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NORC at the University Chicago

Jackie Sheridan-Johnson

Research Scientist
Public Health
Jackie is a mixed-methods researcher focused on violence prevention, public safety, and substance use prevention and treatment.

Jackie is an experienced project manager overseeing several national longitudinal surveys on technology-facilitated abuse, gun violence, and elder abuse. Additionally, Jackie has served as project manager for several policing studies, including a national survey of police use of force and two randomized controlled trials evaluating the impact of community policing and problem-oriented policing strategies. Jackie has several years of experience providing technical assistance and evaluation to grantees reporting Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) data to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) to evaluate the impact of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) programs.

As the project manager for the Growing Up with Guns (GWG) study, Jackie manages a three-wave longitudinal survey of exposure to gun violence among U.S. youth and young adults ages 10-34 using the AmeriSpeak panel. Her role on this project includes developing the survey instrument, cognitive testing, and managing survey implementation. Additionally, Jackie oversaw the implementation of the GWG Youth Advisory Group which embeds youth voices throughout each phase of the research. 

As project manager for  A Place Based Approach to Address Youth-Police Officer Interactions in Crime Hotspots,  Jackie coordinated implementation and outcome data collection in three police departments in the mid-Atlantic. Jackie also managed the implementation of a community survey across the three study sites, which utilized in-person and online data collection methods.

Project Contributions

Elder Abuse Survivor Equity (EASE) Study

A national survey to understand different forms of elder abuse to better protect older Americans

Client:

National Institute of Justice

OPA Technical Assistance & Logistics Support

Helping the Office of Population Affairs support its grantees

Client:

Office of Population Affairs

Incident-Level Data of Police Use of Force

Incident-level use of force and officer-involved shooting database across 26 law enforcement agencies spread across the U.S.

Client:

National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research

Cyber-Abuse Research Initiative (CARI)

A comprehensive nationally representative study of technology-facilitated abuse (TFA) among U.S. young adults ages 18-35

Client:

U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women

A National Survey of Police Officer-Involved Firearm Shootings

A nationally representative survey of law enforcement on use of force and officer-involved shootings

Funder:

The National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research

Growing Up with Guns Study

The first nationally representative longitudinal survey of youth and young adults on exposure to firearm violence

Client:

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

Public & Law Enforcement Safety in the Implementation of Red Flag Laws

Studying the implementation of extreme risk protection orders across 10 U.S. law enforcement agencies

Client:

National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research

Publications

Research Library & Findings