UCLA FACULTY and RESEARCHERS

As a top public research institution, UCLA is home to scholarship across several disciplines on issues surrounding healthy schools and communities.

Laura Abrams

Legal System, Mental Health, School-to-Prison Pipeline

Luskin School of Public Affairs

Howard Adelman

Educator Training, Mental Health, System-Level Interventions

School Mental Health Project

Joan Asarnow

Suicide Prevention

David Geffen School of Medicine

Ron Avi Astor

Bullying/Cyberbullying, Cross-Cultural Solutions, Educator Training, Social-Emotional Learning, Suicide Prevention, Youth and Civic Engagement

Luskin School of Public Affairs, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies

Joseph Peter Bishop

Education Policy, Racial Bias, Suicide Prevention, System-Level Interventions

Center for the Transformation of Schools

Melissa Brymer

Disaster Response, School Shootings

National Center for Child Traumatic Stress Network

Stephen Commins

Cross-Cultural Solutions, Education Policy

Luskin School of Public Affairs

Mark DeAntonio

Mental Health

UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital

David Eisenman

Community Resilience, COVID-19, Disaster Response

David Geffen School of Medicine/Fielding School of Public Health

Todd Franke

Education Policy, Foster Care, Mental Health

Luskin School of Public Affairs

Nancy Giang

Education Policy, System-Level Interventions

Center for the Transformation of Schools

Deborah Glik

Disaster Response, Public Health, School Shootings, Suicide Prevention

Fielding School of Public Health

Sandra Graham

Bullying/Cyberbullying, Education Policy

Graduate School of Education & Information Studies

Neal Halfon

Mental Health, Public Health, System-Level Interventions

Fielding School of Public Health/Luskin School of Public Affairs/David Geffen School of Medicine

Jane Halladay

Suicide Prevention

National Center for Child Traumatic Stress Network

Jaana Juvonen

Bullying/Cyberbullying, Education Policy, Mental Health

Developmental Psychology

Mark Kaplan

Mental Health, Suicide Prevention

Luskin School of Public Affairs

Jorja Leap

School-to-Prison Pipeline, Youth and Civic Engagement

Luskin School of Public Affairs

Patricia Lester

Mental Health, Social-Emotional Learning, System-Level Interventions

David Geffen School of Medicine

Emanuel Maidenberg

Mental Health

Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences

Meredith Phillips

Education Policy, System-Level Interventions

Luskin School of Public Affairs

Bob Pynoos

Mental Health

National Center for Child Traumatic Stress Network

Frank Quiambao

Disaster Response, School Shootings

National Education Safety and Security

Amy Ritterbusch

Cross-Cultural Solutions, Youth and Civic Engagement

Luskin School of Public Affairs

John Rogers

Education Policy, Youth and Civic Engagement

Graduate School of Education & Information Studies

Brad Rowe

Drug Policy, Weapons Policy

Luskin School of Public Affairs

Carlos Santos

LGBTQ Youth, Mental Health

Luskin School of Public Affairs

Moira Szilagyi

Education Policy

UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital

Adam Winkler

Drug Policy, Legal System, Weapons Policy

UCLA School of Law

Laura Wray-Lake

Mental Health, Social-Emotional Learning, Youth and Civic Engagement

Luskin School of Public Affairs

RESOURCES

A selection of UCLA schools, departments and research centers that conduct research and create educational tools to promote school safety.

Center for Child Anxiety Resilience Education and Support (CARES)

The center supports the development of resilient, emotionally healthy children through training, research and community outreach to help identify early signs of childhood anxiety and support families in accessing resources.

Center for MH in Schools & Student/Learning Supports

Housed at UCLA Psychology, the Center for MH in Schools & Student/Learning Supports helps schools address barriers to learning and teaching. The center was launched by the School Mental Health Project at UCLA.

Center for the Transformation of Schools

Housed at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, the center serves as a thought partner for districts, counties and states to pursue whole child, whole community approaches to school system improvement.

Global Policy Institute for Welcoming, Safe Schools & Communities

Housed at the Luskin School of Public Affairs and expected to launch in 2020, the institute will serve as a hub for international research, policymaking and shared knowledge, all focused on bullying, school safety and well-being on campuses.

Nathanson Family Resilience Center

Housed at UCLA Health, the center combines academic research with direct services to families to strengthen family health and wellness through community partnerships, new technologies and training programs.

National Child Traumatic Stress Network

Jointly coordinated by the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and the Duke University Medical Center, the network leads efforts to increase access to services and raise the standard of care for children and their families across the United States who have experienced trauma.

National Education Safety and Security Initiative

Housed at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, the initiative focuses on research, policy, school assessments and training, operational response and harm prevention in preK-12, colleges and universities, vocational institutions, private schools and faith-based institutions.

Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families

The center brings together a wide variety of UCLA resources and expertise to address the complex needs of foster youth and to create better prevention systems for families who are at risk of losing their children to the foster care system.

Safe Strong and Healthy Schools acknowledges support from:

Emily Carter, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost

Ronald Brookmeyer, Dean, Fielding School of Public Health

Darnell Hunt, Dean of Social Sciences

Jennifer Mnookin, Dean, UCLA School of Law

Andrea Ocampo, Program Manager, UCLA Department of Pediatrics

Jody Priselac, Associate Dean for Community Programs, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies

Linda Sarna, Dean of UCLA School of Nursing

Gary Segura, Dean, Luskin School of Public Affairs

Christina Christie, Interim Dean, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies

Roger Wakimoto, Vice Chancellor for Research

UCLA FACULTY and RESEARCHERS

School Safety: Areas of Expertise

RESOURCES

Global Policy Institute for Welcoming, Safe Schools & Communities

Safe Strong and Healthy Schools acknowledges support from:

SAFE, STRONG AND HEALTHY SCHOOLS

CAMPUS RESOURCES