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DesmondU.Patton,M.S.W.,Ph.D.ColumbiaUniversitySchoolofSocialWork
1255AmsterdamAvenue,NewYork,NY10025212-851-2238
EDUCATION
2012 Ph.D.,SocialServiceAdministration,UniversityofChicago,Chicago,IL
Dissertationtitle:Connected,KnownandProtected:AfricanAmericanAdolescentMalesNavigatingCommunityViolence.Chair:MelissaRoderick;Committee:WaldoJohnson,MarioSmall,CamilleFarringtonComprehensive/prelimexamfields:SocialInequality,LifeCourseDevelopment
2006 M.S.W.,UniversityofMichigan,AnnArbor Awards:MeritScholar;OliviaP.MaynardFellow
2004 B.A.,AnthropologyandPoliticalScience,UniversityofNorthCarolina,Greensboro,withhonors
ACADEMICAPPOINTMENTS
2018-Present AssociateProfessor,w/tenureColumbiaUniversitySchoolofSocialWork,CourtesyappointmentinSociology.MemberofDataScienceInstitute
2015–2018 AssistantProfessor,ColumbiaUniversitySchoolofSocialWork CourtesyappointmentinSociology2017–2018 Fellow,BerkmanKleinCenterforInternetandSociety,Harvard
University;CurrentFacultyAssociate2012–June2015 AssistantProfessor,UniversityofMichiganSchoolofSocialWork&
SchoolofInformation
AWARDS,DISTINCTIONSANDFELLOWSHIPS
2019 Fellow,CarrCenterforHumanRightsPolicy,HarvardKennedySchool2019 Fellow,SocialforSocialWorkandResearch2019 PresidentialLeadershipScholar
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2018 DeborahK.PadgettEarlyCareerAchievementAward,SocietyforSocialWorkandResearch
2018 ObamaFoundationFellowshipFinalist2016 CertificateofAppreciationforEducators,ManhattanBoroughPresident2014 CommencementSpeaker,UniversityofMichiganSchoolofSocialWork2013 GoldenAppleAwardNominee(foroutstandingteaching),UniversityofMichigan2013 MichiganRoadScholarsawardee,UniversityofMichigan2008 DoctoralTheoryFellowship,UniversityofChicago2006 EducationPioneersFellowship,UniversityofMichigan2004 UndergraduateResearchFellowship,UNC-Greensboro2004 HonorsCollegegraduate,UNC-Greensboro
PUBLICATIONS
ArticlesinRefereedJournals
1. Patton,D.U.,Pyooz,D.,Decker,S.,Leonard,P.,&Frey,W(InPress)WhenTwitterfingersturntotriggerfingers:Asociolinguisticstudyofinternet-mediatedgangviolence.InternationalJournalofBullyingPrevention
2. Patton,D.U.,Blandfort,P.,Frey,W.,Schifanella,R.,McGregor,K.,Chang,S.F.VATAS:AnOpen-SourceWebPlatformforVisualandTextualAnalysisofSocialMedia.(InPress)JournaloftheSocietyforSocialWorkandResearch.
3. Blandfort,P.,Patton,D.UBhargava,S.,Chang,Shih-Fu.,.,Frey,W.,,Gaskell,M.,Karaman,S.,Schifanella,R.,McKeown,K.,Chang,S.MultimodalDetectionofAggression,LossandSubstanceUseinTweetsofChicagoGangMembers.MM'18Proceedingsofthe2018ACMonMultimediaConference
4. Crosby,S.,Patton,D.U.Duncan,D.,SmithLee,J.,(InPrcess)FramingNeighborhoodSafetyandAcademicSuccess:PerspectivesfromHigh-AchievingBlackYouthinChicago.Children,YouthandEnvironments.
5. Patton,D.U.,Blandfort,P.,Frey,W.,Gaskell,M.,Karaman,S.AnnotatingSocialMediaDataFromVulnerablePopulations:EvaluationDisagreementBetweenDomainExpertsandGraduateStudentAnnotators.IntheProceedingsoftheHawaiiInternationalConferenceonSystemsScience52
6. Chang,S.,Varia,S.,Lee,Fei-Tzin.,Kedzie,C.,Patton,D.U.,Frey,W.McKeown,K.DetectingGang-InvolvedEscalationonSocialMediaUsingContext.18’ProceedingsoftheConferenceonEmpiricalMethodsinNaturalLanguageProcessing.10%acceptancerate.
7. Frey,W.Patton,D.U.,Gaskell,M.,&McGregor,K.(2018)Artificialintelligenceandinclusion:Formerlygang-involvedyouthasdomainexpertsforanalyzing
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unstructuredTwitterdata.SocialScienceComputerReview
8. Patton,D.U.,Macbeth,J.,Shoenbeck,S.,Shear,K.,&McKeown,K.(2018).AccommodatinggriefonTwitter:AnanalysisofexpressionsofgriefamongganginvolvedyouthonTwitterusingqualitativeanalysisandnaturallanguageprocessing.BiomedicalInformaticsInsights.10,117822618763155.DOI:10.117/117222618763155
9. Patton,D.U.,Rambow,O.,Auerbach,J.,Li,K.,&Frey,W.(2018).ExpressionsoflosspredictaggressivecommentsonTwitteramongganginvolvedyouthinChicago.NaturePartnerJournal:DigitalMedicine.1.11.DOI:10.1038/s4176-018-0020
10. Patton,D.U.,McGregor,K.,&Slutkin,G.(2018).Youthviolencepreventioninadigitalera.Pediatrics.E20172438;DOI:10.1542/peds.2017-2438
11. Patton,D.U.,Dungy,L.,Hong,J.S.,&Leonard,P.(2017).Gangviolence,crimeandsubstanceuseonTwitter:AsnapshotofgangcommunicationsinDetroit.ViolenceandVictims.32,pp919-934(16).DOI:10.191/0886-6708VVD-16-00040
12. Tan,K.,Patton,D.U.,&Cordova,D.(2018).Schoolfactorsandadolescentsubstanceabuse:Aretheredifferencesbypopulationdensity?JournalofSocialWorkPracticeintheAddictions.18:2,153-167,DOI:10.1080/1533256X.2018.1450263
13. Patton,D.U.,Leonard,P.,Eschmann,R.D.,Patel,S.,Elsaesser,C.,&Crosby,S.(OnlineFirst)What’sathreatonsocialmedia?HowBlackandLatinoyoungmeninChicagonavigatethreatsonline.Youth&Society.DOI:10.1177/0044118X177yout20325
14. Hollingsworth,L.D.,Patton,D.U.,Allen,P.C.,&Bryant,K.E.(2018).Racialmicroaggressionsinsocialworkeducation:Blackstudents’encountersinapredominantlyWhiteinstitution.JournalofEthnicandCulturalDiversityinSocialWork.DOI:10.1080/15313204.2017.1417942
15. Elsaesser,C.,Russell,B.,Ohannessian,C.M.,&Patton,D.U.(2017).Parentinginadigitalage:Areviewofparents'roleinpreventingadolescentcyberbullying.AggressionandViolentBehavior,35,62-72.DOI:10.1016/j.avb.2017.06.004
16. Patton,D.U.,Brunton,D.,Dixon,A.,Hackman,R.J.,&MillerR.(2017).Stopandfriskonline:Theorizingeverydayracismindigitalpolicingintheuseofsocialmediafortheidentificationofcriminalconductandassociations.SocialMedia+Society.DOI:10.1177/2056305117733344
17. Patton,D.U.,Hong,J.S.,Patel,S.,&Kral,M.(2017).Asystematicreviewofresearchstrategiesusedinqualitativestudiesonschoolbullyingandvictimization.Trauma,ViolenceandAbuse,18(1),3-16.DOI:10.1177/1524838015588502
