The Center for Homicide Research uses a technical advisory panel to help guide its principal investigator. The Advisory Panel provides an external reference point for the Center and advises staff on matters regarding the scientific process of researching lethal violence. The Panel also informs the Principal Researcher regarding policy and practice affecting the prevention of homicide. In particular, the Panel advises the Center on major projects, organizational development, matters of scholarship, professional standards, ethical issues, crime policy, legislation and other external influences as requested. The Advisory Panel is also a sounding board for issues relating to the research agenda, scientific methods, data access, organizational growth, development, and funding.

Panel members are appointed by the Principal Researcher of the Center for Homicide Research. Panel members normally serve two-year terms. Members are homicide researchers from major U.S. educational institutions. Panelist represent diverse disciplines within the study of criminology and homicide. The current Advisory Panel consists of:

• Candice Batton, Ph.D. – Associate Professor
  School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
  University of Nebraska at Omaha
  Omaha, NE
• Lin Huff-Corzine, Ph.D. – Professor
  Department of Sociology
  University of Central Florida
  Orlando, Florida
• Wendy Regoeczi, Ph.D. – Director of the Criminology Research Center
  Cleveland State University
  Cleveland, Ohio
• C. Gabrielle Salfati, PhD – Associate Professor
  Department of Psychology
  John Jay College of Criminal Justice
  New York, New York
• Roger B. Trent, Ph.D. – Research Scientist Supervisor II
  California Department of Public Health
  University of California Davis
  Davis, California
• Kimberly A. Vogt, Ph.D. – Chair
  Department of Sociology and Archaeology
  University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
  La Crosse, Wisconsin
• Gregory Weaver, Ph.D. – Professor
  Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
  Auburn University
  Auburn, Alabama

Recognition of Past Service:

• Gary Jensen, Ph.D. – Retired Chair
  Department of Sociology
  Vanderbilt University
  Nashville, Tennessee
• Vance McLaughlin, Ph.D. – Retired Professor
  Department of Criminal Justice
  Jacksonville State University
  Jacksonville, Alabama
• Thomas Petee, Ph.D. – Former Interim Chair
  Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work, Criminology and Criminal Justice
  Auburn University
  Auburn, Alabama
• Marc Riedel, Ph.D. – Professor (deceased)
  Sociology & Criminal Justice
  Southeastern Louisiana University
  Hammond, Louisiana