Dr. Kate Shaw is a Licensed Master Social Worker with a focus in violence prevention, behavioral threat assessment and management (BTAM), and crisis response. With a career spanning education, law enforcement, and federal violence prevention initiatives, she has worked at the front lines of threat assessment in schools, served as a mental health clinician on a police co-responder team, and led strategic violence prevention efforts through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Dr. Shaw earned her Ph.D. in Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, with research focused on the implementation and effectiveness of threat assessment models. She has designed and launched school-based BTAM programs, delivered cross-disciplinary training to professionals nationwide, and advised local, state, and federal leaders on evidence-based, sustainable approaches to targeted violence prevention. She currently serves as Associate Director of Projects & Training at Safe and Sound Schools.