18. Patton,D.U.,Sodhi,A.,Lee,J.,Affinati,S.,&Crandall,M.(2016).Post-dischargeneedsofvictimsofgunviolenceinChicago:Aqualitativestudy.Journalof
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InterpersonalViolence,1-21.DOI:10.1177/0886260516669545
19. Patton,D.U.,McKeown,K.,Rambow,O.,&MacBeth,J.(2016).Usingnaturallanguageprocessingandqualitativeanalysistointerveneingangviolence:Acollaborationbetweenasocialworkresearcheranddatascientist.ProceedingsoftheSecondAnnualDataforGoodExchangeConference.Retrievedfromhttps://data.bloomberglp.com/company/sites/2/2016/09/paper_61.pdf
20. Patton,D.U.,Eschmann,R.D.,Elsaesser,C.,&Bocanegra,E.(2016).Sticks,stonesandFacebookaccounts:Whatviolenceoutreachworkersknowaboutsocialmediaandurban-basedgangviolenceinChicago.ComputersinHumanBehavior,65,591-600.DOI:10.1016/j.chb.2016.05.052
21. Patton,D.U.,&Roth,B.(2016).Goodkidswithtiestodeviantpeers:NetworkstrategiesusedbyAfricanAmericanandLatinoyoungmeninviolentneighborhoods.ChildrenandYouthServiceReview,66,123-130.DOI:10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.04.020
22. Patton,D.U.,Leonard,P.,Lane,J.,&Macbeth,J.(2016).Gangviolenceonthedigitalstreet:AcasestudyofaSouthSideChicagogangmember’sTwittercommunication.NewMediaandSociety,1-19.DOI:10.1177/1461444815625949*NMS’smost-readarticleinFebruary2016*
23. Patton,D.U.,Miller,R.J.,Garbarino,J.,Gale,A.,&Kornfeld,E.(2016).Hardinessscripts:High-achievingAfricanAmericanboysinaChicagocharterschoolnavigatingcommunityviolenceandschool.JournalofCommunityPsychology.44(5),638-655.DOI:10.1002/jcop.21791
24. Patton,D.U.,Leonard,P.,Cahill,L.,Macbeth,J.,Crosby,S.,&Brunton,D.(2016).“PolicetookmyhomieIdedicatemylife2hisrevenge”:Twittertensionsbetweengang-involvedyouthandpoliceinChicago.JournalofHumanBehaviorintheSocialEnvironment,26(3-4),310-324.DOI:10.1080/10911359.2015.1127738
25. Blevins,T.,Kwitakowski,R.,Macbeth,J.,McKeown,K.,Patton,D.U.,&Rambow,O.(2016).Automaticallyprocessingtweetsfromgang-involvedyouth:Towardsdetectinglossandaggression.ProceedingsofCOLING2016,the26thInternationalConferenceonComputationalLinguistics:TechnicalPapers,2196-2206.Retrievedfrom:http://aclweb.org/anthology/C/C16/C16-1207.pdf*Authorsareinalphabeticalorder*
26. Affinati,S.,Patton,D.U.,Hansen,L.,Ranney,M.,Christmas,A.B.,Violano,P.,Sodhi,A.,Robinson,B.&Crandall,M.(2016).Hospital-basedviolenceinterventionprogramstargetingadultpopulations:AnEasternAssociationfortheSurgeryofTraumaevidence-basedreview.TraumaSurgeryandAcuteCareOpen,1(1).DOI:10.1136/tsaco-2016-000024
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27. Watkins,D.C.,Patton,D.U.,&Miller,R.J.(2016).Introductiontothespecialissueontheintersectionsofrace,gender,andclassinthewakeofanationalcrisis:ThestateofBlackboysandmenpost-Ferguson.JournalofMen’sStudies,24(2),119-129.DOI:10.1177/1060826516641108
28. Washington,T.,Rose,T.,Coard,S.,Patton,D.U.,Young,S.,Giles,S.,&Nolen,M.(2016).Family-levelfactors,depression,andanxietyamongAfricanAmericanchildren:Asystematicreview.ChildandYouthCareForum.DOI:10.1007/s10566-016-9372-z
29. Hong,J.S.,Lee,J.,Espelage,D.L.,Hunter,S.C.,Patton,D.U.,&Rivers,Jr.,T.(2016).Understandingthecorrelatesofface-to-faceandcyberbullyingvictimizationamongU.S.adolescents:Asocial-ecologicalanalysis.ViolenceandVictims,31(4),638-663.
30. Smith,J.R.,&Patton,D.U.(2016).Posttraumaticstresssymptomsincontext:ExaminingtraumaresponsestoviolentexposuresandhomicidedeathamongBlackmalesinurbanneighborhoods.JournalofOrthopsychiatry,86(2),212-223.DOI:10.1037/ort0000101
31. Patton,D.U.,Sanchez.N.,Fitch,D.,Macbeth,J.,&Leonard,P.(2015).IknowGod’sgotaday4me:Violence,traumaandcopingamonggang-involvedTwitterusers.SocialScienceComputerReview,1-18.DOI:10.1177/0894439315613319
32. Patton,D.U.,&Miller,R.J.(2015).ExaminingtherelationshipbetweenadolescentviolenceexposureandadulthoodviolenceperpetrationamongurbanBlackandAfricanAmericanmen.AcademyofViolenceandAbuseResearchReview,5(February),1-4.
33. Miller,R.,Miller,J.,Djoric,J.,&Patton,D.U.(2015).Baldwin’smill:Race,punishment,andthepedagogyofrepression,1965-2015.HumanityandSociety,39(4),456-475.DOI:10.1177/0160597615609188
34. Miller,R.J.,Patton,D.U.,&Williams,E.(2015).Rethinkingprisonerreentry.OffenderProgramReports,19(1),1-4.
35. Patton,D.U.,Hong,J.S.,Ranney,M.,Patel,S.,Kelley,C.,Eschmann,R.D.,&Washington,T.(2014).Socialmediaasavectorforyouthviolence:Areviewofliterature.ComputersinHumanBehavior,35,548-553.DOI:10.1016/j.chb.2014.02.043
36. Hong,J.S.,Huang,H.,Golden,M.,Patton,D.U.,&Washington,T.(2014).Arecommunityviolence-exposedyouthatriskofengagingindelinquentbehavior?Areviewandimplicationsforresidentialtreatmentresearchandpractice.ResidentialTreatmentforChildren&Youth,31(4),266-283.DOI:10.1080/0886571X.2014.958343
37. Patton,D.U.,Hong,J.S.,Williams,A.B.,&Allen-Meares,P.(2013).Areviewof
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researchonschoolbullyingamongAfricanAmericanyouth:Anecologicalsystemsanalysis.EducationalPsychologyReview25(2),245-260.DOI:10.1007/s10648-013-9221-7
38. Patton,D.U,Eschmann,R.D.&Butler,D.A.(2013).Internetbanging:Newtrendsinsocialmedia,gangviolence,masculinityandhiphop.ComputersinHumanBehavior,29(5),A54-A59.DOI:10.1016/j.chb.2012.12.035
39. Patton,D.U. ,Woolley,M.E.,&Hong,J.S.(2012).Exposuretoviolence,studentfear,andlowacademicachievement:AfricanAmericanmalesinthecriticaltransitiontohighschool.ChildrenandYouthServiceReview,34(2),388-395.DOI:10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.11.009
40. Patton,D.U.,&Johnson,D.W.(2010).Exposuretocommunityviolenceandsocialcapital:AfricanAmericanstudentsinthecriticaltransitiontohighschool. HarvardJournalofAfricanAmericanPublicPolicy,16,53-72.
