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Justice Programs Office
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 508
Washington, DC 20016-8159
United States
JPO Staff & Faculty
Kim Ball Research Professor SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Kim Ball is the director of the Justice Programs Office, a center in the School of Public Affairs at American University, which has advanced evidence-based policies and practices and provided expertis…
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 Research Specialist III 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 Research Specialist III 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 Research Specialist II 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…
Alexander Gamcsik Program Coordinator SPA - School of Public Affairs
Alexander (Alex) Gamcsik is the Program Coordinator for the Justice Programs Office within the School of Public Affairs. Alex has a Master of Public Policy from American University, with a specializat…
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 Adjunct Instructor 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…
Megan Ward Research Specialist II SPA - School of Public Affairs
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