Meet Our Faculty
Our faculty members are committed to advancing knowledge and fostering practical solutions to prevent violence. Each team member brings unique expertise and passion to our mission.
Explore our team’s profiles to learn more about their roles, research interests, and contributions to the field.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Dr. Alexander is an Associate Professor and Metrolina Distinguished Scholar in the Department of Health Management and Policy. Her expertise includes interpersonal and sexual violence, sexual offending, system-involved youth, trauma-informed care, and culturally responsive practice.
Dr. Cramer is a Professor and the Belk Distinguished Professor in Health Research in the Department of Epidemiology and Community Health. His expertise includes suicide prevention, violence prevention (e.g., gun violence), sexual and gender minority health, individual differences (e.g., coping, self-efficacy), and survey design/scale development.
Dr. Mennicke is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work. She has expertise in mixed methods research and violence prevention theory and intervention evaluation, particularly sexual assault and bystander intervention among sexual and gender minorities.
Dr. Moxie is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Community Health. Her expertise includes sexual and gender minority populations, resilience, subjective experiences of sexual health, and qualitative methods (e.g., photo-elicited interviews).
Core faculty
Dr. Basinger is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies. She uses mixed methods to examine interpersonal processes (e.g., stress, coping, support, stigma) in health contexts, including chronic illness, pregnancy, sexual health, and communication with healthcare providers.
Dr. Cacace is an Assistant Professor in Public Health Sciences. Her expertise includes military and veteran health, identity stigma, implementation theory, community-based research, program evaluation, and psychometrics and latent variable modeling.
Dr. Gaub is an Assistant Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology. Her expertise includes police misconduct, police use of force and technology, and qualitative methodologies.
Dr. Montanaro is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Science. Her research broadly focuses on understanding how people can successfully initiate and maintain new health behaviors (e.g., sexual health, alcohol use). She also has methodological expertise in advanced quantitative analytics (e.g., longitudinal structural equation modeling).
Dr. Zarwell is an Assistant Professor in Public Health Sciences and the Director of Preventive Health projects at the Academy for Population Health Innovation (APHI). Her expertise includes HIV prevention, sexual and gender minority health, community-engaged research, and implementation science.
Affiliate Faculty