ArticlesunderReview• Patton,D.U.,Frey,W.,McGregor,K.,Lee,F.,McKeown,K.,ContextualAnalysisofSocial
Media:AQualitativeApproachtoElicitingContextinSocialMediaPostswithNaturalLanguageProcessing.
• Blandfort,P.,Hees,J.,Patton,D.U.AnOverviewofComputationalApproachesforInterpretationAnalysis.
• Sodhi,A.,Choma,D.,Steve,J.,Patton,D.U.,Crandall,M.SocialMediarepresentationsoflawenforcementwithinfourdiverseChicagoneighborhoods.
• Elsaesser,C.,Patton,D.U.Kelley,A.,Santiago,J.,Clarke,A.AvoidingFightsonSocialMedia:Strategiesyouthleveragetonavigateconflictinadigitalera.
• Patton,D.U.,Stevens,R.,Smith,J.,Obamye,G,&Frey,W.Yousetmeup:GenderedperceptionsofTwittercommunicationthatleadstoofflineviolence.
ManuscriptsinProgress• Gaskell,M.B.,Patton,D.U.,&Frey,W.DepictionsofgunsonTwitteramonggang-
involvedyouth.
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BookChapters1. Miller,R.J.,Delva,J.,&Patton,D.U.(Inpress).Usinggroupsincriminaljusticesettings.
InC.D.Garvin,L.M.Gutierrez,andM.J.Galinsky(Eds.),HandbookofSocialWorkwithGroups(2nded.).NewYork:Guilford.
2. Hong,J.S.,&Patton,D.U.(2014).Gangsinschools.InL.H.Cousins(Ed.),EncyclopediaofHumanServicesandDiversity(pp.573-574).ThousandOaks,CA:Sage.
3. Patton,D.U.(2013).Betweentwoworlds:ResilientAfricanAmericanadolescentmalesnavigatingcommunityviolence.InM.S.Harris(Ed.),AfricanAmericanPerspectives:FamilyDynamics,HealthCareIssuesandtheRoleofEthnicIdentity.NewYork:NovaSciencePublishers.
4. Patton,D.U.,&Garbarino,J.(2013).ThehurtingchildinsidetheyoungBlackmale.InK.C.Vaughans&W.Spielberg(Eds.),The PsychologyofBlackBoysandAdolescents(pp.541-552).SantaBarbara,CA:Praeger.
5. Woolley,M.E.,&Patton,D.U.(2009).Schoolviolence.InD.Carr(Ed.),EncyclopediaoftheLifeCourseandHumanDevelopment,Vol.1:ChildhoodandAdolescence(pp.416-420).Detroit,MI:MacmillanReferenceUSA.
BookReviews1. Patton,D.U.(2013).Untitledreview[ReviewofthebookTheOtherWesMoore:One
Name,TwoFates,byW.Moore].QualitativeSocialWork,12(1),93-97.TechnicalReports1. Matteescu,A.,Brunton,D.,Rosenblat,A.,Patton,D.U.,Gold,Z.,&boyd,d.(2015).Social
mediasurveillanceandlawenforcement.Washington,DC:Data&CivilRights.Retrievedfromhttp://www.datacivilrights.org/pubs/2015-1027/Social_Media_Surveillance_and_Law_Enforcement.pdf
2. Patton,D.U.(2012).EvaluationofsafepassageinChicago.Chicago,IL:Children’sMemorialHospital.
3. Patton,D.U.(2011).Listeningsessionsfinalreport.Chicago,IL:Children’sMemorialHospital.
4. Imai,R.,Patton,D.U.,Rodkin,J.,&Small,M.(2011).QualitativeevaluationoftheCPS2010-2011MentorandAdvocacyProgram.Chicago,IL:ChicagoPublicSchools.
5. Roderick,M.,Nagaoka,J.,Moeller,E;withRoddie,K.,Gilliam,J.,&Patton,D.U.(2008).Fromhighschooltothefuture.Chicago,IL:ConsortiumonChicagoSchoolResearch.
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Retrievedfromhttps://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/high-school-future-potholes-road-college
EditorialService2018 EditorialBoard.PsychiatryandMentalHealth.PlosOne2018 EditorialBoardofthebookseriesAIforSocialGood.OxfordUniversityPress:
Oxford,UK.2016 Guest-editedspecialissueofJournalofMen’sStudies,Intersectionsofrace,
gender,andclassinthewakeofacrisis:Thestateofboysandmenofcolorpost-Ferguson.Vol.24,no.2.*Co-editedwithDaphneWatkinsandReubenMiller*
EXTERNALREVIEWER
CityandCommunityComputersinHumanBehaviorCriminologyInternationalJournalofMen’sHealthJournalofBlackPsychologyJournalofOrthopsychiatryJusticeQuarterlyJournalofHealthPsychologyNationalAcademiesofSciences,EngineeringandMedicineNaturePartnerJournal:DigitalMedicineNewMediaandSocietyPediatricsQualitativeHealthResearchQualitativeSocialWorkSocialWorkViolenceandVictims
SELECTEDMEDIACOVERAGE
A&E.TheUntoldStory.(May2019).SecretLifeofaGangGirl.InSicknessandInHealth.Podcast(May2019).GunViolenceinAmerica/ViolenceisContagiousNPR.InvsibiliaPodcast.(March2019).Post,Shoot.
