Dewey Cornell
Professor of Education
- Ph.D., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1981
- M.A., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1979
- B.A., Transylvania University, 1977
Dewey G. Cornell, Ph.D. is a forensic clinical psychologist and Professor of Education in the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Virginia. He holds the Virgil Ward Chair in Education. Dr. Cornell is Director of the UVA Virginia Youth Violence Project and a faculty associate of Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy. During his clinical and academic career, Dr. Cornell has worked with juvenile and adult violent offenders, testified in criminal proceedings and legislative hearings, and consulted on violence prevention efforts. He has authored more than 200 publications in psychology and education, including studies of juvenile homicide, school safety, bullying, and threat assessment. He is the principal author of the Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines, which is an evidence-based model of school threat assessment used in schools across the United States and Canada. He also led the development of the Authoritative School Climate Survey as a student and staff measure of school climate and safety conditions. He is currently directing studies of school climate and school threat assessment with funding from the U. S. Department of Justice. A major emphasis in his work is the elimination of racial inequities in school discipline and educational outcomes.
Dr. Cornell will be accepting a student to start Fall 2021 in the Clinical and School Psychology program.
Research Interests
- Forensic clinical psychology
- Psychological assessment
- Juvenile violence and delinquency prevention
- School safety, bullying, and student threat assessment
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- Survey: Va. High Schoolers Feel Supported, but Report Bullying and Sexual Harassment
- Study: VA Schools’ Threat Assessment Teams Show No Racial Discipline Gap While Preventing Violence
- Prof. Cornell Honored by Sandy Hook Promise
- Study: Threat Assessment Teams are Making a Positive Impact in Virginia Schools
- Statewide Public Middle School Climate Report Finds Students, Teachers Feel Safe, Respected
- Youth-Nex and Curry Host Panel at VA Festival of the Book
- New Study Assesses Virginia Public Schools’ Success in Detecting Serious Threats
- PBS NewsHour covers YVP's work with Sandy Hook Promise to prevent school shootings
- Dewey Cornell: Will the next shooting be in Virginia?
- Cornell and Bradshaw Join Coalition Issuing Call to Action to Prevent Gun Violence
- Curry Faculty Respond to Events in Parkland, FL
- Special Issue of School Psychology Review Highlights New Approaches to Close the Discipline Gap in US Schools
- Study Finds Link Between Voter Preference for Trump and Bullying in Middle Schools
- Back-To-School Tools for Those Who Support Students
- Survey: Most VA High Schoolers Agree SROs Make Them Feel Safer, Some Disagree
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- Is the President Making Middle School Worse?
- Harford schools’ threat assessment teams to get more training to improve school safety
- Maryland County to Train Threat Assessment Teams
- Even with ‘red flags’ in their youth, mass shooters often slip through the cracks
- School Shootings: Eradicating Bullying Must Be In The Safety Plan
- CU Boulder center knows how to prevent violence, but it’s not simple
- Q&A: Are Virginia schools safer now than before Columbine? An expert answers
- What Schools Need to Know About Threat Assessment Techniques
- Latest Sandy Hook Promise PSA gives nightmarish look at school shootings
- Zero Tolerance For Threatening Students? Not Exactly: Flagler District Enacts More Reasoned Approach
- Lockdown drills: An American quirk, out of control
- Survey: SROs make majority of Virginia high-schoolers feel safer
- Despite Pandemic Lockdowns, Mass Shootings Are 35% Higher Than 2019—and Year's Not Even Over