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
Co-DirectorCenter 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
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
Vaishali Deo
Research AssociateBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: vsd11@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.5818
Heather Distin, PCC-S
COE Project DirectorCenter for Innovative PracticesJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: hxd256@case.edu
Renne R. Dragomir, PhD, IMFT-S, LPCC-S, LICDC-CS
Director of Provider Professional DevelopmentCenter 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
Dawn Ellis, MA
Grants Administrator and Department Administrator 1Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: dxe92@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.2266
Milen Embaye, MPH
Research AssociateBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: mxe198@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3878
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
Erin Fiorito, LPCC-S
Research AssociateBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: emf116@case.edu
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
Amanda Gillespie, LISW-S
Research AssociateBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: axg1438@case.edu
Margaret Good, MSEd, LPCC, LSW
Consultant and TrainerCenter for Evidence-Based Practices - Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: mxg862@case.edu
Phone: 330.727.4708
David L. Hussey, PhD
DirectorMandel Leadership Fellows ProgramJack, 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 SciencesAssociate ProfessorJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: david.hussey@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0476
Maureen Kishna, MSSA, LISW-S
MST Network Partner Director for OhioCenter 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
Jeff Kretschmar, PhD
Managing DirectorBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesResearch Associate ProfessorBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationEmail: jeff.kretschmar@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.2305
Ric Kruszynski, MSSA, LISW, LICDC-CS
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
Deana Leber-George, M.Ed, LPCC-S
Manager of Training & ConsultationCenter 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 A. Longstreth, MSSA, LISW-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: melissa.demian@case.edu
Phone: 216.406.1410
Luma Issa Masarweh-Zawahri , PhD
Research AssociateBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: lia7@case.edu
Emma McCann, BA, MA
Research Assistant IIBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: esm69@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0159
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
Phone: 330.858.3407
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
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
Senior Research AssociateBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: lxn40@case.edu
Maggie Ogonek, MSW
Research AssociateBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: mro44@case.edu
Tugba Olgac, PhD, LSW
Post-Doctoral ScholarBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: txo62@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
Amy Pickens
Professional Development SpecialistBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: axp723@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.1932
Julie Rentsch
Research AssociateBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: jxr668@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3619
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
Jenny Row, MSSA, LISW-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: jxb148@case.edu
Michael Sanford, MSW
Consultant and TrainerCenter for Evidence-Based Practices - Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: mts95@case.edu
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 SpecialistCenter for Evidence-Based Practices - Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, 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
Stacey Tabbaa, MSSA
Research AssociateBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: sns36@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
Ginger Yanchar, MSSA, LISW-S
Research AssociateBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: gly2@case.edu
Jay Youngless, MLIS
Research AssociateBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: jay.youngless@case.edu
Thomas Zawisza, PhD
Senior Research AssociateBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: ttz10@case.edu
Ewa Zielinska
Research AssociateBegun Center for Violence Prevention Research and EducationJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesEmail: exz145@case.edu