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JRSA StaffMembership & Strategic Communication TeamSharisse May, M.S. Sharisse May joined the JRSA staff in June 2020 as an Adult Online Learning Specialist. She is responsible for assisting to elevate the JRSA brand by harnessing cutting edge communication technologies to maximize engagement and learning in our training and technical assistance activities. She received his Master of Science in Instructional Technology from Towson University. While working for JRSA, Sharisse also works as a daily hire (freelancer) for ABC News Washington Bureau as an On-air Electronic Graphics Operator and as an educational consultant/virtual events producer for Sports Management Worldwide (SMWW). Expertise: Agile, Instructional technology/systems design, Multimedia productions, Project management, Public/media relations, Virtual events productions Kimberly Puerto Kimberly Puerto joined JRSA in August 2022 as an intern and formally in February 2023 as a Strategic Communications Specialist. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology from the University of La Verne in January 2023. While working for JRSA, Kimberly also works as the Communications Secretary for St Joseph Catholic Church in Southern California Expertise: Multimedia productions, social media design, public media relations, online course design Jason Trask, M.S. Jason Trask is a Strategic Communication Associate who joined the Justice Research and Statistics Association in October 2000. In that time, he has worked in several positions on a variety of data collection, program evaluation, and training and technical assistance (TTA) projects, including the Weed and Seed Data Center Project and the Bureau of Justice Assistance Center for Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement Project. Currently, Jason works on the Center for Victim Research, Incident-Based Reporting Resource Center, and the State Justice Statistics project, providing technical expertise in a variety of areas. He holds a bachelor’s of science degree in Administration of Justice from the Pennsylvania State University and a master’s degree in Justice, Law, and Society from American University. Expertise: Data collection, Program evaluation, Technology for training & technical assistance, Training & technical assistance, Strategic communication Research TeamRoger K. Przybylski, M.S. Roger Przybylski has served as research director for the Justice Research and Statistics Association (JRSA) since May 2017. Mr. Przybylski also is a consultant and founder of RKC Group, a company that provides applied research, program evaluation and related training and technical assistance services to organizations working on public safety issues. Prior to forming RKC Group in 1997, Mr. Przybylski was associate director for the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, where he directed the agency’s research division. He also previously served as coordinator of research for the Chicago Police Department, the nation’s second largest local law enforcement agency. Mr. Przybylski is a past president of JRSA and a past chairman of the American Evaluation Association’s crime and justice interest group. He has been an adjunct faculty member at Loyola University and the University of Illinois-Chicago, and he currently serves as an instructor in the Michigan State University, Innovations Suite Practitioner/Researcher Fellows Academy. He also has served as staff to the Governor’s Task Force on Crime and Corrections in Illinois, the Illinois Legislative Committee on Juvenile Justice, and the Governor’s Commission on Gangs in Illinois. Over the course of his 35-year career, Mr. Przybylski has worked as a consultant in 45 states on issues ranging from violence prevention to reentry reform. His publications include Implementing Evidence-Based Practices and What Works: Effective Recidivism Reduction and Risk-Focused Prevention Programs. Methodologies: Action research, Cost-benefit analysis, Cost-effectiveness analysis, Program evaluation, Quasi-experimental design, Randomized controlled trials, Training & technical assistance Research areas: Bail reform, Community reinvestment, Corrections & parole, Criminal history records, Desistance from crime, Drug courts, Drug crime & policy, Drug policy reform, Drug enforcement task forces, Evaluability assessment, Evidence-based practice & programming, Fidelity measurement, Formative & developmental evaluation, Gangs & gang violence, Gun violence, Implementation science, Juvenile justice, Juvenile justice reform, Logic models, Performance measurement, Policing, Policy analysis, Pretrial, Probation & community corrections, Program evaluation, Quality assurance in correctional settings, Re-entry, Researcher/practitioner partnerships, Sentencing, Sex offenders & sex offender management, Strategic planning, Violence prevention Susan Smith Howley, J.D. Susan Smith Howley joined the JRSA staff in October 2017, becoming the Project Director for the Center for Victim Research. Prior to coming to JRSA, Susan was Director of Public Policy for the National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC). She has more than twenty-eight years’ experience with crime victims issues, including analyzing federal and state legislation regarding the rights and interests of crime victims, exploring the capacity of the crime victim services field and identifying needed areas of improvement, exploring the integration of research and practice in victim services and developing recommendations to foster that integration. She earned her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. Expertise: Victims & victimization Bradley T. Brick, Ph.D. Bradley T. Brick joined JRSA as a Research Associate in July 2018. He received his Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Missouri – St. Louis in 2009 and M.A. in Sociology from Georgia State University in 2004. Prior to joining JRSA, Brad worked for the Marine Corps Sexual Assault Prevention and Response branch as a Data Analyst where he examined patterns in sexual assault offending and victimization in the Marine Corps. His past research has focused on racial disparities in school punishment, police clearance of sexual assault and other violent crime, and civilian attitudes toward the police. Methodologies: Data collection, Descriptive studies, Program evaluation, Quantitative studies, Quasi-experimental design Research areas: Adolescents & youth, Education & schools, Gangs & gang violence, Geography & spatial analysis, Income, wealth, & socioeconomic status, Juvenile justice, Military, Policing, Race & ethnicity, Research methods & analysis Shaun M. Gann, Ph.D. Shaun Gann joined JRSA in May 2022 as a Research Associate. He received his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from the University of Cincinnati in 2017 and his M.A. in Criminal Justice from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2010. Prior to joining JRSA, he served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Boise State University and as a Parole Officer with the Arkansas Department of Community Corrections. He