Matt Vogel, PhD, is an associate professor in the School of Criminal Justice at the University at Albany, SUNY, and also holds faculty affiliations with the Department of Sociology and the Center for Social and Demographic Analysis. His research has explored various topics, highlighting the nuanced pathways through which social environments, including schools and residential neighborhoods, affect youth development, and behavior. Vogel has a long-standing interest in the role of population dynamics in shaping long-term trends in crime and justice. His research in this area points to the importance of population age structure, and cohort dynamics for understanding racial disparities in violence, justice involvement, and long-term incarceration trends. His research has appeared in Criminology, Quantitative Criminology, Social Forces, Annual Review of Criminology, and Demography, among other outlets. Prior to joining the University at Albany’s faculty, Vogel was a faculty member in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, where he served in advisory roles for the St. Louis Violence Prevention Commission, the St. Louis Area Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program, and the Mayor’s Criminal Justice Coordinating Council. He remains actively involved in collaborative efforts to reduce the impact of gun violence in St. Louis communities.