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Propublica.(February2019).ChicagoPublicSchoolsMonitoredSocialMediaforSignsofViolence,GangMembership.ChicagoSunTimes(February2019).CPS,socialmediaandcurbingtroubleamongstudents. https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-cps-social-media-and-curbing-trouble-among-students/ PublicSecurityToday(January2019).Thesecompaniesarescouringsocialmediaforthenextshooter.https://publicsecurity.today/social-media-listening-at-schools-stop-shooters/?fbclid=IwAR2eJ-YTB_4CD7JX0oAwOTPDJIGf3Se99AbG4ulR_7wEsmeF7Mj0dofOjQ0
WttwPBSChicagoTonight(November2018).Whatsocialmediapostscantellusaboutgangviolence.https://news.wttw.com/2018/11/15/what-social-media-posts-can-tell-us-about-gang-violence
VoiceofAmericaNews(November2018).VRProjecthighlightssocialmediapolicing.https://www.voanews.com/a/4647919.html
NATURE(September2018).Amurderedteen,twomilliontweetsandanexperimenttofightgunviolence.https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06169-8
WIRED(August2018).Schoolsareminingstudents’socialmediapostsforsignsoftrouble.https://www.wired.com/story/algorithms-monitor-student-social-media-posts/?mbid=social_fb_onsiteshare
PIX11NewYork(August2018).GanglandNYC:SpecialreportongangcrisisinaftermathofJunior’sslaying.https://pix11.com/2018/08/11/gangland-nyc-special-report-on-gang-crisis-in-aftermath-of-juniors-slaying/
FOX32Chicago(July2018).CookCountySheriff’sOfficeteamworkstostopsocialmediafromfuelingviolence.http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/cook-county-sheriff-s-office-team-works-to-stop-social-media-from-fueling-violence
NPR(June2018).WhyChicago’s‘GangBook’IsaProblemForCommunitiesofColor.https://www.npr.org/2018/06/29/624789878/why-chicagos-gang-book-is-a-problem-for-communities-of-color
WashingtonPost(June2018).Howemojicankill:Asgangsmoveonline,socialmediafuelviolence.https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/06/13/how-emoji-can-kill-as-gangs-move-online-social-media-fuels-violence/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.0e4d6ee72fc9
VICE(May2018).ThreeGunViolenceScholarsonWhatIsMissingFromAmerica’sGunViolenceDebate.https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/7xmxky/three-gun-violence-scholars-on-what-is-missing-from-americas-gun-control-debate?utm_campaign=sharebutton
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LyndaSteeleShow(April2018).Isitpossibletodevelopanalgorithmtodetectinternetuserswhomaybedangerousinsteadofthosethatmaybejustposingtouch?https://omny.fm/shows/steele-drex/is-it-possible-to-develop-an-algorithm-to-detect-i
ChicagoTribune(April2018).Tweetsfromgangmember’sexpressgriefoverviolence-butthentoanger,researchersfind.http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-gang-internet-banging-study-20180406-story.html
Microsoft(April2018).Civilactions:Howfoursimplerulescanmaketheinternetsafer.https://news.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2018/04/09/civil-actions-how-four-simple-rules-can-make-the-internet-safer/
WashingtonPolicyPodcast(February2018).UnderstandingSocialMediaandGangViolence.https://washingtech.com/social-media-and-gang-violence/
NewYorkTimes(January2018).InterruptersPeekatSocialMediatoStopStreetViolence.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/21/nyregion/facebook-violence-social-media-monitor.html
TheSocialWorkPodcast(January2018).SocialMediaandGangViolence-InterviewwithDesmondPatton,Ph.D.https://socialworkpodcast.blogspot.com/2018/01/patton.html
ColumbiaSchoolofSocialWork(December2017).DesmondPattonReceivesEarlyCareerAchievementAwardfromtheSocietyforSocialWorkandResearch.https://socialwork.columbia.edu/news/desmond-patton-receives-early-career-achievement-award-from-the-society-for-social-work-and-research/
FastCompany(November2017).CouldSoftwareHelpStopSchoolShootings?https://www.fastcompany.com/40477172/could-software-stop-school-shootings
ColumbiaSchoolofSocialWork(November2017).IsSocialMediaSurveillancetheVirtualStop-and-Frisk?NewStudybyDesmondPatton.https://socialwork.columbia.edu/news/social-media-surveillance-virtual-stop-frisk-new-study-desmond-patton/
TheBerkmanKleinCenterforInternet&Society(October2017).HowFacebookTriestoRegulatePostingsMadebyTwoBillionPeople.https://medium.com/berkman-klein-center/how-facebook-tries-to-regulate-postings-made-by-two-billion-people-bca9408b6b4b
YouTube:TheBerkmanKleinCenterforInternet&Society(October2017).FellowFriday:DesmondPatton.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFdE_hHzwn8
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ColumbiaUniversity’sDataScienceInstitute(September2017).DSIProfessorsMineSocialMediatoCurbGangViolence.http://datascience.columbia.edu/dsi-professors-mine-social-media-curb-gang-violence
ABCNews(September2017).LawEnforcementOfficials,PrivacyExpertsDiscussSocialMediaatRutgersPoliceInstitute.https://youtu.be/AGE2T9gR0IU
TheDailyDot(September2017).FromtheStreetstoTweets,theRiseof“InternetBanging.”https://www.dailydot.com/irl/internet-banging/
LancetChildandAdolescentHealth(September2017).MediaViolenceandYouthAggression.http://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lanchi/PIIS2352-4642(17)30033-0.pdf
RichmondTimes-Dispatch(June2017).WhenSocialMediaTurnsAntisocial.http://www.richmond.com/news/local/michael-paul-williams/williams-when-social-media-turns-antisocial/article_5ffe61ef-9c28-517c-bf92-82f7f34e2b83.html
NewYorkTimes(June2017).TheDigitalBystanderEffect.https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000005144290/the-digital-bystander.html
TEDxBroadway(May2017).TheyAreChildren:HowPostsonSocialMediaLeadtoGangViolencehttps://www.tedxbroadway.com/talks/2017/6/9/they-are-children-how-posts-on-social-media-lead-to-gang-violence-desmond-patton
Fox10(May2017).TrendingViolence:AreSocialMediaandViolenceRelatedhttp://www.fox10tv.com/story/35435737/trending-violence-are-social-media-and-violence-related
ColumbiaAlum–Vimeo(May2017).ColumbiaCommitmenttoDataScience.https://vimeo.com/217054540
StanfordNews(May2017).TheBrownInstitute,aCollaborationBetweenStanford’sSchoolofEngineeringandColumbia’sSchoolofJournalism,Announces‘MagicGrants’toTransformtheWorldofMedia.https://news.stanford.edu/2017/05/04/brown-institute-announces-magic-grants-transform-world-media/
TheTrace(May2017).We’reJustStartingtoComprehendHowSocialMediaBreedsShootings.https://www.thetrace.org/2017/05/twitter-social-media-gang-shooting-research/
Politiken(May2017).Experts:FacebookUsersMayAlsoTakeResponsibilityiftheBrutalMurderVideosMustBeStopped.https://politiken.dk/kultur/medier/art5931294/Facebooks-brugere-m%C3%A5-ogs%C3%A5-selv-tage-ansvar-hvis-brutale-mordvideoer-skal-stoppes
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UptownRadio(May2017).SchwabSocialMediaEpisode4Mixdown.https://soundcloud.com/uptownradio/schwab-social-media-e4-mixdown
Salon(April2017).MurderonFacebookRaisesBigCensorshipQuestions:WhatShouldSocial-MediaCompaniesDoaboutViolentContent?https://www.salon.com/2017/04/21/murder-on-facebook-raises-big-censorship-questions-what-should-social-media-companies-do-about-violent-content/
EducationalVideoCenter(April2017).EscapingtheLabels.https://vimeo.com/210802785
ColumbiaSchoolofSocialWork(April2017).SocialWorkersNeedtoUnderstandImpactofCyber-interactiononAdolescents.https://socialwork.columbia.edu/news/austin-lecture-2017-social-workers-need-to-understand-impact-of-cyber-interaction-on-adolescents/
YouTube:ColumbiaSchoolofSocialWork(March2017).TechistheFuture,EveninSocialWork.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZtb_8FZUJ0
WBEZ91.5Chicago(February2016).ALookatFacebookLiveandChicagoViolence.https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/a-look-at-facebook-live-and-chicago-violence/e6f5685f-db8d-4fad-86cf-2be0daf19dbd
UniversityofAlabamaNewsCenter(February2017).GuestLecturertoDiscussTeenViolence,SocialMedia.https://www.ua.edu/news/2017/02/guest-lecturer-to-discuss-teen-violence-social-media/
EarthInstitute–ColumbiaUniversity(February2017).UnderstandingYouthandGangViolenceonSocialMedia–Episode#48.https://soundcloud.com/ac4-columbia/youth-and-gang-violence-on-social-media-with-dr-desmond-patton
ChicagoTonight(February2017).HowSocialMediaisBeingUsedtoPreventChicagoViolence.http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/02/10/how-social-media-being-used-prevent-chicago-violence
TheAtlantic(January2017).TheDesiretoLive-StreamViolence.https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2017/01/chicago-beating-facebook-live/512288/
USAToday(January2017).FacebookLiveofChicagoAssaultRaisesFearofCopycatViolence.http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/01/06/chicago-facebook-assault/96254060/
ThePostandCourier(December2016).SocialMediaPlaysIncreasingRoleinLowCountryLawEnforcementInvestigations.https://www.postandcourier.com/news/social-media-plays-increasing-role-in-
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YouTube:Research&EvaluationCenter(December2016).DesmondPatton,ColumbiaUniversity.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er5MeX-v2b0
Newsy(December2016).HowSocialMediaCanBeUsedtoStopGangViolence.http://www.newsy.com/videos/social-media-contributes-to-gang-violence-nationwide/
ViceNewsHBO(December2016).Cyberbanging.Episode34.
