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April Zeoli, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Criminal Justice
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
517-353-9554 phone
517-432-1787 fax
zeoli@msu.edu
About
Dr. Zeoli is an Assistant Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. Broadly, Dr. Zeoli’s research examines public policy as a tool through which to reduce intimate partner violence and homicide. One of Dr. Zeoli’s main research goals is to increase the safety of mothers separating from intimate partner abusing fathers. Her primary line of research, therefore, is to investigate the connections between family court processes, custody determinations, and safety outcomes for female survivors of intimate partner violence and their children. Through this research, she seeks to identify modifiable factors at the critical juncture of child custody cases in family court that facilitate or deter the continuation of violence. Dr. Zeoli is also specifically interested in the role of firearms and alcohol in intimate partner violence and homicide, as well as the criminal and civil justice system responses to intimate partner violence. Additionally, Dr. Zeoli also researches the effects of laws mandating arrest for domestic violence incidents and laws designed to reduce known domestic violence perpetrators’ access to firearms on intimate partner homicide.