Faculty Affiliates

Faculty affiliates are scholars with a clear and demonstrated interest in an area related to gun violence research, are actively involved in research activities, attend seminars, present their research, and participate in the GVRC research events.

Crystal, Stephen

Stephen Crystal's interest in gun violence research is related to crime and social control Title/DepartmentDistinguished Research Professor, School of Social Work CampusNew Brunswick Topic AreasRisk Factors Sub-topic AreasSocial...

Cohen, John

John D. Cohen is a Rutgers Professor and former acting Undersecretary for Intelligence and Counter-terrorism Coordinator at the United States Department of Homeland Security....

Chen, Ping-hsin

Dr. Chen has extensive experience of research on domestic violence, including gun-related domestic violence. She has received funding from the National Institute of Health...

Berryessa, Colleen

Dr. Berryessa's research, utilizing both quantitative and qualitative methods, examines discretion in the criminal justice system and how it may affect responses to criminal...

Aziz, Rehan

Aziz’s interest is in late-life depression. Suicide is over-represented in this population, and firearms are the most common method used. Aziz has published review...

Arevalo, Michael Sierra

Sierra-Arévalo is a sociologist whose research interests include police and police culture, gangs, gun violence, violence prevention, and social networks. He has published research...

Evaluation of a Utah Concealed Firearm Permit Course Suicide Prevention Module

Objective:This study evaluated the impact of adding a suicide prevention (SP) module to a Concealed Firearm Permit (CFP) course on instructors’ knowledge, attitudes, and...