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1 Carrie Coen Sullivan University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute 566 Dyer Hall, Cincinnati, OH, Telephone: SUMMARY: Managed many successful multi-site research evaluations in various correctional settings. Experienced trainer in areas such as risk assessments, cognitive behavioral treatment approaches, what works in reducing offender recidivism, case management, data collection techniques, and the use of specific data collection instruments. Regular presenter at national and international conferences. Strong writer with experience in writing grant proposals, technical reports, summary documents, and scholarly papers. Numerous years of experience in managing, supervising, training and motivating employees. Basic and intermediate data management using SPSS and Excel including importing and exporting data between SPSS and Excel, SPSS syntax writing, Excel equations, charts, graphs, and pivot tables. SPSS basic data analysis including transforming data, computing variables, recoding variables, merging files, weighting cases, case summaries, frequencies, measures of central tendencies, standard deviations, descriptive statistics, crosstabs, chi-square, and McNemar and Kappa testing. SPSS intermediate data analysis including independent sample t-tests, one way ANOVA, scale reliability, computing sensitivity, specificity, and ROC curves, nonparametric tests, bivariate correlations, and plots and graphs. EDUCATION: University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell MA Degree: MA Degree, June 2001, Major - Criminal Justice Honors: Outstanding Graduate Criminal Justice Student of the Year University of Dayton, Dayton, OH Degree: BA Degree, Summa Cum Laude, May 1999, Major - Criminal Justice, Minor - Psychology and Sociology Honors: Member, Golden Key National Honor Society, Alpha Lambda Delta, Sigma Tau, and Alpha Phi Sigma CURRENT POSITION: University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute (UCCI), 2009 Current 1

2 Associate Director Responsible for all aspects of various federal, state, county, and city research projects including a national evaluation of the effectiveness of juvenile drug courts, an evaluation of Ohio s Prison Programs, an evaluation of Ohio s Community Corrections Act Programs, and an evaluation of mentoring programs for probationers and parolees. In charge of assisting state, county, city, and private correctional agencies in implementing evidence-based practices. Substantial domestic travel to evaluate all varieties of correction programs. Supervise all Graduate Assistants assigned to UCCI (approximately students). Certified trainer and user of the Evidence-Based Correctional Program Checklist (CPC). Certified trainer and user of the Correctional Program Assessment Inventory (CPAI). Certified master trainer for the Ohio Youth Assessment System (OYAS). Certified master trainer for the Ohio Risk Assessment System (ORAS). Certified master trainer for Effective Practices in Community Supervision (EPICS). Certified master trainer for Cognitive Behavioral Interventions Substance Abuse (CBI-SA). Certified trainer and facilitator of Aggression Replacement Training (ART). Certified trainer for Choices and Changes curriculum. Certified facilitator for Thinking for a Change (T4C) curriculum. PAST POSITIONS: U.S. Veterans Affairs Patient Safety Center of Inquiry at the Tampa VA Project Manager, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. Project Manager, University of Massachusetts Lowell Researcher/Teaching Assistant, University of Massachusetts Lowell Research Foundation Project Coordinator for the Massachusetts Police Leadership Institute, Alternative, House, Inc. Domestic Violence Relief Staff Advocate,

