Dr. Melde serves as a subject expert in the Law Enforcement and Coordination subject core. For the past 15 years, Dr. Melde has worked with schools and prevention program providers in the areas of training, implementation fidelity, and curriculum review. He has worked on the national process and outcome evaluation of the National Crime Prevention … Read more
Rachel Masi, Ph.D. Dr. Masi is the Director of Research at Sandy Hook Promise (SHP), where she oversees studies evaluating the effectiveness of SHP’s programs and utilizes these findings, together with current research, to improve SHP’s program development and delivery. Dr. Masi is also a licensed clinical psychologist who provides treatment to children, adolescents, adults, … Read more
Dr. Jennifer L. Maeng is a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education and Human Development and a former high school science teacher. Her scholarship addresses the role contextual factors of the educational setting, such as school climate and safety, play in supporting effective teaching and learning and understanding professional … Read more
Kayla Jackson is a Project Director at AASA. She is currently working on a number of projects including a Department of Labor funded apprenticeship initiative and a New York Life Foundation funded childhood bereavement project. She joined the Children’s Program team in June 2011 to serve as the Project Director for the CDC-funded coordinated school … Read more
Dr. Cornell serves as the subject expert for Threat Assessment. Dr. Cornell draws upon 20 years of experience with development, research, practice, and training in school-based threat assessment and more than 35 years of experience evaluating and working with violent offenders. He developed the only model of school threat assessment subject to controlled studies, authored … Read more
Ron Avi Astor serves as the subject matter expert consultant for the Deterrent Measures subject core. Dr. Astor holds the Marjory Crump Chair Professorship in Social Welfare at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, with a joint appointment in the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. His work examines the role of … Read more