is the coauthor of two books: Correctional Assessment, Casework, and Counseling and Constitutional Rights of Prisoners. His recent research has appeared in Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, Journal of Crime and Justice, Journal of Developmental and Life Course Criminology, Journal of Juvenile Justice, and Journal of Criminal Justice Education Methodologies: Causal inference; Treatment effect estimation; Data collection and coding; Experimental and quasi-experimental designs; Longitudinal data analysis; Program evaluation Research areas: Juvenile court decision-making; racial and ethnic disparities; adolescent development; courts and sentencing; correctional law and policy; parole and reentry; constitutional law; developmental criminology Derek Mueller, Ph.D. Derek Mueller joined JRSA in February 2022 as a Research Analyst. He received his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from the University of Cincinnati in 2022. Derek has more than 10 years of experience conducting criminal/juvenile justice research and has served as research staff on several federal and state-funded research projects involving law enforcement, juvenile courts, and corrections. He is currently the co-PI on a project, funded by NIJ, examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on juvenile corrections. He has also worked as research staff on a project examining juvenile risk assessment implementation and youth outcomes across three states funded by the OJJDP. He recently served as the Principal Investigator or research lead on several state-funded studies in Utah examining aspects of the criminal and juvenile justice systems including non-judicial adjustments in the juvenile justice system, offender reentry, and a driving under the influence intervention. His recent publications have appeared in Justice Quarterly and Journal of Crime and Justice. Methodologies: Data collection, Quantitative studies, Quasi-experimental designs, Descriptive statistics, Inferential statistics, Longitudinal data analysis, Qualitative studies, Training & technical assistance Research areas: Juvenile justice, Case processing and decision making, Racial/ethnic disparities in criminal/juvenile justice, Risk-needs assessments, Corrections and re-entry, Life-course criminology Mark Myrent, M.A. Mark Myrent is a Research Associate at JRSA. His areas of expertise include criminal history records, program logic models and their impact on evaluation, criminal justice data quality, analysis of bond court decisions, and the role of criminal records on employment restrictions. At JRSA, Mark’s current projects include general support for the Center for Victim Research, including acting as Primary Investigator for the VOCA Needs Assessment Investigation, whose goals are to build the capacity of State VOCA Planning Agencies to conduct effective victim services needs assessments, and to identify needed tools, trainings, and resources for use by state VOCA administrators in conducting these assessments. In addition, Mark is producing a series of Fact Sheets, funded by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, addressing contemporary criminal justice data utilization and management strategies – especially concerning research uses of criminal history record information. Mark also coordinates webinars offered by JRSA to provide skill building for SAC staff and provides editorial and content review for SACs seeking technical assistance with their SJS grant submissions. Prior to joining JRSA, Mark was president of M Carlisle Consulting, Inc., providing research and analytical support to the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts. He has also served as associate director for the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, where he directed the Illinois SAC, and developed methodologies to improve research partnerships with grant administrators in State Administering Agencies. He previously was research director for the Cook County Juvenile Court and Juvenile Probation Department and has been an adjunct faculty member at Loyola University, the University of Illinois-Chicago, and College of DuPage. Mark holds an M.A. in Criminal Justice from University of Illinois – Chicago. Methodologies: Data collection, Descriptive statistics, Needs assessments, Program evaluation, Qualitative studies, Training & technical assistance Research areas: Adolescents & youth, Corrections & parole, Courts, Criminal history, Demography, Juvenile justice, Policy analysis, Pretrial, Probation & community corrections, Research methods & analytics, Sentencing, Victims & victimization Finance & Administration TeamAudrey Fleming, B.S. Audrey Fleming joined the JRSA staff in October 2016. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business with an Accounting Concentration from Strayer University. She is responsible for managing all aspects of the financial and administrative operations of the association including human resource management. She supports JRSA’s Executive Director in strategizing a path for the Association’s Financial health. Prior to joining JRSA, Audrey worked as an Accounting Manager at the Alliance for Academic and Internal Medicine (AAIM), a non-profit association. Chalachew Alemu, M.S. Chalachew Alemu joined the JRSA staff in January 2019 as a Senior Grant Accountant. He is responsible for all activities related to management of Federal-funded grants. He received his Master of Science in Accounting & Finance from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. Prior to joining JRSA, Chalachew was a manager at a nonprofit accounting consulting firm that dealt with both federal government contracts and business organizations. Chale has over 15 years of experience in Accounting & Finance. His experience also includes serving as a member of the board directors for a credit association and a commercial bank and as an Instructor for accounting and financial management courses for undergraduate programs. Devorah Braswell Devorah Braswell joined the JRSA staff in January 2019 as an Accounting Specialist. She is responsible for processing payroll, bank reconciliation, accounts receivable and payables. Devorah is completing studies for B.S degree in Accounting. Prior to joining JRSA, she worked at Global Express Financial Services as a Staff Accountant and comes to JRSA with over 15 years of experience working in the Accounting field. Nicole (Nikki) Thomas Nicole Thomas joined the JRSA staff in September 2017 as an Administrative Coordinator. Nicole is responsible for monitoring and managing sub-award agreements and audits, conference and inhouse meeting logistics along with updating the membership data base. She is currently enrolled at the University of the District of Columbia, pursuing an AA Degree in Business Management. She has over 25 years in the Administrative field. Prior to joining the JRSA staff; she worked at the National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA) as a Staff Associate. She is a member of the Martha’s Table Child Development Center Healthy Start Program. |
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