ColumbiaNews(November2016).FacultyQ&A:SocialScientistDesmondPattonStudiesInnerCityViolence.http://news.columbia.edu/content/Faculty-QA-Social-Scientist-Desmond-Patton-Studies-Inner-City-Violence
SecurityGladiators(November2016).ArtificialIntelligenceCatchingGangMembers?ResearchersSayPossible.https://securitygladiators.com/artificial-intelligence-catching-gang-members-researchers-say-possible/
RadioSputnik(November2016.)Interview.https://soundcloud.com/radiosputnik/we-should-think-about-situational-conditions-that-influence-online-behaviour-desmond-patton
Motherboard(November2016).ResearchersClaimAICanIdentifyGangMembersonTwitter.http://motherboard.vice.com/read/researchers-claim-ai-can-identify-gang-members-on-twitter
ColumbiaEngineeringMagazine(October2016).WhenWordsonTwitterTriggerReal-WorldViolence.http://engineering.columbia.edu/web/newsletter/fall_2016/when_words_twitter_trigger_realworld_violence
WYPR(October2016).HowStudyingEmojisMayPreventViolence.http://wypr.org/post/how-studying-emojis-may-prevent-violence#stream/0
LaTribune(October2016).Presidentielleamericaine:Chicago,chroniquedelaviolencequotidienneetduracismordinaire.http://www.latribune.fr/economie/international/presidentielle-americaine-chicago-chronique-de-la-violence-quotidienne-et-du-racisme-ordinaire-605188.html
TheGrio(September2016).OneMan’sMissiontoStopGangViolenceUsingSocialMedia.https://safelab.socialwork.columbia.edu/news/one-mans-mission-stop-gang-violence-using-social-media
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NBCChicago(September2016).ProfessorHopesSocialMediaCanHelpStemChicagoViolence.https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-social-media-violence-columbia-university-desmond-patton-393181261.html
NationalPublicRadio-AllThingsConsidered(September2016).InEfforttoCurbViolenceinChicago,aProfessorMinesSocialMedia.https://safelab.socialwork.columbia.edu/news/effort-curb-violence-chicago-professor-mines-social-media
TheDailyDot(September2016).FromtheStreetstoTweets,theRiseof‘InternetBanging’.https://www.dailydot.com/irl/internet-banging/
ColumbiaSchoolofSocialWork(August2016).ProfessorDesmondPattonCollaborateswithDataScientistonROADS-fundedProjecttoPreventGangViolence.https://socialwork.columbia.edu/news/professor-desmond-patton-collaborates-with-data-scientist-on-roads-funded-project-to-prevent-gang-violence/
TheDialoguewithVictoriaShantrell(July2016).DesmondUptonPatton:SocialWorker,Scholar,Professor.https://youtu.be/G_IT45OGUz0
CLTV(June2016).TrackingChicagoGangsonSocialMedia.http://cltv.com/2016/06/13/tracking-chicago-gangs-on-social-media/
NEWSONE(June2016).ScholarsExamineHowGangMembersUseTwitter.https://newsone.com/3452991/scholars-examine-how-gang-members-use-twitter/#.V1a6BVVVqho.twitter
ChicagoSun-Times.(June2016).ProfessorStudiesTwitterThreatsofGirlGangKillerinChicago.http://chicago.suntimes.com/person/desmond-patton/
AnchorageDailyNews(June2016).WhyChicagoLeadsinHomicides.https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2016/5/28/why-chicago-leads-in-homicides/
NewYorkTimes(May2016).Chicago’sMurderProblem.https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/05/18/us/chicago-murder-problem.html
SplinterNews(April2016).DoesSocialMediaMakeGangsMoreViolent?https://fusion.tv/story/286754/twitter-chicago-youth-gangs/
CBSPhilly(March2016).30ArrestedafterFlashMobStrikesCenterCityPhiladelphia.http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/03/06/philly-police-more-than-100-kids-participated-in-flash-mob-some-arrested/
NewYorkMagazine(March2016).CouldCopsUseFacebookReactionstoTargetCriminals?http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/03/could-cops-use-facebook-reactions-to-target-criminals.html
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VICE(December2015).ThisAlgorithmWillTrytoPredictWhichGangThreatsonTwitterTurnintoIRLViolence.http://www.vice.com/read/this-algorithm-will-try-to-predict-which-gang-threats-on-twitter-turn-into-irl-violence
FOX32Chicago(October2015).Cyberbanging:PersonalAttacksOnlineContributingtoChicagoGangViolence.http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-at-the-tipping-point/36651505-story
NationalPublicRadio-AllTechConsidered(October2015).WhenSocialMediaFuelsGangViolence.https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2015/10/07/446300514/when-social-media-fuels-gang-violence
ChicagoTribune(August2015).GangsIncreasinglyChallengeRivalsOnlinewithPostings,Videos.http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-gangs-violence-internet-banging-met-20150814-story.html
VoiceofAmerica(August2015).SocialMediaShowsBest,WorstSidesinJournalistShootings.http://www.voanews.com/content/social-media-shows-best-worst-sides-in-journalist-shooting/2934257.html
News-Press(August2015).FacebookVideoPromptsFortMyersPolicePatrols.http://www.news-press.com/story/news/local/2015/08/18/facebook-video-mcgregor-crime-threat-todd-chrisp-fort-myers/31929331/
HighPossibilitiesClassroom(July2015).SocialMedia:CyberBanging,EmojisandTeenagers.http://www.highpossibilityclassrooms.com/social-media-cyber-banging-emojis-and-teenagers/
MichiganRadio(May2015).InternetBanging:HowSocialMediaisFuelingGangViolence.http://michiganradio.org/post/internet-banging-how-social-media-fueling-gang-violence#stream/0
IndianapolisStar(March2015).WhyBeatUpSomeoneonCamera?ToBeFamous.http://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/columnists/erika-smith/2015/03/20/smith-beat-someone-camera-famous/25084621/
TheMichiganDaily(September2014).StudentsGathertoReflectonFergusonIncidentovertheSummer.https://www.michigandaily.com/news/students-gather-reflect-ferguson-incident-over-summer
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PEER-REVIEWEDPRESENTATIONSJanuary2019 AccommodatingGriefonTwitter.OralPresentation.SocietyforSocial
WorkandResearchAnnualConference,SanFrancisco,CAMay2018 Newfrontiersforartificialintelligenceinpsychiatry:Frompersonalized
healthtocommunitycare.AmericanPsychiatricAssociationAnnualMeeting,NewYork,NY.
