IBS Associations
Director, Violence Prevention Project, Prevention Science Program
Research Interests
violence prevention, threat assessment, school safety, homicide victimization, and domestic violence
Brief Biography
Sarah Goodrum is a Research Professor in the Prevention Science Program in the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. Dr. Goodrum’s research focuses on violence prevention, threat assessment, homicide victimization, domestic violence, and the criminal justice system, and for the last 25 years, she has taught sociology, criminology, and criminal justice courses at CU Boulder, University of Northern Colorado, and Centre College. Her co-authored Report on the Arapahoe High School Shooting examined the lessons learned on violence prevention in schools. She recently served as an invited presenter at the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s workshop on K-12 Behavioral Threat Assessment Efficacy and Implementation Evaluation Research. Dr. Goodrum is currently leading a public awareness campaign to translate research evidence into engaging messages about the warning signs for violence and strategies for upstander reporting. She is also collaborating with the Colorado Attorney General’s Office and Colorado Department of Public Safety to enhance the systems for violence prevention and intervention in communities across the state. She is currently the Principal Investigator (PI) or co-PI on several projects funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Colorado Department of Public Safety.
Dr. Goodrum’s publications have appeared in the Sociology of Education, Journal of Threat Assessment and Management, Behavioral Sciences & the Law, Law & Social Inquiry, Symbolic Interaction, Sociological Spectrum, Sociological Focus, Criminal Justice Review, and International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory & Practice. Her book After Homicide: Victims’ Families in the Criminal Justice System chronicles the experiences of families of murder victims from death notification to the trial, is available through Lynne Rienner Publishers (2019). She obtained her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Texas at Austin (2001) and her Bachelor’s in Sociology from Texas A&M University (1995).