Speaking & Media

Talks, panels, and press.

From the UN Office on Drugs and Crime to community libraries and public symposia.

Selected Invited & Public Talks

A selection of recent engagements, a complete list is available in the full CV.

• 2025

  Evaluating the Kansas City Violence Prevention Fund

  KC 360 (multiple sessions)

• 2025

  The Landscape of Violence Prevention in Kansas City, Missouri

  KC Common Good Board

• 2025

  Violence Prevention in Kansas City

  Kansas City Health Department, Blueprint Coalition

• 2024

  Football Hooliganism, Politics, and Organized Crime in the Balkans: Lessons from the Belivuk Case

  UN Office on Drugs and Crime

• 2024

  American Public Square panel

  Kansas City Public Library
• 2024

  Guns, Crime and the Economy

  Public Safety Symposium, invited by Mayor Pro Tem Shaw

• 2024

  Evaluating Violence Prevention Programs in KCMO

  KC Chamber

• 2024

  What Everyone Should Know About Violence Prevention and Justice

  Harrisonville United Methodist Church

• 2023

  Planning & Measuring Effective Change in KCMO

  Violence Reduction Summit

• 2023

  Comparative Criminology and Stewards of Justice

  Wyandotte High School

• 2021

  Surveying in Developing Countries

  14th UN Commission on Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice Conference, Kyoto, Japan

* This is a selected list. A complete record of invited talks, panels, and conference presentations is available in the full CV.

What I Talk About

A few buckets of topics I'm regularly invited to speak on, happy to tailor a talk, panel, or workshop to your audience.