January2018 DigitalUrbanViolenceAnalysisApproach.OralPresentation.Societyfor
SocialWorkandResearchAnnualConference,Washington,DC.January2017 Gangviolenceonthedigitalstreet:AcasestudyofasouthsideChicago
gangmember’sTwittercommunication.Oralpresentation.SocietyforSocialWorkandResearchAnnualConference,NewOrleans,LA.
January2017 Sticks,stonesandFacebookaccounts:Whatviolenceoutreachworkers
knowaboutsocialmediaandurban-basedgangviolenceinChicago.Posterpresentation.SocietyforSocialWorkandResearchAnnualConference,NewOrleans,LA.
December2016 Automaticallyprocessingtweetsfromgang-involvedyouth:Towards
detectinglossandaggression.COLING2016:InternationalConferenceonComputationalLinguistics,Osaka,Japan.
October2016 Usingnaturallanguageprocessingandqualitativeanalysistointervene
ingangviolence:Acollaborationbetweensocialworkresearchersanddatascientists.BloombergDataforGoodExchangeConference,NewYork,NY.
November2015 Sticks,stonesandFacebookaccounts:Whatviolenceinterruptersknow
aboutsocialmediaandurban-basedgangviolenceinChicago.NationalCommunicationAssociationAnnualConference,LasVegas,NV.
May2015 Decodinggangviolenceonthedigitalstreet.Oralpresentation.Fourth
AnnualL.A.GangPrevention&InterventionConference,LosAngeles,CA.
January2015 Innovationsinsocialworkresearchandpracticewithyouth:Thepower
ofsocialmediaandtechnology.SymposiumChair.SocietyforSocialWorkandResearchAnnualConference,NewOrleans,LA.
January2015 Gangviolence,crime,andsubstanceuseonTwitter:Asnapshotofgang
communicationsinDetroit.Oralpresentation.SocietyforSocialWorkandResearchAnnualConference,NewOrleans,LA.
June2014 Leanonme:Blackchildren’sschoolachievement.SymposiumChairand
oralpresentation.Division45APAResearchConference,Eugene,OR.March2014 Socialmedia,gangsandyouthviolence.Oralpresentation.SixthAnnual
HealthDisparitiesConference,Teacher’sCollege,ColumbiaUniversity,NewYork,NY.
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March2014 Recognizingcollectiveefficacyontheground.Oralpresentation.UrbanAffairsAssociation,SanAntonio,TX.
March2014 Reflections:Low-incomeAfricanAmericanadultsreflectingonpivotal
turningpointsduringadolescence.Symposiumchairandoralpresentation.SocietyforResearchonAdolescence,Austin,TX.
May2013 Communityviolence,socialmedia,andsexualrisk-takingbehaviors.
Oralpresentation,SecondAnnualTeenPregnancyGranteeConference.AdministrationonChildren,YouthandFamilies/YouthandFamiliesServiceBureau.Baltimore,MD.
May2013 Cognitivegeocoding:AfricanAmericanmalesnavigatingcommunity
violenceexposureandeducationalsuccess.Oralpresentation.SocietyforPreventionResearch,SanFrancisco,CA.
March2013 Cognitivegeocoding:AfricanAmericanadolescentmalesnavigating
communityviolence.Oralpresentation.FifthAnnualHealthDisparitiesConferenceatTeachersCollege,ColumbiaUniversity,NewYork,NY.
April2013 Internetbanging(withR.Eschmann).Oralpresentation.UrbanAffairs
Association,SanFrancisco,CA. April2013 Sensitivityanddatacollection:InterviewingAfricanAmericanmales.
Oralpresentation.AmericanMen’sStudiesAssociation,AnnArbor,MI.January2010 Communityviolence,studentfearandacademicachievement:African
Americanmalesinthecriticaltransitiontohighschool.Oralpresentation.SocietyofSocialWorkandResearch(SSWR),SanFrancisco,CA.
January2009 Neighborhoodviolenceandthecriticaltransitiontohighschool.Poster
presentation.SocietyofSocialWorkandResearch(SSWR),NewOrleans,LA.
February2008 Blackboys,communityviolenceandurbaneducation.Oralpresentation.
LiveOak,Inc.,Chicago,IL.April2004 Genderandschoolachievement.Oralpresentation.SocietyforApplied
Anthropology(SFAA),Dallas,TX.INVITEDPRESENTATIONSMay2019 CommunityDataScienceApproachestoGangViolencePrevention.
UniversityofIllinois,UrbanChampaign,SchoolofSocialWork.April2019 DesigningContextuallyDriveAISystemsforGunViolencePrevention
withChicagoYouth.HarvardKennedySchool.March2019 AnalyzingContextinSocialMediaPosts.DataandSociety.NewYork,
NY.
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March2019 CommunityDataScienceApproachestoGangViolencePrevention.UniversityofBuffaloSchoolofSocialWork
December2018 CanAIReduceGangViolenceorCauseMoreHarm.TheNational
AcademiesRoundtableonDataScienceSecondaryEducation.Washington,DC.
December2018 Communitydatascienceapproachestogangviolence.BrownBagfor
theConnectiveMediaGroup,CornellTech,NewYork,NY.November2018 Communitydatascienceapproachestogangviolence.Schoolof
InformationScience,CornellUniversity,Ithaca,NY.November2018 Communitydatascienceapproachestogangviolence.PRYDE,
DepartmentofHumanDevelopment,CornellUniversity,Ithaca,NY.October2018 Communitydatascienceapproachestogangviolence.NYUChildStudy
Center—GrandRounds,NewYorkUniversity,NewYork,NY.October2018 Socialmediaasanewmechanismformassincarceration.Symposium
ontheLaw&EconomicsofCriminalJusticeReform,GeorgeMasonAntoninScaliaLawSchool,Fairfax,VA.
May2018 Contextualanalysisofsocialmediaaqualitativeapproachtoeliciting
contextinsocialmediapostswithnaturallanguageprocessing.SocietyforPreventionResearch,Washington,D.C.
April2018 Interpretationofsocialmediadataandethicalconsiderations.The
BerkmanKleinCenterforInternet&Society,HarvardUniversity,Cambridge,MA.
April2018 Innovatinggangviolencepreventionwithqualitativeanalysis,natural
languageprocessing,&computervision.UniversityofMissouri—St.Louis,St.Louis,MO.
March2018 Community-basedapproachestodetectingandpredictingtraumaand
violenceinChicagousingsocialmedia.ColumbiaPopulationResearchCenter,ColumbiaUniversity,NewYork,NY.
February2018 Violenceonthedigitalstreet:Interveninginaggressionandlossusing
qualitativeanalysisandmachinelearning.CenterforResearchonComputationandSociety,HarvardUniversity,Cambridge,MA.
