News: Gang violence
Desmond Patton Assumes Diversity Role at Columbia’s Data Science Institute
A leader in combining social work and technology, Patton will bring an equity orientation to cross-university collaborative projects involving the…
Desmond Patton Receives Early Career Achievement Award from the Society for Social Work and Research
For his groundbreaking research on social media and youth violence prevention, Assistant Professor Desmond U. Patton has received the 2018…
New Study: Responses to Grief Predict Aggressive Tweets Among Gang-Involved Chicago Youth
Mounting evidence suggests a possible link between threats of violence on social media and real-world retaliations, fights, and shootings. In…
Assistant Professor Desmond Patton Receives Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center Fellowship
Columbia School of Social Work Assistant Professor Desmond U. Patton has been named as a 2017–18 fellow at the Berkman…
Professor Desmond Patton Collaborates with Data Scientist on ROADS-funded Project to Prevent Gang Violence
Firearm-related violence is up in major American cities in 2016. While we may not be facing the apocalypse Republican presidential…