BEVERLY CAFFEE GLENN SELECTED TO LEAD GW HAMILTON FISH INSTITUTE DEVOTED TO PREVENTING SCHOOL VIOLENCE

Institute at GW’s Graduate School of Education and Human Development Serves as a National Resource for the Research and Development of School Violence Prevention Strategies

WASHINGTON – The Hamilton Fish Institute at The George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development recently named Beverly Caffee Glenn its new director. Hamilton Fish is a national resource for the research and development of school violence prevention strategies. Glenn joins the Institute after serving three years as the director for Human and Civil Rights at the National Education Association, where she supervised a unit devoted to safe schools work.

“I come to the Institute with a deep respect for the work done by its expert staff,” said Glenn. “I envision Hamilton Fish becoming the preeminent organization for technical assistance to schools, national associations and government agencies in this arena. Additionally, the Institute and its consortium of universities will continue to provide policy analysis, research and evaluation that improves policy decisions supportive of safe schools and communities.”

The Institute works with a consortium of seven universities to develop and test violence prevention strategies. Members include Syracuse University, Florida State University, Morehouse School of Medicine, Eastern Kentucky University, Massachusetts Mental Health Institute, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the University of Oregon. The consortium has expertise in adolescent violence, criminology, law enforcement, substance abuse, juvenile justice, gangs, public health, education, behavior disorders, social skills development and prevention programs.

Glenn is the former dean of the School of Education at Howard University and former senior policy analyst at the Center for Law and Education at Harvard University. She has a B.S. in mathematics with a minor in chemistry from Morgan State University (formerly Morgan State College). She received a masters degree in curriculum development from The Catholic University of America and a doctorate in administration, planning and social policy from Harvard University.

The Hamilton Fish Institute was founded in 1997, with assistance from the United States Congress, to rigorously research, develop and evaluate programs in order to determine effective methods to reduce violence in America’s schools and their communities.

For more information on the Institute, visit the Hamilton Fish Web site at www.hamfish.org.

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