330.858.3407

  • Caitlin Minkus headshot

    Caitlin Minkus

    Department Administrator
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.3390

  • Pam Mitterling headshot

    Pamela Mitterling, M.A.Ed., RN, LPCC-S, LICDC-CS, LSW

    MST Expert
    Center for Innovative Practices
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 419.750.4008

  • Anya Nazarenko headshot

    Anya Nazarenko, MS

    Research Associate
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.2275

  • Ivette Noriega headshot

    Ivette Noriega, PhD

    Senior Research Associate
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.1194

  • Maggie Ogonek headshot

    Maggie Ogonek, MSW

    Research Associate
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.1085

  • Tugba Olgac headshot

    Tugba Olgac, PhD, LSW

    Post-Doctoral Scholar
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

  • Laura Overman headshot

    Laura T. Overman, M.Ed, MA

    Research Associate
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.0155

  • Kathryn Potoma headshot

    Kathryn Potoma, BSW, MSW, LSW

    Research Associate
    Center for Evidence-Based Practices - Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

  • Branka Primetica

    Branka Primetica, MSW

    Research Associate
    Partnership for Evaluation
    Research
    Partnership for Evaluation, Research, and Implementation (PERI)
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.2381

  • Brittany Reed headshot

    Brittany Reed, LPCC-S

    Research Associate
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 330.354.4540

  • Julie Rentsch headshot

    Julie Rentsch

    Research Associate
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.3619

  • Michelle Riske-Morris headshot

    Michelle L. Riske-Morris, PhD, JD

    Senior Research Associate
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.4741

  • Renne Rodriguez headshot

    Renne Rodriguez, PhD, IMFT-S, LPCC-S, AAMFT-AS

    Senior Consultant and Trainer
    Center for Innovative Practices
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

  • Jenny Row headshot

    Jenny Row, MSSA, LISW-S

    Consultant and Trainer
    Center for Evidence-Based Practices - Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 440.813.7158

  • Satabdi Samtani headshot

    Satabdi Samtani, PhD

    Senior Research Associate
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.0370

  • Michael Sanford headshot

    Michael Sanford, MSW

    Consultant and Trainer
    Center for Evidence-Based Practices - Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

  • Elizabeth Schultheis headshot

    Elizabeth Schultheis, MS

    Research Associate
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

  • Richard Shepler headshot

    Richard Shepler, PhD, PCC-S

    Director
    Center for Innovative Practices
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

  • Stephen Shober headshot

    Steve Shober, BS, LSW

    Manager of Evaluation
    Center for Evidence-Based Practices - Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 937.838.2950

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    Mark I. Singer, PhD, MSSA

    Leonard W. Mayo Professor in Family and Child Welfare
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
    Deputy Director
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
    Professor of Psychiatry
    School of Medicine

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.6176

  • Crystal Smith headshot

    Crystal Smith

    Department Administrator
    Center for Evidence-Based Practices - Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.0808

  • Claudia Stephens headshot

    Claudia Stephens, BA, MSc

    Research Associate
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

  • Chris Stormann headshot

    Chris Stormann, PhD

    Senior Research Associate
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.0680

  • Rodney Thomas headshot

    Rodney Thomas, MA

    Senior Research Associate
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.3162

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    Rachel Truelsch, MSSA, LISW-S

    Research Associate
    Center for Evidence-Based Practices - Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

  • Shauna Volpe headshot

    Shauna Volpe, MA, LPCC

    Research Associate
    Center for Evidence-Based Practices - Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.0808

  • Ginger Yanchar headshot

    Ginger Yanchar, MSSA, LISW-S

    Research Associate
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.0808

  • Jay Youngless headshot

    Jay Youngless, MLIS

    Research Associate
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

  • Ewa Zielinska headshot

    Ewa Zielinska

    Research Associate
    Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

    Email: [email protected]

    Phone: 216.368.1355