Youth Violence Project

  • YVP
  • Research Lab

What We Do

The Virginia Youth Violence Project is a research group composed of faculty and graduate students in the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Virginia. We conduct research on youth violence prevention and school safety and provide training and consultation on topics such as threat assessment, bullying prevention, and forensic psychology. 

Our Projects and Initiatives

How Do We Stop School Shootings?

Professor Dewey Cornell speaks to PIX11 Morning News about ways to prevent future school shootings.

Youth Violence Project News

Recent Research & Presentations

Explore our latest work from research articles, podcast interviews, presentations, and more.

Dr. Dewey Cornell on how school-based threat assessment improves school safety

"Prevention has to start before the gunman arrives. We need to pay a lot more attention to those people before they come to school with a gun."

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Our Team

Dewey Cornell

Dewey Cornell

  • Virgil S. Ward Professor of Education
Caroline Crichlow-Ball

Caroline Crichlow-Ball

  • Ph.D. Student
Katrina Debnam

Katrina Debnam

  • Associate Professor
Jordan Kerere

Jordan Kerere

  • Ph.D. Student
Timothy R. Konold

Timothy R. Konold

  • Professor
  • Research, Statistics, & Evaluation Program Director
Jennifer L Maeng

Jennifer L. Maeng

  • Research Associate Professor

Contact Us

Office Location

  • 204 Ridley Hall

Mailing Address

  • P.O. Box 400270
    Charlottesville, VA 22904