Advisory Board and Working Group

Jenna Alvarez,

Assistant Professor

201F McGuffey Hall
Oxford, OH 45056
(513) 529-3978
alvarej6@MiamiOH.edu

Her research/outreach interest in the CSSCFI:  schools, disability, and trauma.

Veronica Barrio, 

Assistant Professor

101G McGuffey Hall
Oxford, OH 45056
(513) 529-3554
barriovr@MiamiOH.edu

Her research/outreach interest in the CSSCFI: the culture of nondisclosure of violence and trauma-responsive care strategies.

Samantha Boch, 

Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati College of Nursing and affiliate faculty of the James M Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

bochsj@ucmail.uc.edu

Her research/outreach interest in the CSSCFI: children of incarcerated parents, pediatric health, family incarceration, supports, novel methodologies

Rodney Coates, 

Professor

His research/outreach interest in the CSSCFI: Education, social justice, cradle-to-prison pipeline, Critical race and ethnic studies.

Michael Conger, 

Director, Center for Social Entrepreneurship and Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship

John W. Altman Institute for Entrepreneurship
Farmer School Of Business
Oxford, OH 45056
(513) 529-2991
michael.conger@MiamiOH.edu

His research/outreach interest in the CSSCFI: Business ownership, employment for returning citizens, Civic wealth creation, and Economic mobility/opportunity.

Theresa Ervin Conover, 

Associate Professor, Justice & Community Studies

103H Phelps Hall (Hamilton campus)
(513) 785-7729
conovete@MiamiOH.edu

Her research/outreach interest in the CSSCFI: Policing, Crime Prevention, Crime and Place, Crime Analysis

Yvette Harris,

Professor of Psychology and Director of CSSCFI

216 Psychology Building
Oxford, OH 45056
(513) 529-2009
harrisyr@MiamiOH.edu
Harris Parent-Child Interaction Lab

Her research interests in the CSSCFI: Maternal Reentry and Parenting, Reentry Programs for formerly Incarcerated Mothers.

Molly Kelly, 

Associate Clinical Professor, Educational Psychology

201J McGuffey Hall
Oxford, OH 45056
(513) 529-1711
Kellyem1@MiamiOH.edu

Her research/outreach interest in the CSSCFI: Supporting school-aged children and youth

Katherine Kuvalanka,

Professor, Family Science and Social Work

101C McGuffey Hall
Oxford, OH 45056
(513) 529-8058
kuvalanka@MiamiOH.edu

Her research/outreach interest in the CSSCFI: LGBTQ+ families; family policy, and law

Abiola Lawal, 

Graduate Student, Department of Psychology

111 Psychology Building
Oxford, OH 45056
lawala@MiamiOH.edu

Her research/outreach interest in the CSSCFI: Impact of prison culture learned by previously incarcerated mothers on children 

Cricket Meehan,

Executive Director, Ohio School-Based Center of Excellence for Prevention & Early Intervention and the Associate Director, Center for the Study and Support of Children and Families of the Incarcerated

109 Psychology Building
Oxford, OH 45056
(513) 529-4247
meehandc@MiamiOH.edu

Her research/outreach interest in the CSSCFI: Mental health impact of incarceration on children and families

Jessica J. Warner,

Assistant Professor, Department of Justice and Community Studies

204B Thesken Hall
4200 North University Blvd.
Middletown, OH 45042
(513) 727-3264
warnerjj@MiamiOH.edu 

Her research/outreach interest in the CSSCFI: Correctional Rehabilitation and Psychology, Justice and Community Collaborations, Correctional Staff Experiences, and Community Corrections.