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39 results found for “community partnership”

Yue ‘Gurt’ Ge

Associate professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Environment & Sustainability

College(s)

Community Innovation and Education
Research Keywords
community partnership

disaster

emergency management

humanitarian logistics

planner

planning

resilience

safety

smart cities

urban
Jill Viglione

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Crime and Justice

College(s)

Community Innovation and Education
Research Keywords
community corrections

criminal justice

mental health services

recidivism
Jacinta Gau

Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Crime and Justice

College(s)

Community Innovation and Education
Research Keywords
community policing

criminal justice
Jason Konzelmann

Director of the Skills and Simulation Center

Area(s) of Expertise

Health

College(s)

Medicine
Research Keywords
medicine

modeling

paramedic

patient care

simulation
Su-I Hou

Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Health

College(s)

Health Professions and Sciences
Research Keywords
aging

behavior

brain health

cancer

dementia prevention

health
Lee Ross

Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Crime and Justice

College(s)

Community Innovation and Education
Research Keywords
criminal justice

domestic violence
Stephen Holmes

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Crime and Justice , Technology

College(s)

Community Innovation and Education
Research Keywords
community policing

criminal justice

offender behavior

violent crime
Bethany Backes

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Crime and Justice

College(s)

Health Professions and Sciences
Research Keywords
domestic violence

housing

prevention

program evaluation

sexual assault

stalking
Christopher Emrich

Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Environment & Sustainability , Technology

College(s)

Community Innovation and Education
Research Keywords
coastal

disaster

emergency management

FEMA

flood

hazard

hurricane

recovery

resilience
Melissa Zeligman

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Counseling

College(s)

Community Innovation and Education
Research Keywords
chronic illness

counseling

trauma
Cory Watkins

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Crime and Justice

College(s)

Community Innovation and Education
Research Keywords
comparative justice systems

criminal justice

police training

smart policing tools
Jennifer Peck

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Crime and Justice

College(s)

Community Innovation and Education
Research Keywords
criminal justice

juvenile justice
Herbert (Tommy) James

College(s)

Arts and Humanities
Research Keywords
architecture

community engagement through the arts

placemaking
W. Bryce Hagedorn

Professor and Academic Program Coordinator

Area(s) of Expertise

Counseling

College(s)

Community Innovation and Education
Research Keywords
addiction

community

counseling

family

first-responder

marriage

mental health

military

mindfulness

religion

spirituality

substance use disorder

therapy

training

trauma
Carolyn Massiah

Associate Lecturer

Area(s) of Expertise

Business & Economy

College(s)

Miller Business
Research Keywords
consumer behavior

management

marketing

student engagement
Ladda Thiamwong

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Health

College(s)

Nursing
Research Keywords
aging

fall

gerontological nursing

gerontology

health

nursing

technology

Thai
Julia Listengarten

Pegasus Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Arts

College(s)

Arts and Humanities
Research Keywords
avant-garde

play

theater
Anastasia Salter

Professor and Director of Graduate Programs

Area(s) of Expertise

Entertainment

College(s)

Arts and Humanities
Research Keywords
adventure games

children

comic books

digital culture

digital humanities

digital media

electronic

geek identity

generative AI

humanities

literature

media studies

technology

video games
Amy Giroux

Associate Director

Area(s) of Expertise

Education

College(s)

Arts and Humanities
Research Keywords
France

history

soldier

veteran

war
Amelia Lyons

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Education

College(s)

Arts and Humanities
Research Keywords
geneaology

Great Depression

history

soldier

veteran

war

World War II

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