CV and Experience
You can view and download my current CV here.
Recent Media/Press
Kate Cimini, ‘Culture’ of violence: Maryland National Guard staff abused at-risk teens, records claim, Baltimore Sun (Nov. 30, 2025)
Last Week Tonight, Juvenile Justice (June 15, 2025) (credited for contributions to extended segment on juvenile justice)
Kristin Taketa, ‘Swept under the rug’: Dozens say they were sexually abused by officers in juvenile detention, San Diego Union-Tribune (Feb. 16, 2025)
Public Testimony and Presentations
Delaware County, PA Diversion Presentation (November 2023)
The Crime Report: Panel Presentation on Solitary Confinement (September 2022)
U.S. Department of Justice - Testimony to the Review Panel on Prison Rape (May 2022)
Connecticut Juvenile Justice Policy and Oversight Committee: Youth in Adult Facilities (Nov. 2019)
Connecticut Juvenile Justice Policy and Oversight Committee: Youth Solitary Confinement (April 2019)
South Carolina Legislature: Conditions of Confinement in Youth Facilities (August 2016)
Models for Change - Champion for Change Acceptance Speech (November 2015)
General Writing and Tools
I have included publications and tools for which I made substantial or primary contributions below. Collaboration is essential in this work, and I have included attributions accordingly. I am happy to share more about my specific roles and responsibilities in developing these resources, and I am grateful to have had the opportunity to collaborate with so many talented advocates and experts.
Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Youth Diversion Assessment (2023), with the Center for Children’s Law and Policy, Empact Solutions, the National Assessment Center Association, and Anne Marie Ambrose
Maine Juvenile Justice System Assessment (2020), with the Center for Children’s Law and Policy, Drexel University Research and Reform Lab, and Center for the Study of Social Policy
Baltimore Youth Diversion Assessment (2019), with Tiana Davis
Model Policy: Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex Youth in Confinement Facilities (2019), with Shannan Wilber
Stop Solitary for Kids: The Path Forward to End Solitary Confinement of Children, in Protecting Children Against Torture in Detention: Global Solutions for a Global Problem (2017), with Mark Soler and Jennifer Lutz
Testimony to the South Carolina Legislature regarding conditions of confinement in Department of Juvenile Justice facilities (2016), with Jenny Lutz
Graduated Responses Toolkit (2016), with Dana Shoenberg
Peer-Reviewed Publications
I am happy to share peer-reviewed publications upon request.
Applying the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges’ Resolution to Juvenile Probation Reform, Translational Issues in Psychological Science (2019) (with Naomi Goldstein et al.)
Stop Solitary for Kids: The Path Forward to End Solitary Confinement of Children, Protecting Children Against Torture in Detention: Global Solutions for a Global Problem (2017) (with Mark Soler and Jennifer Lutz)
Bringing Justice to India’s Children: Three Reforms to Bridge Practices with Promises in India’s Juvenile Justice System, U.C. Davis Journal of Juvenile Law & Policy (2010) (with Erika J. Rickard)
Presenting a “Strong Basis in Evidence”: How Lawyers Should Use Statistics to Shape the Impact of Ricci v. DeStefano on Title VII Litigation, Harvard Law & Policy Review Online (2010) (with Katarina Guttmannova)
Brain Food: Bringing Psychological Insights to Bear on Modern Nutrition Labeling Efforts, Food & Drug Law Journal (2010)
Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior Problem Scores: Cross-Ethnic and Longitudinal Measurement Invariance of the Behavior Problem Index, Education & Psychological Measurement (2008) (with Katarina Guttmannova and Philip W. Cali)