Dr. Maurice

Dr. Maurice Vann, Ph.D.

Researcher & Educator

What Can I Do

  • I design, lead, and evaluate programs at the intersection of social work, education, community safety, and justice-system reform. My work includes:
    • Designing and evaluating community-based programs for justice-impacted youth, young adults, returning citizens, and their families.
    • Conducting qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods, and computational social science research.
    • Developing curricula and teaching in social welfare policy, research methods, forensic social work, reentry, desistance, and multidisciplinary approaches to community safety.
    • Building immersive learning, virtual-reality, data-visualization, digital-storytelling, and educational-animation projects.
    • Advising organizations and public agencies on violence prevention, restorative practices, reentry, educational equity, and community-centered safety.

    Delivering scholarly presentations, keynote addresses, workshops, and public-facing educational content.