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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    Jesse Bassett

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

    Email: jwb188@case.edu

  • 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: bobbi.beale@case.edu

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

    Email: ashley.bukach@case.edu

    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: vsd11@case.edu

    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: xiao.ding@case.edu

  • Heather Distin headshot

    Heather Distin, PCC-S

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

    Email: hxd256@case.edu

  • 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: dennis.donkor@case.edu

    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: mxe198@case.edu

    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: jeremy.evenden@case.edu

    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: emf116@case.edu

  • 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: Kelly.Fischietto@case.edu

    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: daniel.flannery@case.edu

    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: karen.flynn@case.edu

    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: michael.fox2@case.edu

  • 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: sxf10@case.edu

    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: scott.gerhard@case.edu

    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: axg1438@case.edu

    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: mxg862@case.edu

    Phone: 330.727.4708

  • David Hussey headshot

    David L. Hussey, PhD, MSSA

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

    Email: david.hussey@case.edu

    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: Adrian.Johnson@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.6015

  • Krista Jones headshot

    Krista Jones, LISW-S

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

    Email: kmj117@case.edu

  • 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: axk2061@case.edu

    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: paula.kertes@case.edu

    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: maureen.kishna@case.edu

  • headshot of Jeff Kretschmar

    Jeff Kretschmar, PhD

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

    Email: jeff.kretschmar@case.edu

    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: richard.kruszynski@case.edu

    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: deana.leber-george@case.edu

    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: junghyae.lee@case.edu

    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: pxl502@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.1932

  • James Lewis headshot

    James Lewis, LSW, MSSA

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

    Email: kel62@case.edu

    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: mxm1678@case.edu

    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: lia7@case.edu

    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: melissa.demian@case.edu

    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: esm69@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.0159

  • 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: kimberlyn.meyer@case.edu

    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: cxm779@case.edu

    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: pamela.mitterling@case.edu

    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: anya.nazarenko@case.edu

    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: ixn40@case.edu

    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: mro44@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.1085

  • 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: laura.overman@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.0155

  • Pablo Palomino headshot

    Pablo Palomino

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

    Email: pxp521@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.2687

  • Branka Primetica

    Branka Primetica, MSW

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

    Email: bxp43@case.edu

    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: bnb54@case.edu

    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: jxr668@case.edu

    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: mlr17@case.edu

    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: rrd23@case.edu

  • 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: jxb148@case.edu

    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: satabdi.samtani@case.edu

    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: mts95@case.edu

  • 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: exs731@case.edu

  • 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: richard.shepler@case.edu

  • 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: sds34@case.edu

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

    Email: mark.singer@case.edu

    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: crystal.smith@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.0808

  • Headshot photo of Claudia Stephens

    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: cxs1055@case.edu

  • 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: christopher.stormann@case.edu

    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: rodney.thomas@case.edu

    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: rew102@case.edu

  • 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: shauna.volpe@case.edu

    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: gly2@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.0808

  • 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: exz145@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.1355