Trainees

Postdoctoral Fellows

The GVRC Postdoctoral’s will support the Leadership Team on center research projects focused on firearm suicide prevention and behavior, interpersonal violence, intimate partner violence, and a host of other gun violence related topics.

Sultan Altikriti

Sultan Altikriti, PhD

Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati

Sultan Altikriti received his PhD in Criminal Justice from the University of Cincinnati. His research focuses on understanding the mechanisms that link developmental and life-course criminology with decision-making, violent behavior, and gun violence.

Kim Burke

Kimberly C. Burke, PhD

Sociology from UC Berkeley

Kimberly Burke earned her PhD in Sociology from UC Berkeley. She also has a B.A. from Duke University and an M.A. in Women’s Studies from San Diego State. Her research broadly examines social inequalities in the context of law enforcement, with a specific focus on how routine police practices perpetuate racial inequalities. 

Jayna Moceri-Brooks

Jayna Moceri-Brooks, PhD, RN

Jayna Moceri-Brooks recently earned her PhD in Nursing from Duquesne University. She also holds a Master of Nursing from the University of Washington and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Seattle Pacific University. As a GVRC postdoctoral fellow, she will primarily work on the portfolio of Department of Defense funded grants focused on firearm suicide prevention across the Services.

Jennifer Paruk, PhD, MPH

Jennifer Paruk received her BS from the University of Michigan, her MPH from Boston University, and her PhD in Criminal Justice from Michigan State University. Her research focuses on the intersection of intimate partner violence, suicide, and firearm injury prevention. In her research, she cares about collaborating across disciplines and experiences and implementing trauma-informed research practices.

Doctoral Students

The GVRC doctoral students will work alongside the Leadership Team and Postdoctoral students on GVRC research projects. Our doctoral students will gain first-hand understanding, exposure, and experience in gun violence research.

Brielle Savage, M.A.

Brielle’s research interests include firearm violence exposure, youth firearm carrying, youth violence, and the association between homicide and coping mechanisms.

Devon Ziminski, M.S.

Devon is primarily interested in program evaluation; urban/rural gun violence; community gun violence; firearms policy; social policy analysis; mobility from poverty; economic inequities.

Trainee Alumni

Nazsa S. Baker, PhD, MA

Shelby Bandel, M.S.

Allison Bond, M.A.

Jordan Costa, M.A.

John F. Gunn III, PhD

Esprene Liddell-Quintyn, PhD

Taylor Rodriguez, M.S.