Police Complaints Board Dr. Andrea Headley Confirmation Resolution of 2026

M
URIEL BOWSER
MAYOR
April 20, 2026
The Honorable Phil Mendelson
Chairman
Council of the District of Columbia
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 504
Washington, DC 20004
Dear Chairman Mendelson:
In accordance with section
2 of the Confirmation Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-
142; D.C. Official Code § 1- 523.01), and pursuant to s ection 5 of the Office of Citizen Complaint
Review Establishment Act of 1998, effective March 26, 1999 (D.C. Law 12-208; D.C. Official Code
§ 5-1104), I am pleased to nominate the following individual:
Dr. Andrea Headley
H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
(Ward 6)
for appointment as the at-large member of the Police Complaints Board, filling a new seat, for a term
to end January 12, 2027.
Enclosed, you will find biographical information detailing the experience of the above-m entioned
nominee, together with a proposed resolution to assist the Council during the confirmation process.
I would appreciate the Council’s earliest consideration of this nomination for confirmation. Please
do not hesitate to contact me, or Steven Walker, Director, Mayor’s Office of Talent and
Appointments, should the Council require additional information.
Sincerely,
Muriel B owser
Mayor
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A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
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Chairman Phil Mendelson
at the request of the Mayor
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
To confirm the appointment of Dr. Andrea Headley to the Police Complaints Board.
RESOLVED , BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the "Police Complaints Board Dr. Andrea Headley Confirmation
Resolution of 2026".
Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the appointment of:
Dr. Andrea Headley
H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
(Ward 6)
as the at-large member of the Police Complaints Board, established by section 5 of the Office of
Citizen Complaint Review Establishment Act of 1998, effective March 26, 1999 (D.C. Law 12-
208; D.C Official Code§ 5-1104), filling a new seat, for a term to end January 12, 2027.
Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copy of this resolution,
upon its adoption, to the nominee and to the Mayor.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
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ANDREA M. HEADLEY
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Georgetown University
2025 – Present Associate Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy
2025 – Present Founder and Faculty Director, Evidence for Justice Lab
2025 – Present Affiliate, Better Government Lab
2020 – 2025 Assistant Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy
2023 – Present Affiliate Fellow, Center for Innovations in Community Safety, Georgetown Law
National Policing Institute
2024 – Present Affiliated Scholar
2020 – 2023 Visiting Scholar of Race, Policing and Crime, Research Division
The Ohio State University
2018 – 2020 Assistant Professor, John Glenn College of Public Affairs
University of California, Berkeley
2018 – 2019 UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Goldman School of Public Policy
Other Appointments and Affiliations
2024 – Present Invited Member, Safety Research Panel, Campaign Zero
2023 – Present Fellow, The Policy Lab, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
2020 – 2024 Faculty Affiliate, Social Justice and Innovation Lab, Florida State University
2019 – 2023 Faculty Affiliate, Drug Enforcement and Policy Center, The Ohio State University
EDUCATION
2013 – 2018 Ph.D. in Public Affairs, Policy and Administration, Florida International University
2013 – 2015 M.S. in Criminal Justice, Florida International University
Honors: Pi Alpha Alpha Honor Society, Alpha Phi Sigma Honor Society
2010 – 2013 B.S.Ed. in Human and Social Development; Criminology, University of Miami
Honors: Summa Cum Laude, President’s Honor Roll, Provost’s Honor Roll, Dean’s List
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
27. Estorcien, V. & Headley, A. M. (Forthcoming). Police-Youth Programs as Citizen-State Interactions: A
Case Study of Police and Youth Perceptions. Journal of Social Equity and Public Administration.
Award: 2nd Place for Best Paper Award, Conference of Minority Public Administrators
26. Kang, I. & Headley, A. M. (Forthcoming). Bureaucrats’ Commitment to Organizational Changes Toward a
Representative Bureaucracy: A Mechanism of Active Representation. American Review of Public Administration.
25. Sorenson, L., Headley, A. M. & Holt, S. (2025) On the Margin: Who Receives a Juvenile Referral and
What Effect Does It Have? Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.
Media Coverage: Brookings Commentary and EdWorking Paper

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24. Headley, A. M., Baker, D. & Kang, I. (2025). Body-Worn Cameras and Bureaucratic Discretion: Evidence
from a Large-scale Staggered Difference-in-difference Analysis of US Law Enforcement Agencies. Public
Administration Review.
