~ RGVRC Affiliate Scholar ~

Ashley M. Mancik, PhD, is an assistant professor of criminology and criminal justice at the University of South Carolina. Her areas of expertise include lethal and non-lethal violence, crime trends, and crime clearance, with a current emphasis on gun violence, domestic violence, and mass violence. She strongly emphasizes creating and sustaining researcher-practitioner partnerships, advocating for evidence-based policy, and aiming to strengthen these connections whenever possible. She previously worked as an Honors intern in the FBI’s Violence Prevention Section/Active Shooter Unit in DC and as part of the Safe Streets/Violent Crimes Task Force addressing gun violence in Wilmington, Delaware. Mancik’s scholarship and teaching are largely informed by her experiences working alongside community partners and criminal justice agencies. As a result, her research currently focuses on how methodological considerations, particularly measurement and conceptualization, of key constructs contribute to disparate empirical findings and the associated policy implications. Her research in these areas has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as Annual Review of Criminology, Crime & Delinquency, Homicide Studies, Journal of Crime & Justice, and Journal of Interpersonal Violence, among other outlets.