O’Neill Assistant Professor Christian Buerger was attending school in East Germany when the Berlin Wall was torn down and Germany was reunified. “The transitional period that followed afterward was extremely difficult,” he recalls. During that time, everyday life began to change quickly for Buerger and the reunification brought new challenges for him and his family…. Read more »
The catalyst for Alicia Dinkeldein’s (BSCJ’22) current career came during her Principles of Public Safety class in 2019. O’Neill Assistant Professor Peter Federman was showing a video of Skid Row, a well-known homeless camp in Los Angeles. The video focused on the community-based approach officers take in getting to know the people who live there… Read more »
In 2011, Eric Grommon was on the hunt for jobs after completing his Ph.D. the previous year. He envisioned himself working within government organizations focused on research and analysis in the criminal justice field, but then an opportunity to work at O’Neill popped up on his radar. “I got a nudge from colleagues who said… Read more »
From Henok Cronin’s desk in the City County Building in downtown Indianapolis, he could look down on the hustle and bustle on Market Street every day. “I couldn’t believe that was my view,” he says, laughing. In fall 2022, he was working with Indianapolis’ Office of Public Health and Safety as part of an internship… Read more »
Written by: RaeVen Ridgell, O’Neill MPA candidate “Gimme a five, on the Black hand side.” As a child, we used to say this chant gleefully. It was natural to do the entire chant as we played hand games in my grandmother’s front yard. Under her eye, we joyed in the summertime. It was the only… Read more »