23. Contreras, S., Witkowski, K., Perodin, J., Remington, C., Headley, A. M., & Ganapati, N. E. (2024). First
Responder Ladder of Engagement: Understanding Community Facing Activities During the COVID-19
Pandemic. Journal of Urban Affairs.
22. Headley, A. M., & Kalesnikaite, V. (2024). Exploring the Limits of Collaboration and the Fragility of its
Outcomes: The Case of Community Policing. Public Administration Review, Online First.
Media Coverage: LSE Phelan US Centre (2024)
21. Witkowski, K., Remington, C., Contreras, S., Headley, A. M. & Ganapati, N. E. (2024). Organizational
Resilience in First-Response Agencies: Visual Responses from First Responders during the COVID-19
Pandemic. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 107(1).
20. Witkowski, K., Lofaro, R. J., Headley, A. M., Contreras, S., Remington, C., & Ganapati, N. E. (2024).
Understanding Problematic Substance Use Among First Responders During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A
Survey of Law Enforcement, Fire, and EMS Workers in the United States. International Journal of Drug Policy.
19. Headley, A. M., Witkowski, K., Remington, C., Ganapati, N. E., & Contreras, S. (2023). Trauma-Informed
Organizational Climate and Its Impact on First Responder Burnout During COVID-19. Public Administration
Review.
18. Remington, C., Witkowski, K., Ganapati, N. E., Headley, A. M., & Contreras, S. (2023). First Responders
and the COVID-19 Pandemic: How Organizational Strategies Can Promote Workplace Retention. American
Review of Public Administration, 54(1): 33-56.
17. St. John, V. J., Headley, A. M., & Blount-Hill, K. (2023). Police Station Design and Intrusive Police
Encounters: Untangling Variations in Emotions and Behaviorally-Relevant Perceptions Across Racial
Groups. Policing and Society, 33(9-10), 1066-1095.
16. Cohen, G. & Headley, A. M. (2023). Training and ‘Doing’ Procedural Justice in the Frontline of Public
Service: Evidence from Police. Review of Public Personnel Administration.
15. Headley, A. M. (2022). Representing Personal and Professional Identities in Policing: Sources of Strength
and Conflict. Public Administration Review, 82(3), 396-409.
Media Coverage: LSE Phelan US Centre (2022)
14. Headley, A. M. (2021). Accountability and Police Use of Force: Interactive Effects Between Minority
Representation and Civilian Review Boards. Public Management Review, 24(11), 1682-1704.
Award: Article of the Year Award, American Society of Public Administration’s Section on
Democracy and Social Justice
13. Headley, A. M., Wright, J. E., & Meier, K. (2021). Bureaucracy, Democracy, and Race: The Limits of
Symbolic Representation. Public Administration Review, 81(6), 1033-1043.
12. Headley, A. M., Blount-Hill, K., & St. John, V. J. (2021). The Psychology of Justice Buildings: An
Experiment on Police Architecture, Public Sentiment, and Race. Journal of Criminal Justice, 73: 1017-1047.
Award: Lupia-Mutz Outstanding Publication Award, Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social
Sciences
11. Headley, A. M. & Wright, J. E. (2020). Is Representation Enough? Racial Disparities in Levels of Force
and Arrests by Police. Public Administration Review, 80(6), 1051-1062.
10. Wright, J. E. & Headley A. M. (2020). Can Technology Work for Policing? Citizen Perceptions of Police-
Body Worn Cameras. American Review of Public Administration, 51(1), 17-27.
Media Coverage: Popular Science (2020) and Dayton Daily News (2020)
9. Wright, J. E & Headley, A. M. (2020). Police Use of Force Interactions: Is Race Relevant or Gender
Germane? American Review of Public Administration, 50(8), 851-864.
Media Coverage: The Medium (2020)
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8. Bishu, S. G., & Headley, A. M. (2020). Equal Employment Opportunity: Women Administrators in Male-
Dominated Roles. Public Administration Review, 80(6), 1063-1074.
7. Headley, A. M. & Wright, J. E. (2019). National Police Reform Commissions: Evidence-Based Practices or
Unfulfilled Promises? Review of Black Political Economy, 46(4), 277-305.
6. Blessett, B., Dodge, J., Edmond, B. Goerdel, H. T., Gooden, S., Headley, A. M., Riccucci, N., & Williams,
B. (2019). Social Equity in Public Administration: A Call to Action. Perspectives on Public Management and
Governance, 2(4), 283-299.
