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| Michael S. Caudy, Ph.D. |
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Michael S. Caudy is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at ACE!. He recently defended his doctoral dissertation entitled “Assessing racial differences in offending trajectories: A life-course view of the race-crime relationship.” His research interests include offender reentry issues; the relationship between substance use and offending; race, class and crime; and life-course theories of offending. Before joining George Mason University and ACE!, Michael was employed as a graduate research assistant at the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute in Tampa where he was involved in a number of research projects related to co-occurring disorders in the criminal justice system. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of South Carolina in 2005 and earned his Master’s degree at the University of South Florida in 2007.
E-mail: mcaudy@gmu.edu
Phone: 703.993.4859
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| Jennifer Lerch, MA |
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Jennifer Lerch is a research associate for the Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence! in the Criminology, Law and Society Department at George Mason University. She received her BS in Political Science and Sociology from Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia and her MA degree in Justice, Law, and Crime Policy from George Mason University. Jennifer’s research interests include organizational change, offender reentry, and correctional interventions.
E-mail: jlerch@gmu.edu
Phone:
703.993.4832
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| Stephanie Maass, MA |
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Stephanie A. Maass is a second year PhD student in the Criminology, Law & Society Graduate Program at George Mason University. She has a Bachelor of Science in Administration of Justice and a MA degree in Justice, Law & Crime Policy from George Mason University. Currently, she is a Research Associate for ACE! working on a project funded by BJA to deliver web-based training in evidence-based practices to community corrections staff. Her research interests include drug and alcohol control policies as they relate to delinquency and violence, therapeutic communities and offender rehabilitation.
E-mail: sainswo1@gmu.edu
Phone:
703.993.9699
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| Mary Mbaba, MPH |
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Mary Mbaba, MPH, is a Research Assistant at the Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence! in the Criminology, Law and Society Department at George Mason University. She received her BS in Psychology/Pre-Medicine from the University of Georgia in Athens, GA and her MPH from Emory University in Atlanta, GA. At Emory, she specialized in Behavioral Sciences and Health Education and also received a certificate in Sociocontextual Determinants of Health. As a graduate research assistant, she was the data manager for an ongoing HIV testing intervention at a local Atlanta jail. Her master's thesis was a qualitative approach focusing on the incidence of suicide in jails. Research interests include social epidemiology and the study of marginalized populations, including correctional populations.
E-mail: mmbaba@gmu.edu
Phone: 202.316.1516 |
| Amy Murphy, MPP |
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Amy Murphy, MPP, is a Research Associate at the Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence. Her experience includes working as a Research Specialist with the Center for Evidence-Based Corrections (CEBC) at the University of California, Irvine as well as work in the consulting field in Washington, DC and with the Criminal Justice Research Division of the San Diego Association of Governments. While with CEBC, Amy conducted a process evaluation of the Parole Violations Decision-Making Instrument, a tool introduced by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to encourage the use of graduated sanctions among parole agents. Amy received her master's degree in Public Policy from Duke University in 2003. Her primary interest is in applied research for policy application.
E-mail: amurph10@gmu.edu
Phone: 703.993.5222
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| Elizabeth Ressler, MSW |
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Elizabeth Ressler received her Masters in Social Work from New York University in 2010 with a focus in Substance Abuse. For the last two years she has been working in a Community Mental Health Clinic as a therapist. She has provided therapy for people with a variety of mental health struggles including depression, anxiety, OCD, schizoaffective disorder, and co-occurring disorders. Ms. Ressler also served as the wellness coordinator of a SAMHSA funded grant focused on bringing primary care services into a behavioral health setting. Ms. Ressler will be joining ACE! as a counselor for a NIDA funded research study. In this study, she will be meeting with offenders on probation to see if using motivational interviewing will help them go into substance abuse treatment compared to a computerized model.
E-mail: eressler@gmu.edu
Phone:
443.791.6452 |
| Michael Anthony Williams, BS |
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Michael Anthony Williams is a professional actor who is excited to join the ACE team after teaching acting at Virginia Tech for four years. After being in front of the camera for the HBO series "The Wire" and shooting several feature films and television series in Baltimore, Michael is invested in the MAPIT project for the purpose of investing in the residents of Baltimore City. Michael was a Sociology major at Beloit College and is interested in pursuing graduate work in Criminology.
E-mail: mwilli51@gmu.edu
Phone: 443.240.4814 |
| Sandra Wise |
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Sandra Wise is a Clinical Research Assistant presently working with Dr. Fay Taxman George Mason University and Rick Altice Yale University School of Internal Medicine. Her experience includes HIV Prevention and Intervention, HIV testing and counseling, as well as HEP C testing and screening. Sandra has worked in the Connecticut Department of Correction for the last 5 years alongside nurses, parole and probation officers.
Her interest lies with substance abuse and mentally ill men and women in the judicial system. She has over 12 years at Ryan-Nena Community Health Center in New York City where she had the opportunity to work alongside the local needle exchange. Currently she is working on her BA in Psychology.
E-mail: swise10@gmu.edu
Phone: 703-993-9699 |
| Alese Wooditch, MA |
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Alese Wooditch is a doctoral student in the Criminology, Law and Society Program at George Mason University. She received her MA from the Pennsylvania State University in 2009. Alese has spent four years as an Intelligence Analyst with the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Labor Racketeering and Fraud Investigations. Her research interests include human trafficking, crime & place, and offender rehabilitation and reentry.
E-mail: awooditc@masonlive.gmu.edu
Phone: 703-993-5222
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