IU experts available to comment on K-12 back-to-school issues

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Many K-12 schools across the country will be back in session in the coming weeks. Indiana University experts can discuss school safety, the push to arm teachers, student mental health, staff shortages, the impact of inflation on school supplies and more.
For more information, contact Marah Yankey at mqharbis@iu.edu or 812-856-1442.

Pierre Atlas
O’Neill School of Public and Environmental AffairsPierre Atlas is an expert in gun policy and culture in the U.S. He can discuss American gun culture in the context of the April 10 shooting at a downtown Louisville bank.
Expertise
U.S. foreign policy, Middle East politics, Arab-Israeli-Palestinian conflict, civil wars and ethnic conflicts, terrorism, U.S. and Canada, gun culture and politics of gun control.

R. Andrew Butters
Kelley School of BusinessR. Andrew Butters is an assistant professor in the Department of Business Economics and Public Policy at the IU Kelley School of Business. Before joining Kelley, he was an associate economist in the Economic Research Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
Expertise
Industrial organization, applied econometrics, productivity, market integration.

Aaron Carroll
IU School of MedicineDr. Aaron E. Carroll is a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and chief health officer at Indiana University. He is available to discuss the 3-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Expertise
Health policy, health research outcomes, medical research, pediatric health, children’s health, health care research, health information technology, science communication, debunking medical myths, research mentoring, faculty development.

Beth Trammell
Department of PsychologyBeth Trammell is an experienced clinician who has worked with kids and families for over 15 years in a variety of settings. She engages parents and teachers in the community through online and community-based offerings, including having hard conversations with kids, making words matter about race and online book studies about the power of allowing kids to fail.
Expertise
Parenting, teacher training, communication, behavior management, mindfulness, stress management, diversity, how to have hard conversations with kids, how to communicate about grief and loss with kids.

Thomas Stucky
O’Neill School of Public and Environmental AffairsTom Stucky is a professor of criminal justice at IUPUI and an expert in communities and crime, violent crime reduction, policing and public policy. He has researched factors associated with incarceration for a cohort of low-level offenders entering the Indiana Department of Correction and was the principal investigator for the Indianapolis Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative research partnership, a $2.5 million grant to reduce gang crime in Indianapolis.
Expertise
Criminology, communities and crime, corrections, mass incarceration, policing, public policy, violent crime reduction.
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