Features: Greatest Hits from Perspectives on Public Management and Governance
5. Headley, A. M., Guerette, R. T., & Shariati, A. (2017). A Field Experiment of the Impact of Body Worn
Cameras (BWCs) on Police Officer Behavior and Perceptions. Journal of Criminal Justice, 53, 103-109.
Corrigendum (2020)
Media Coverage: Chicago Policy Review (2018) and Popular Science (2020)
4. Headley, A. M., D’Alessio, S., & Stolzenberg, L. (2017). The Effect of a Complainants Race on
Dispositional Outcome in Police Misconduct Cases in Chicago. Race and Justice, 10(1), 43-61. Reprinted in R.
C. Rus (Ed.) Recent Research Advances in Arts and Sciences Vol. 2 (p. 153-173). West Bengal, India: B P
International.
3. Headley, A. & Alkadry, M. G. (2016). The Flight or Fight Response: A Look at Stand Your Ground. Ralph
Bunche Journal of Public Affairs, 5(1), Article 3, 1-13.
2. Headley, A. & Garcia-Zamor, J. C. (2014). The Privatization of Prisons and its Impact on Transparency
and Accountability in Relation to Maladministration. International Journal of Humanities Social Sciences and
Education, 1(8), 23-34.
1. Evans, S. D., Malhotra, K. & Headley, A. M. (2013). Promoting Learning and Critical Reflexivity
through an Organizational Case Study Project. Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community, 41(2), 105-
112.
Manuscripts Under Review and In Progress
2. Blount-Hill, K. & Headley, A. M. The Role of Social Identity in the Coproduction of Public Trust in
Police: A Case Study of Civilian-Police Collaboration in the New England Region of the United States. (In
Progress)
1. Wright, J. E., Headley, A. M., & Cho, Y. Representation or Meritocracy? How Black and White
Firefighters View Diversity within the Fire Service. (Revise and Resubmit)
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Encyclopedia Entries, Book Chapters and Book Reviews
7. Houston, B., Headley, A. M., & Wright, J. E. (2022). Policing Reform and the Impact of Racial
Representation. In Miltonette O. Craig and Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill (Eds). Justice and Legitimacy in
Policing: Transforming the Institution (p. 40-58). Abingdon, England, UK: Routledge.
6. Headley, A. M. and Blount-Hill, K. (2021). Race and Police Misconduct Cases. In Oxford Research
Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. New York: Oxford University Press.
5. Headley, A. M. (2020). Race, Ethnicity and Social Equity in Policing. In Mary E. Guy and Sean
McCandless (Eds). Achieving Social Equity: From Problems to Solutions (p. 82-91). Irvine, CA: Melvin &
Leigh Publ.
4. Headley, A. M. (2017). Bureaucratic Race-Making and Place-Making through the Lens of Policing. Book
review of Pulled Over: How Police Stops Define Race and Citizenship by Charles R. Epp, Steven Maynard-
Moody, and Donald Haider-Markel, Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory, 27(3), 537-539.
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3. Guerette, R. T. & Headley, A. (2016). “Kidnapping.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Criminology. Ed. Beth M.
Huebner. New York: Oxford University Press.
2. Headley, A. M. (2015). Book Review of Policing and Media: Public Relations, Simulations, and
Communications by M. Lee and A. McGovern, Punishment & Society, 18: 122-125.
1. Goddard, T. & Headley A. (2015). Community-Based Organizations and Crime Prevention. Oxford
Handbooks Online in Criminology and Criminal Justice. New York: Oxford University Press.
Technical Reports and Briefs
6. Headley, A. M., Remington, C., Witkowski, K., Contreras, S., & Ganapati, N. E. (2023). The Impact of
COVID-19 on First Responders in the United States. International Journal of Emergency Services.
International Journal of Emergency Services, 12(2), 243-251, (January).
5. St. John, V. J., Headley, A. M., & Harper, K. (2022). Reducing Adverse Police Contact Would Heal
Wounds for Children and Their Communities. Child Trends, (June).
4. Campbell, N., Sarpy, S. A., Headley, A. M., & Francis, K. (2021). Addressing Disaster Workforce Needs
During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Societal Experts Action Network, National Academy of Sciences,
(September).
3. Headley, A. M., Remington, C., Witkowski, K., Contreras, S., & Ganapati, N. E. (2021). Reprioritizing
Responsibilities: Examining How Colliding Epidemics Impact First Responders. Report submitted to the
Drug Enforcement and Policy Center, Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University, (June).
