The 2023 NIJ Research Conference is finally here starting tomorrow, May 23!

For those who can’t attend the conference this week, I have good news: a livestream will show the plenary sessions and other key events throughout the conference.

Check out the stream schedule and follow along. I’m truly in awe of everyone’s efforts to bring together what promises to be an extraordinary event. I’ll see you there!

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May 9th marked my first anniversary as NIJ Director, and I couldn’t be prouder of all we’ve accomplished in one short year. In my first weeks on the job, I set forth priorities around inclusive research, racial equity, interdisciplinary research, and implementation science that have been embedded in our communications and research solicitations.

In the past year alone, we’ve awarded over $70M in research grants and produced a great number of publications and events as a result of prior research investments. The future is looking bright for NIJ, with 14 new open positions, so stay tuned for announcements of new job postings on my Twitter account @NIJDirLaVigne.

ICMYI: NIJ recently released a new opportunity in partnership with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, seeking service providers with an expertise in restrictive housing practices.

This new Request for Quotes (RFQ) is an initiative to investigate several research areas related to the use of restrictive housing in federal facilities.

Offers are due soon on June 2 by 5:00 p.m. EDT!

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It’s such a thrill that Amy Solomon is now OJP’s Senate-confirmed Assistant Attorney General! Amy and I grew up together (professionally speaking) at NIJ and worked in close partnership on reentry issues at the Urban Institute.

Amy brings her love of NIJ and her dedication to evidence-based practice to her current role. We couldn’t be more fortunate to have a champion on behalf of OJP’s science agencies at the helm of OJP.

Kyleigh Clark-Moorman joins us as a social science research analyst in the Office of Criminal Justice Systems. Before joining NIJ, Kyleigh was a principal research associate at Pew Charitable Trusts where her work focused on several areas, including community supervision, behavioral health, institutional and community corrections, prosecutorial discretion, racial and ethnic disparities, and substance use disorders. Kyleigh earned her Ph.D. and master of arts in criminal justice and criminology at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. She received her master of arts in international and comparative politics and bachelor of arts in international studies from Wright State University.

Danielle Crimmins also joins us as a social science research analyst in the Office of Criminal Justice Systems. Danielle was the cyber forensics lab manager and instructor in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Baltimore. Her research interests include the criminal justice system, digital forensics, correlations between criminal behavior and individual characteristics, and the law. Danielle earned her Ph.D. and master of science from the College of Technology at Purdue University and received a bachelor of arts in criminal justice from the University of Alabama. During her doctoral program, Danielle also participated in NIJ’s Research Assistantship Program.