Elizabeth A. Barton Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, Wayne State University

Elizabeth A. Barton, PhD, is associate director of the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies and assistant professor (research) at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. As a developmental psychologist specializing in socio-emotional development, she has served as a national consultant on school-based violence for over a decade. Barton oversees comprehensive violence prevention programming in 17 public schools and serves as the academic adviser to Community Engagement@Wayne, a center dedicated to engaging students in service learning experiences in Detroit.

Barton recently received a U.S. Department of Education grant to study violence exposure on learning in a longitudinal sample of urban youth and is currently conducting a statewide assessment in Michigan of organizational readiness for youth violence prevention programs. Barton is the author of numerous publications, including Bullying Prevention: Tips and Strategies for School Leaders and Leadership Strategies for Safe Schools. She is an Urban Health Initiative Fellow, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She earned her PhD and MA at Wayne State University and BS at the University of Michigan.