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November 7, 2009NU | UNL | UNMC | UNO | UNK | IANR 

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Nebraska DHHS Awarded Grant Money for Suicide Prevention

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services was notified last week it will receive $500,000 per year for 3 years to implement best practices to prevent youth suicide. The grant is from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) within the US Department of Health and Human Services. The Department of Health and Human Services will work with the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center and Interchurch Ministries of Nebraska to carry out grant activities and evaluate project progress.

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For more information, go to the Nebraska Suicide Prevention Project page

Name: Alan Tomkins
E-Mail: atomkins@nebraska.edu
Phone: (402) 472-5688


Alan Tomkins is the director of the Public Policy Center (appointed as its inaugural director in July 1998) and professor of psychology and law at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Education

J.D., Ph.D., Washington University, Law & Social Psychology, 1984
B.A., Boston University, Psychology and Philosophy, 1975

Areas of Interest

Dr. Tomkins' primary research interests focus on public participation and its implications for democracy in policymaking, public trust and confidence in government (especially the courts), the interplay between policies and behaviors, behavioral health systems of care and related practices and policies, program evaluation, and examining issues of justice, fairness and the impact of scientific information in the water resources context.

Projects

Publications

Professional Activities

  • Director, University of Nebraska Public Policy Center (1998 - present)
  • Assistant (8/86), to Associate (with tenure, 8/93), to Professor (8/99), Law and Psychology Program, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (1986 - present)
  • William J. Clinton Distinguished Fellow, University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service (2005 - 2006)
  • Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Law, University of Southampton, England (1997)
  • Visiting Scholar, Department of Psychology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (1997)
  • Research Associate, Federal Judicial Center, Washington, DC (1985 - 1986)
  • Visiting Assistant Prof., Dept. Psychology, Univ. Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1984 - 1985)
  • Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychology, St. Louis University (1981 - 1985)
  • Co-Editor and then Editor of the interdisciplinary journal, Behavioral Sciences & the Law (1989-2001)
  • Fellow of the American-Psychology Law Society (Division 41 of the American Psychological Association)
  • Fellow of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (Division 9 of the American Psychological Association)
  • Co-Editor of Court Review: The Journal of the American Judges Association, working with editor Judge Steve Leben of the Kansas Court of Appeals. He is the first non-judge to serve as an editor of Court Review
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