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  • Monday, October 27, 2025
  • Community & student life
  • Health Behavior & Health Equity
  • Health Management & Policy

Maize and Blue Civics: Gun Violence Prevention

A nonpartisan discussion forum of expert and student panelists featuring Public Health Professors Dr. April Zeoli and Dr. Justin Heinze.

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Maize and Blue Civics are interactive discussion forums of panelists who are professionals/advocates in a particular policy-related area. There will be a dedicated Q&A session. Dinner will be provided! This event's topic will be gun violence prevention. Our featured panelists are:

April Zeoli, PhD, MPH: Director of Policy Core at the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention. Dr. Zeoli is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Management Policy at the School of Public Health.

Justin Heinze, PhD: Director of the School Safety Section and co-director of the Research and Scholarship Core at the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention. Dr. Heinze is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Equity at the School of Public Health.

Cynthia Ewell Foster, PhD: Director of Community Engagement Core at the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention. Dr. Foster is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry.

Malinda Brunk: Senior at the Ford School of Public Policy with a focus on national security against domestic terrorism. Malinda is a survivor of the Michigan State University shooting.

Josephine Stoffan: Junior at the Ross School of Business studying marketing with a focus on branding, storytelling, and creative strategy. Josie is a survivor of the Oxford High School shooting.

Joshua Crook: Senior at the Ford School of Public Policy with a focus on economics and development. Josh is a research assistant at the National Center for School Safety.

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Questions?

Natalie Wilcox - [email protected]