Melanie Langness is a policy analyst in the Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center. She works on the Victimization and Juvenile Justice team. Melanie’s research focuses on analyzing systems of violence and harm while centering a community-conscious and trauma-informed lens. Her recent research includes a national scan of trauma-informed care and victim services for incarcerated women, an evaluation of an abusive partner intervention program, and ongoing technical capacity-building work with victim service organizations in Washington, DC.

Melanie is a mixed-methods researcher with experience in surveying, qualitative coding, community-engaged methods, and narrative work. She graduated from UNC with highest distinction and honors as a Morehead-Cain scholar with a bachelor of arts in political science and double minors in public policy and art history. Join us for an informal conversation with Melanie.

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