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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Bobbi L. Beale, PsyD
Senior Consultant & TrainerCenter for Innovative PracticesBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: bobbi.beale@case.edu
Phone: 330.806.7731
Kristen M. Boyer, M.Ed
Department AdministratorBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: kristen.boyer@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.4951
Ashley M. Bukach, MPH
Assistant DirectorPartnership for Evaluation, Research, and Implementation (PERI)Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: ashley.bukach@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0160
Fredrick Butcher, PhD
Research Assistant ProfessorBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: fredrick.w.butcher@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0370
Samantha L. Cocco, MA
Administrative SpecialistBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: cocco@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0159
Renne R. Dragomir, M.A.Ed., LPCC-S, IMFT-S, LICDC-CS
IHBT Consultant & TrainerCenter for Innovative PracticesBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: renne.dragomir@case.edu
Phone: 330.705.2186
Jeremy Evenden, MSSA, LISW-S
Senior Consultant & TrainerCenter for Evidence-Based Practices - Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: jeremy.evenden@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0808
Daniel J. Flannery, PhD
Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun ProfessorJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesDirectorBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: daniel.flannery@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0109
Mark S. Fleisher, PhD
Research ProfessorBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: mark.fleisher@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.4741
Karen Coen Flynn, PhD
Senior Research AssociateBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: karen.flynn@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.4278
Michael Fox, MA, PCC-S, LCDC-III
ICT Consultant & TrainerCenter for Innovative PracticesBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: michael.fox2@case.edu
Sarah E. Fulton, MA
Research AssociateBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: sxf10@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0429
Scott Gerhard, MA, LSW
Senior Consultant & TrainerCenter for Evidence-Based Practices - Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: scott.gerhard@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0808
David L. Hussey, PhD
Associate ProfessorJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesResearch DirectorBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesDirectorMandel Leadership Fellows ProgramJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: david.hussey@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0476
Angela K. Kavadas, MPH
Research AssociateBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: angela-kavadas@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3878
Maureen Kishna, MSSA, LISW-S
MST Expert and DeveloperCenter for Innovative PracticesBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: maureen.kishna@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.5883
Joanna Klingenstein
Research AssistantBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: jek150@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3619
Chase Klingenstein
Research AssociateBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: chase.klingenstein@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.5155
Jeff Kretschmar, PhD
Research Associate ProfessorBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationManaging DirectorBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: jeff.kretschmar@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.2305
Ric Kruszynski, MSSA, LISW, LICDC
DirectorCenter for Evidence-Based Practices - Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: richard.kruszynski@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0808
Stephanie Lagalo
Consultant and TrainerCenter for Evidence-Based Practices - Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: stephanie.lagalo@case.edu
Phone: 269.352.0645
Deana Leber-George, M.Ed, LPCC-S
Consultant and TrainerCenter for Evidence-Based Practices - Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: deana.leber-george@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0808
Junghyae Lee, PhD
Research AssociateBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: junghyae.lee@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.1963
Katherine Lewis, LSW, MSSA
Research AssociateBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: kel62@case.edu
Melissa Longstreth
Consultant and TrainerCenter for Evidence-Based Practices - Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: melissa.demian@case.edu
Phone: 216.406.1410
Rachel Lovell, PhD
Research Assistant ProfessorBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: rachel.lovell@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3349
Maggie McGuire, MPH, CPH
Research AssociateBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: margaret.mcguire2@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0313
Ryan McMaster
Research Data ManagerBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: ryan.mcmaster@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0711
Kimberlyn M. Meyer, LPCC-S, LICDC-S
IHBT Quality ManagerCenter for Innovative PracticesBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: kimberlyn.meyer@case.edu
Pamela Mitterling, M.A.Ed., RN, LPCC-S, LICDC-CS, LSW
MST ExpertCenter for Innovative PracticesBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: pamela.mitterling@case.edu
Phone: 419.929.6410
Deborah Myers, M.Ed, LPCC-SC
Managing DirectorCenter for Evidence-Based Practices - Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: deborah.a.myers@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0808
Anya Nazarenko
Research AssistantBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: anya.nazarenko@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.2275
Ivette Noriega, PhD
Postdoctoral ScholarBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: lxn40@case.edu
Laura T. Overman, M.Ed, MA
Research AssociateBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: laura.overman@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0155
Khyati Patel, MPH
Research AssociateBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: khp20@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.1180
Caitlin Proctor-Frazier, MNO
Fidelity SpecialistCenter for Evidence-Based Practices - Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: cgp37@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0431
Michelle L. Riske-Morris, PhD, JD
Senior Research AssociateBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: mlr17@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.4741
Patricia Ross Martin
CoordinatorCenter for Innovative PracticesBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: patricia.ross@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.6293
Richard Shepler, PhD, PCC-S
DirectorCenter for Innovative PracticesBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: richard.shepler@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.4815
Steve Shober, BS, LSW
Fidelity SpecialistJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: sds34@case.edu
Phone: 937.838.2950
Mark I. Singer, PhD
Leonard W. Mayo Professor in Family and Child WelfareJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesDeputy DirectorBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: mark.singer@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.6176
Crystal Smith
Department AdministratorCenter for Evidence-Based Practices - Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: crystal.smith@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0808
Chris Stormann, PhD
Senior Research AssociateBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: christopher.stormann@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0680
Emily Szymanski, MLIS
Research AssistantBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: exs568@case.edu
Rodney Thomas, MA
Senior Research AssociateBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: rodney.thomas@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3162
Jane Timmons-Mitchell, PhD
Senior Research AssociateBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesClinical Associate ProfessorDepartment of PsychiatrySchool of MedicineEmail: jane.timmonsmitchell@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.5986
Tiffany M. Walker, MA
Research AssociateBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: tiffany.walker@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.6553