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Dr. Thaddeus L. Johnson, is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice & Criminology at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University and Senior Fellow at the Council on Criminal Justice. A former law enforcement official, he is an expert on policing, crime control, and governance equity expert and has conducted extensive research on police lethality and coercion, street violence, recidivism, human-AI interface, and correctional control. Dr. Johnson is the author or co-author of numerous articles and reports, and his research has been accepted or published in leading journals. In addition to having his research featured in national media outlets like Scientific American, TIME, and PBS, he has contributed to public discussions on police and justice reform through op-eds and media appearances in the US, Europe, and Australia. His contributions have established him as a prominent voice in criminal justice reform, affecting change on a national scale.

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Dr. Natasha N. Johnson is a Clinical Instructor of Criminal Justice and Criminology in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. A career educator since 2001, her research focuses on critical theory, equity, and social justice leadership, particularly within the K-20 sector. Her other research areas include intersectionality, educational law, policy, and governance, and curriculum development. Dr. Johnson holds multi-state reciprocity and has previously worked as a teacher, guidance counselor, assistant dean, instructional leader, and curriculum developer domestically and abroad. She is a David L. Clark scholar, a CETLOE Faculty Teaching Fellow, and her work is published in JSTOR, SAGE, the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Taylor & Francis, the Routledge Focus series, Psychology of Violence, the popular press, and several highly acclaimed educational leadership journals.

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