SANDRA M. CHAFOULEAS
CSCH Co-Director
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and Neag Endowed Professor of Educational Psychology in the Neag School of Education
Expertise: behavior assessment, school mental health, coordinated school health
JESSICA KOSLOUSKI
CSCH Co-Director
Assistant Research Professor
Department of Educational Psychology
Expertise: school mental health, whole child approaches, trauma-informed teaching, special education and disabilities
JEANA BRACEY
Associate Vice President of School and Community Initiatives, CHDI, Inc.
Expertise: school-based mental and behavioral health, school-family-community partnerships, juvenile justice diversion
ALICE FORRESTER
CEO, Clifford Beers Community Health Partners
Director, New Haven Trauma Coalition
Member, Sandy Hook Commission
Expertise: mental health in children, families, and communities in Connecticut
DAMION GRASSO
Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Expertise: childhood adversity and trauma, posttraumatic stress, evidence-based assessment and psychotherapy
KATHRYN LIBAL
Professor in Social Work
Director, Human Rights Institute
Expertise: social welfare, children’s rights movements, human rights, social work
BETH RUSSELL
Professor in HDFS
Director, Center for Applied Research in Human Development
Expertise: community partnerships, program evaluation, parent-child relationships, development of emotion regulation
SUDHA SRINIVASAN
Assistant Professor in Kinesiology
Expertise: motor development, developmental disabilities, novel rehabilitation interventions, assistive technologies, child and family-centric interventions
RAVIT STEIN
Director of Psychological & Behavioral Consultation, EASTCONN RESC
Expertise: applied behavior analysis, implementation, MTSS, organizational biopsy, sustainability
JACI VANHEEST
Associate Professor in Educational Psychology and Kinesiology
Director, Public Health Learning Community
Expertise: impact of play on bioenergetic, fitness and academic parameters in children and adults
HELENE MARCY
CSCH Director of Programs & Communications
Expertise: poverty-related issues and policies, community partnerships, survey research