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4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 508
Washington, DC 20016-8159
United States
JPO Faculty & Staff
Julie Baldwin Associate Director of Research SPA - School of Public Affairs
Julie Marie Baldwin, PhD, is an Associate Director in the Justice Programs Office at American University, a scholar in residence in the Department of Justice, Law & Criminology at American University,…
Genevieve Citrin Senior Advisor SPA - JPO/JLC
Genevieve is a Senior Policy Advisor at the Justice Programs Office (JPO) and is the project director of the Right to Counsel National Campaign, a public awareness initiative that uses value-based com…
Steven Collins Senior Program Associate SPA - JPO/JLC
Steven Collins is a Senior Program Associate at American University’s Justice Programs Office. He currently manages the office’s National Drug Court Resource Center project and previously worked on th…
Matthew Collinson Senior Program Associate SPA - School of Public Affairs
Matt Collinson is a Senior Research Specialist working on the OJJDP-funded Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts (JDTC) Initiative at the Justice Programs Office (JPO) at American University. Mr. Collinson j…
Zephi Francis Adjunct Instructor SPA - School of Public Affairs
Zephi Francis is a Research Specialist at American University's Justice Programs Office (JPO). His research interests include racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal justice system, alternatives…
Emily Johnson Communications Coordinator SPA - School of Public Affairs
Karen Lash Practitioner In Residence
As a political appointee in the Obama Administration, Karen A. Lash served in leadership positions at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Access to Justice (ATJ) and as the first Executive Dir…
Preeti Menon Sr. Assoc. Director SPA - JPO/JLC
Preeti P. Menon is the Senior Associate Director at the Justice Programs Office. She is passionate about bringing collaboration and communication as important bases for the success of any initiative.…
Zoe Root Part Time Staff SPA - JPO/JLC
Zoë is Senior Policy Counsel at the Justice Programs Office (JPO) and an Adjunct Instructor in the School of Public Affairs at American University. At JPO, she works on the Right to Counsel National C…
Kimberly Trocha Program Coordinator SPA - School of Public Affairs
Megan Ward Senior Program Associate SPA - School of Public Affairs
Interns
- Elizabeth Brandeberry
- Julia Bruns
- Steve Czarnecki
- Elizabeth Groux
- Ali Hansen
- Karlee Naylon
- Karina Rivero