School and Workplace Shootings

Paul Kingery
Director of the Hamilton Fish Institute on School and Community Violence at GW
GW is one of seven universities that conduct research on behalf of The Hamilton Fish National Institute on School and Community Violence. The institute was established with assistance from Congress in 1996 to find ways to reduce violence in schools and communities nationwide. Before coming to GW last July, Dr. Kingery had been researching the issue of school violence prevention on projects for the Department of Health and Human Services, and in positions at Texas A&M University and the University of Kentucky. On Tuesday, May 18,1999, Kingery testified about the problem of school violence to a House of Representatives subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, part of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Office: (202) 496-2201
Mobile: (703) 371-7232

Other contacts at the Hamilton Fish Institute :

Kirk Bailey, J.D.
Special Counsel
Mr. Bailey is an attorney in Washington D.C.  He formerly served as director of legislative relations for the University of Oregon, where, he successfully lobbied for increased state funding of violence prevention efforts by the Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior at the University of Oregon.

Office: (202) 496-8490 
Mobile: (202) 262-9590

Allison Seale
Communications Consultant
Ms. Seale acts as a liaison for the Institute with the media and at professional meetings and other national forums.

Mobile: (818) 314-3661 cell
Home: (818) 505-1942

Other Gun Violence Experts from GW

Philip Scher
Professor of Cultural Anthropology
Professor Scher's teachings have focused on school and youth violence.

Office: (202) 994-5084
Home : (202) 686-1308

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