December2017 Whentwitterfingersturntotriggerfingers:usingqualitativeanalysis
andnaturallanguageprocessingtopreventsocialmedia-relatedgangviolence.Race,Politics,andSocialMedia:ASymposium,BostonUniversity,Boston,MA.
December2017 Identifyingsignalsofviolentcontentonsocialmedia.Webinar.Teen
CancerResearchConference,Atlanta,GA.November2017 WhenTwitterfingersturntotriggerfingers.2017Bicentennial
Symposium,UniversityofMichiganInstituteforSocialResearch,AnnArbor,MI.
October2017 Innovatinggangviolenceprevention.Workshop:SocialMedia,Mobile
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Technology,andYouthRiskBehaviors.NationalInstitutesofHealth(NIH)OfficeofBehavioralandSocialSciencesResearch,Washington,DC.
October2017 GangviolenceinterventionworkintheSAFElab.Dean’sLecture.
UniversityofTexas—AustinSchoolofSocialWork,Austin,TX.October2017 Grievingonthedigitalstreet.AIforSocialGood:SettingtheAgenda.
UniversityofSouthernCalifornia’sCenterforArtificialIntelligenceinSociety,LosAngeles,CA.
September2017Transdisciplinarygangviolenceprevention.CommunityHealth
Sciences:DefiningtheField.BostonUniversity’sSchoolofPublicHealthSymposium,Boston,MA.
August2017 Innovatinggangviolencepreventionwithqualitativeanalysisand
naturallanguageprocessing.UniversityofChicagoUrbanLabs—CrimeLab,Chicago,IL.
August2017 Socialmediaandgangviolence.DigitalMentalHealthConference,
London,England.July2017 Human-centereddesignandstorytellingforgangviolenceprevention.
MicrosoftHackathon,Redmond,WA.July2017 Innovatinggangviolencepreventionwithqualitativeanalysisand
naturallanguageprocessing.15thAnnualWorkshop:InterrogatingtheIntersectionsofRace,CrimeandTechnology.RutgersUniversity’sCenterforLawandJustice,Newark,NJ.
June2017 Grief,aggression,andviolenceprevention.HarmfulSpeechOnline:At
theIntersectionofAlgorithmsandHumanBehavior.HarvardUniversity,Cambridge,MA.
June2017 WhenTwitterfingersturntotriggerfingers.KidCultureKeynoteand
Workshop.CenterforIntegratedArtsEducation,UniversityofNorthernColorado,Greeley,CO.
May2017 Rootsoftrauma.GrandRoundsPresentation.NewYorkPresbyterian
Hospital/Westchester,WhitePlains,NY. May2017 Innovatinggangviolenceprevention.Speaker.MunkSchoolofGlobal
Affairs.UniversityofToronto,Toronto,Ontario.April2017 Innovatinggangviolenceprevention.KeynoteSpeaker.Computational
ResearchDay.NorthwesternUniversity,Chicago,IL.April2017 Twitterandgangviolenceprevention.Speaker.CenterforArtificial
IntelligenceandSociety.UniversityofSouthernCalifornia,LosAngeles,CA.
March2017 Theyarechildren:Howpostsonsocialmedialeadtogangviolence.
TEDxBroadway2017,NewYork,NY.March2017 Socialmediaandgangviolenceprevention.KeynoteSpeaker.Boston
DesignMuseum,Boston,MA.
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February2017 Innovatinggangviolenceprevention.KeynoteSpeaker.Universityof
AlabamaSchoolofSocialWork,Tuscaloosa,AL.November2016 Gangviolenceonthedigitalstreet.Speaker.UniversityofChicago
SchoolofSocialServiceAdministration,Chicago,IL.November2016 Interveningingangviolenceusingqualitativeanalysisandnatural
languageprocessing.Keynotespeaker.RushUniversityMedicalSchool,Chicago,IL.
October2016 Internetbanging.Keynotespeaker.JusticeCodesSymposiumatJohn
JayCollege,NewYork,NY.May2016 Twitterasatoolforyouthviolenceprevention.Speaker.Columbia
SchoolofSocialWorkAlumniConference,NewYork,NY.May2016 Gangviolenceonsocialmedia.Speaker.QuattroneCenter.Universityof
PennsylvaniaLawSchool,Philadelphia,PA.April2016 Innovatinggangviolencewithdatascience.Speaker.DataScience
Institute,ColumbiaUniversity,NewYork,NY.April2016 Twitterasatoolforundergraduateresearchonyouthviolence.Keynote
speaker.PrairieViewA&MUniversity,PrairieView,TX.March2016 Twitterastoolforyouthviolenceprevention.Keynotespeaker.Social
WorkMonth,HarlemHospital,NewYork,NY.February2016 Twitterasatoolforactivism.Presentationandinterview.Universityof
MichiganSchoolofSocialWork,AnnArbor,MI.December2015 Socialmedia,youthandschool-basedmentalhealthservices.Keynote
speaker.ManhattanBoroughPresident’sConferenceonMentalHealth,NewYork,NY.
November2015 Youthviolenceonsocialmedia.Speaker.ColumbiaUniversityPolicy
ForumforElectedandAppointedOfficials,NewYork,NY.October2015 Panelmember.Race,EthnicityandUniversityLifePanel,Columbia
University,NewYork,NY.November2014 DigitalcontagionofyouthviolenceonTwitter.Oralpresentation.Fauri
MemorialConference,SchoolofSocialWork,UniversityofMichigan,AnnArbor,MI.
October2014 Socialmediaandviolentbehavior.Oralpresentation.ResearchCenter
forGroupDynamics,InstituteforSocialResearch,UniversityofMichigan,AnnArbor,MI.
May2014 Socialmediaandgangviolence:Strategiesforviolencereduction.Oral
presentation.L.A.GangViolencePreventionandInterventionConference,LosAngeles,CA.
March2014 Youthviolencestrategies.Panelpresentation.27thAnnualMinority
HealthConference,UniversityofMichiganSchoolofPublicHealth,Ann
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Arbor,MI.October2012 Connected,knownandprotected:AfricanAmericanadolescentmales
navigatingcommunityviolence.Speaker.FirstCongregationalChurchofGlenEllyn,GlenEllyn,IL.