3 PUBLICATIONS: Sullivan, C.J., Blair, L., Lux, J., & Coen Sullivan, C. (Forthcoming). Juvenile drug courts: A forward looking review. In Shaffer, D., Drug Courts and the Criminal Justice System. Blair, L., Coen Sullivan, C., Lux, J., Thielo, A., & Gormsen, L. (Under Review). Measuring Drug Court Adherence to the What Works Literature: The Creation of the Evidence-Based Correctional Program Checklist Drug Court. Sullivan, C.J., Blair, L., Latessa, E., & Coen Sullivan, C. (2014). Juvenile Drug Courts and Recidivism: Results from a Multisite Outcome Study. Justice Quarterly. Sacks, S., Cleland, C.M., Melnick, G., Flynn, P., Knight, K., Friedmann, P.D., Prendergast, M.L., & Coen, C. (2009). Violence Associated with Co-occurring Substance Use and Mental Health Problems: Evidence from CJ-DATS. Behavioral Science & the Law, 27, Melnick, G., Coen, C., Taxman, F. Sacks, S., & Zinsser, K. (2008). Community- Based Co-occurring Disorder (COD) Intermediate and Advanced Treatment for Offenders. Behavioral Science & the Law, 26, Duncan, A., Sacks, S., Melnick, G., Cleland, C., Pearson, F., & Coen, C. (2008). Performance of the CJDATS Co-Occurring Disorders Screening Instruments (CODSIs) among Minority Offenders. Behavioral Science & the Law, 26, Sacks, S., Melnick, G., Coen, C., Banks, S., Friedmann, P., Grella, C., Knight, K., & Zlotnick, C. (2007). CJ-DATS Co-occurring Disorders Screening Instrument (CODSI) for Mental Disorders (MD): A Validation Study. Criminal Justice & Behavior, 34(9), Sacks, S., Melnick, G., Coen, C., Banks, S., Friedmann, P., Grella, C., Knight, K. (2007) CJDATS Co-occurring Disorders Screening Instrument for Mental Disorders (CODSI-MD): A Pilot Study. The Prison Journal, 87(1), PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS: Sullivan, C. (2013). Juvenile Drug Court Effectiveness: Youth with Co-Occurring or Substance Use-Only Disorders. XXXIIIrd International Congress on Law and Mental Health. Sullivan, C. (2013). An Evaluation of Treatment Programs for Female Offenders in Correctional Settings. Second International Conference of the South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology (SASCV). 3

4 Sullivan, C. (2012). Preliminary Findings from the OJJDP Funded Outcome and Process Evaluation of Juvenile Drug Courts. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting. Sullivan, C. (2011). A Tale of Two Agencies: Adherence to Evidence-Based Practices in Two Juvenile Probation Departments. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting. Sullivan, C. (2010). Juvenile Drug Court Adherence to Effective Correctional and Intervention Practices. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting. Coen, C. (2007). Screening for Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders in the Criminal Justice System: CODSI-MD and CODSI-SMD. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting. Coen, C. (2006). Co-Occurring Disorders Screening Instrument for Criminal Justice Populations (CJ-CODSI). GAINS Center s National Conference. Coen, C. (2006). Methodology for the Co-Occurring Disorders Screening Instrument for Criminal Justice Populations (CJ-CODSI). GAINS Center s National Conference. RECENT TECHNICAL REPORTS: Latessa, E., Sullivan, C., Blair, L., Sullivan, C., & Smith, P. (2013). Final Report: Outcome and Process Evaluation of Juvenile Drug Courts. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice: 2007-DC-BX Spiegel, S., Sullivan, C., & E. Latessa. Evaluation of the City of Virginia Beach 2 nd District Court Service Unit. November Sullivan, C., Luther, J., & Estes, A. Findings from Three Evidence-Based Correctional Program Checklist Assessment in the Humboldt County Probation Department (Juvenile Division). May Sullivan, C., Smith, P. Technical Assistance to the San Joaquin County Probation Department (Juvenile Division). October Sullivan, C., E. Latessa, L. Blair, and D. Joyner. Evaluation of the Franklin County Juvenile Probation Department. February Sullivan, C. and E. Latessa. Evaluation of the Graduated Interventions Level System (GILS) in Richmond, VA. November

5 APPLICATIONS: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access; Adobe Professional; SPSS; Internet; File Maker Pro, Harvard Graphics. REFERENCES: Available upon request. 5

Evidence-Based Correctional Program Checklist (CPC 2.0) Acknowledgments. Purpose of the CPC 2/22/16

Evidence-Based Correctional Program Checklist (CPC 2.0) Presented by University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute for Ohio Justice Alliance for Community Corrections QA/ CQI Symposium Acknowledgments