Staff
The ABLE Project is the result of extensive collaboration between law enforcement professionals, criminal legal experts, and community members. This page focuses on the management of the ABLE Project and its subject-matter experts. To see a full list of the Center for Innovations in Community Safety Faculty & Staff, view the Our Team page for the Center’s website.
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Professor from Practice, Co-Faculty Director of the Center for Innovations in Community Safety, & Co-Founder of the ABLE Project
Christy Lopez
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Professor, & Co-Faculty Director of the Center for Innovations in Community Safety
Rosa Brooks
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Adjunct Professor; Executive Director, Center for Innovations in Community Safety
Tahir Duckett
ABLE National Instructors
Our National Instructor Team facilitates our ABLE Train-the-Trainer (TTT) model and is comprised of professionals from a wide range of fields, including local law enforcement, academia, the FBI, and more. These facilitators serve as subject-matter experts in active bystandership training and play a critical role in supporting agencies as they implement ABLE. As of 2026, the National Instructor Team includes 42 instructors. See below for additional information about selected team members.
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Licensed Psychologist
Joel Dvoskin
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