FUNDINGAWARDED2018-19 Oculus/Facebook(Gift) Justice,EquityandTechnologyLab Co-PrincipalInvestigator DirectCosts:$300,0002018 Microsoft(Gift) VRforHealthySocialMediaUseandBiasTraining PrincipalInvestigator DirectCosts:$38,0002018 CollaboratoryFellowshipFund DataScienceforSocialGood-ACollaborativeCourseforSocialWorkandData Science PrincipalInvestigator DirectCosts:$149,0002018 InstituteforSocialandEconomicResearch.ColumbiaUniversity CriticalInternetStudiesWorkshop Co-PrincipalInvestigator PrincipalInvestigator:AlondraNelson DirectCosts:$7,8602018 ColumbiaUniversityPopulationResearchCenter InnovatingYouthGangViolencePreventionwithNaturalLanguageProcessing
andQualitativeAnalysis PrincipalInvestigator AwardAmount:$14,2502017 PrecisionScienceandSociety,ColumbiaUniversity InterveninginDigitalGriefwithArtificialIntelligence PrincipalInvestigator AwardAmount:$7,5002017 DefenseAdvancedResearchProjectAgency(DARPA),UnitedStates
DepartmentofDefensePathwaystoRecruitment:IdentifyingandComparingSocialIndicatorsandRecruitmentinaChicagoTwitterDataSet
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Sub-awardPI PrincipalInvestigator:PedroSzekely,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia AwardAmount:$548,0002017 MAGICGrant-BrownInstitute,ColumbiaJournalismSchool BeyondtheBullets PrincipalInvestigator AwardAmount:$20,0002017 SchoolofSocialWork,UniversityofConnecticut,Dean’sAward
UnderstandingaggressivesocialmediainteractionsamongyouthlivinginviolentneighborhoodsCo-InvestigatorAwardAmount:$4,000
2017 InCHIP,UniversityofConnecticut,JuniorFacultySeedGrand
UnderstandingaggressivesocialmediainteractionsamongyouthlivinginviolentneighborhoodsCo-InvestigatorAwardAmount:$7,500
2017 UniversityofConnecticut,ResearchExcellenceProgram
UnderstandingaggressivesocialmediainteractionsamongyouthlivinginviolentneighborhoodsCo-InvestigatorAwardAmount:$50,000
2016 NationalInstituteofChildHealthandHumanDevelopment ExposuretoViolenceandSubsequentWeaponsUse:MediatingandModerating
Processes1R01HD084652-01A1 PrincipalInvestigators:Dubow&Huesmann,UniversityofMichgan Consultant AwardAmount:$1,200,0002016 ROADSProvostIgnitionGrant,DataScienceInstitute,ColumbiaUniversity NaturalLanguageProcessingToolsforGangViolencePrevention PrincipalInvestigator AwardAmount:$100,000 Renewedfor$50,000for2017-20182015 Provost’sGrantsforJuniorFacultyWhoContributetotheDiversityGoals
oftheUniversity,ColumbiaUniversity InnovatingGangViolencewithDataScienceandQualitativeAnalysis. PrincipalInvestigator AwardAmount:$25,000
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2014 LoanRepaymentProgram,NationalInstituteonMinorityHealthandHealthDisparities,NationalInstitutesofHealth
ExploringtheSocialMediaBehaviorsofBlackMaleGangMembersinChicago:IsInternetBangingaVectorofFatalandNonfatalViolence?AwardAmount:$56,530.09
2014 MichiganInstituteforClinical&HealthResearch(MICHR),University
ofMichigan DetroitViolencePreventionPartnership(DVPP) PrincipalInvestigator AwardAmount$35,000 2014 OfficeoftheVicePresidentforResearch(OVPR),UniversityofMichigan InternetBanging PrincipalInvestigator AwardAmount:$15,0002014 TransformingLearningforaThirdCenturyQuickWins,Officeofthe
Provost,UniversityofMichigan AProposalforStudentEngagementintheCreateofaModelforEnhancing
PreparationforEffectiveSocialWorkServicestoAfricanAmericanFamilies PrincipalInvestigator:LeslieHollingsworth AwardAmount:$25,0002012 NorthwesternUniversity
LoweringIncidenceofViolenceandDeathinChicago(LIVID)Co-PrincipalInvestigatorAwardAmount:$1,500
FUNDINGAPPLICATIONSUNDERREVIEW
2018 NationalInstituteofChildHealthandHumanDevelopment(NICHD),NationalInstitutesofHealth
InnovatingGangViolencePreventionwithQualitativeAnalysisandNaturalLanguageProcessing
PrincipalInvestigator DirectCosts:$1,574,398-Scored(July2017) Resubmission:July20182018 NationalScienceFoundation(NSF) TrustworthyAIExpedition PrincipalInvestigator:Wing DirectCosts:10,000,000
TEACHINGEXPERIENCE
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• Advocacy(ColumbiaUniversity)• ContemporarySocialIssues(ColumbiaUniversity)• SocialWorkPracticewithChildrenandYouth(UniversityofMichigan)• SocialWorkPracticewithCommunitiesandSocialSystems(UniversityofMichigan)• InjuryandPublicHealth(NorthwesternUniversity)• PublicSchoolSystemsandServicePopulations(UniversityofChicago)
ADVISINGUniversityofMichiganAdrianGale(PhD,Committee)AbigailWilliams(PhD,Committee)ColumbiaUniversitySavannahBadalich(Masters,HumanRights,Sponsor)MiriamMcKinney(Masters,QuantitativeMethods,Sponsor)MichelleSilverman(PhD,TeachersCollege,2ndReader)LauraVargas(PhD,SchoolofSocialWork,Committee)
PROFESSIONAL&UNIVERSITYSERVICE
2015–2017 Member,AdvisoryCommittee,CureViolence,Chicago,IL.http://www.cureviolence.org
2015–Present Member,AdvisoryCommittee,OfficeofSponsoredProjects,Schoolof
SocialWork,ColumbiaUniversity,NewYork,NY.2015–Present Member,AdvancedGeneralistPracticeandProgrammingCommittee,
SchoolofSocialWork,ColumbiaUniversity,NewYork,NY.2016–present Member,ComputationalSocialScienceWorkingGroup,DataScience
Institute,ColumbiaUniversity,NewYork,NY.http://datascience.columbia.edu/computational-social-science
2016–present Member,FacultySearchCommittee,SchoolofSocialWork,Columbia
University,NewYork,NY.2015–present FacultyAffiliate,DataScienceInstitute,ColumbiaUniversity,NewYork,
NY.http://datascience.columbia.edu/2015–present FacultyAffiliate,SocialInterventionGroup(SIG),ColumbiaUniversity,
NewYork,NY.http://sig.columbia.edu/
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2015–present Member,OutcomesCommittee,SchoolofSocialWork,ColumbiaUniversity,NewYork,NY.
2015–2016 Member,TaskForceonRace,Diversity,andInclusion,OfficeofUniversity
Life,ColumbiaUniversity,NewYork,NY.http://universitylife.columbia.edu/community-citizenship/task-forces
2013–2015 Member,StudentRelationsAdvisoryCommitteeoftheFacultySenate
Assembly,UniversityofMichigan,AnnArbor,MI.https://facultysenate.umich.edu/senate-assembly/committees/student-relations-advisory-committee-srac/
2012–2015 Member,MulticulturalandGenderAffairsCommittee,SchoolofSocial
Work,UniversityofMichigan,AnnArbor,MI.2012–2015 FacultyAffiliate,UniversityofMichiganInjuryCenter,AnnArbor,MI.
http://www.injurycenter.umich.edu/2012–2015 FacultyAffiliate,YouthViolencePreventionCenter,Universityof
MichiganSchoolofPublicHealth,AnnArbor,MI.http://yvpc.sph.umich.edu/
2012–2015 FacultyAffiliate,DetroitUrbanResearchCenter,UniversityofMichigan
SchoolofPublicHealth,AnnArbor,MI.http://www.detroiturc.org/
PROFESSIONALMEMBERSHIPS
AcademyofViolenceandAbuseNationalAssociationofSocialWorkersSocietyforResearchonAdolescenceSocietyforSocialWorkandResearch
OTHERReviewerandSignerforbrieftoU.S.SupremeCourt,BriefforData&SocietyResearch
Instituteetal.asAmiciCuriaeSupportingPetitioner,Carpenterv.UnitedStates,No.16-402(U.S.Aug11,2017),2017WL3530957.