University of Maryland Graduate School Vulnerability and Violence Reduction Program
Webinar Series
The UMB Graduate School’s recently wrapped up our unique webinar series created to showcase the topics and objectives covered in the new Vulnerability and Violence Reduction MS program, a groundbreaking academic partnership between UMB and Coventry University’s Centre for Peace, Trust, and Social Relations.
Each conversation was recorded and is readily available.
Responding to Violence: What Can We Learn from Others?
Community solutions to violence reduction are complex, cutting across disciplines including law, public health, nursing, political science, and artificial intelligence. This webinar will highlight innovative strategies and approaches to addressing violence and will feature an international panel of experts.
The session was moderated by Gia Grier McGinnis, PhD, Senior Lecturer at the University of Maryland, Baltimore Graduate School and Executive Director of the UMB CURE Scholars Program.* This webinar was sponsored by the UMB Graduate School’s Program in Vulnerability and Violence Reduction, a groundbreaking academic partnership between UMB and Coventry University’s Centre for Peace, Trust, and Social Relations.
Watch the recap here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSfuQWbPVBs
MS in Vulnerability and Violence Reduction faculty team, and panelist:
Dr. Mike Hardy
Mike Hardy, PhD, on “Working from Home: hate crime and domestic violence”; Professor of Intercultural Relations and founding Director of the Centre for Trust, Peace, and Social Relations at Coventry University (UK)*
Dr. David McIlhatton
David McIlhatton, PhD, on Security and Counterterrorism; Director of Institute for Peace, Security and Social Justice and Professor, at Coventry University (UK)*
Toby Treem Guerin, JD
Toby Treem Guerin, JD, on use of proactive conflict resolution processes to prevent violence; Associate Director for the Center for Dispute Resolution at Maryland Carey School of Law and Clinical Instructor*
Dr. Carol Vidal
Carol Vidal, MD, MPH, on evidence-based community violence interventions in North and Central America; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine*
Understanding Vulnerability Across Communities and Borders
What risk factors contribute to community vulnerability? This webinar explored cutting edge research and practice that examines the root causes of vulnerability and violence. Taking a comparative lens from communities across the globe, this webinar featured a panel of experts.
The session was moderated by Ali Jones, PhD, Assistant Professor of Politics at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University (UK).* Webinar sponsored by the UMB Graduate School’s Program in Vulnerability and Violence Reduction, a groundbreaking academic partnership between UMB and Coventry University’s Centre for Peace, Trust, and Social Relations. Session participants will learn more about the program and its faculty.
Optional reading:
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Baird, A. (2020) ‘From Vulnerability to Violence: Gangs and “homicide booms” in Trinidad and Belize’, Urban Crime - An International Journal, 1(2), pp. 76–97. Available at: https://ojs.panteion.gr/?journal=uc&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=246
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Baird, A. (2019) ‘Man a Kill a Man for Nutin’: Gang Transnationalism, Masculinities, and Violence in Belize City’, Men and Masculinities. doi: 10.1177/1097184X19872787 https://pure.coventry.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/25077209/Binder1.pdf
Watch the recap here: https://youtu.be/_b4vcJ79N-I
Panelists:
Dr. Lenwood Hayman
Lenwood Hayman, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Community Health and Policy, Morgan State University
Dr. Adam Baird
Adam Baird, PhD, on Gangs, Masculinities and “Chronic Violence”; Assistant Professor, Centre for Trust, Peace, and Social Relations at Coventry University (UK)
Tyrone Roper, MSW
Tyrone Roper, MSW, Director, University of Maryland Baltimore Community Engagement Center
Vulnerability, Victimology, and Breaking the Cycle
The final webinar in the series explored violence prevention and interventions programs that are community-based. Panelists will discuss intervention and prevention activities through public health nursing, the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, the Community Policing Development program, and an author’s first-hand experience in his community.
The session was moderated by Lori Edwards, DrPH, MPH, BSN, RN, APHN, BC. Dr Edwards is an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing, Department of Family and Community Health. She is the Associate Director for the Center for Community Based Engagement and Learning and the Associate Director of Global Occupational Health at the University of Maryland, School of Nursing, Office of Global Health, with the WHO Collaborating Center for Occupational Health at University of Maryland School of Medicine.
The webinar was sponsored by the UMB Graduate School’s Program in Vulnerability and Violence Reduction, a groundbreaking academic partnership between UMB and Coventry University’s Centre for Peace, Trust, and Social Relations.
Watch the recap here: https://youtu.be/Q2UdBvv4xXQ
Panelists:
Decarlo Cornish
Decarlo Cornish, author of “What Could Have Ended My Life Changed My Life: The Autobiography of Decarlo Cornish”
Erin Walton
Erin Walton, Program Manager for the Violence Prevention Program, R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Center for Injury Prevention & Policy, University of Maryland Baltimore
Bill Joyner, JD
Bill Joyner, MSW, JD, Equity Officer, Baltimore Police Department