2. Headley, A. M. (2018). Summary Overview: Understanding the Organizational Factors that Impact Police-
Community Relations. Report submitted to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, U.S.
Department of Justice, (September).
1. Headley, A. M., Shariati, A., & Guerette, R. T. (2017). Evaluation of the Test Pilot Program of Body Worn
Cameras within the Hallandale Beach (Florida) Police Department. Report submitted to the Hallandale
Beach Police Department, (August).
Non-Refereed Professional Publications
13. Headley, A. M. & Kalesnikaite, V. (2024). Collaborative community policing can be effective, but is no
quick fix for damaged police-community relations. London School of Economics’ USAPP American Politics and
Policy Blog, (October 2).
12. Headley, A. M. (2022). Racial Identity in Policing is More Complicated Than We Think. London School of
Economics’ USAPP American Politics and Policy Blog, (June 15).
11. Headley, A. M. & Wright, J. E. (2022) Criminal Justice: When Will Black Lives Matter? Democracy: A Journal
of Ideas, Summer Issue No. 65 (June 14).
10. Headley, A. M. (2021). Police Use of Body Cameras – What They Can and Cannot Achieve. Bloomberg Law,
(May 11).
9. Headley, A. M. (2020). Racial Inequities and Police Reform. McCourt School of Public Policy Blog, (June 18).
8. Headley, A. M., Broadus, J., Charbonneau, A., & Glaser, J. (2020). Police Use of Force Policy Reform:
What Do We Know About the Impact of these Reforms? 3Streams: The Medium Blog, (August 12)
7. Headley, A. M. (2020). Black Lives and Public Administration: Current Research and Call to Action.
Virtual Issue, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.
6. Headley, A. M. (2019). How Can We Improve Police-Community Relations? The Chief of Police Magazine. In
Print. Winter, 33(4).
5. Headley, A. M. (2018). Public Administration at the Intersection of Silent Scholarship and Relevant
Research. Minnowbrook Papers, Online Repository, Maxwell School at Syracuse University.
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4. Williams, B. W., Headley, A. M., & LePere-Schloop, M. (2018). Smith College incident is latest case of
racial ‘profiling by proxy’. The Conversation, (August 7).
3. Williams, B. W., Headley, A. M., & LePere-Schloop, M. (2018). When Race Triggers a Call to Campus
Police. The Conversation, (July 16).
2. Headley A. M. (2016). “Dilemmas Faced When Contracting Out Public Services.” Reprinted in J.J.
Gonzalez III & R.L. Kemp (Eds.) Corruption and American Cities: Essays and Case Studies in Ethical Accountability
(p. 15-17). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company.
1. Headley A. M. (2014). Dilemmas Faced When Contracting Out Public Services. PA Times Online,
(September 12).
GRANTS AND SPONSORED RESEARCH ($3,843,377 total as PI or Co-PI)
2025 Principal Investigator. AI and Justice: Public Perceptions of AI Systems Masking or Magnifying Inequities.
Tech & Public Policy program in the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University, July 2025-
July 2026. ($105,500)
2024 Principal Investigator. Section 1906 Racial Profiling Data Collection Technical Assistance. National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. September 2024-September
2025. ($1,004,987)
2024 Co-Principal Investigator (with Karen Amendola, Emily Owens and David Weisburd). Promoting
Procedurally Just Decision Making by Police: A Multi-Site Replication. Arnold Ventures. June 2024-April
2026. ($1,499,503)
2023 Principal Investigator (with Cassandra Ramdath). A Community-Based Participatory Research Design to
Evaluate Police Training for Reducing Harm: Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement and Implicit Bias.
Main Campus Annual Research Grant, Georgetown University. November 2023-August 2024. ($10,000)
2023 Co-Principal Investigator (with Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill). Increasing Participation in ATLAS: A New
York City Pretrial Alternative-to-Supervision. Improving Fairness and Justice in Community Supervision
Small Grants Program, Racial Democracy Criminal Justice Network (with funding support from Arnold
Ventures). August 2023-August 2025. ($100,000)
2023 Co-Principal Investigator (with Cassandra Ramdath). An Assessment of the Combined Effects of Police
Training for Reducing Harm: Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement and Implicit Bias. Justice in Public
Safety and Policing Grant Competition, American Institutes for Research Equity Initiative. March 2023-
March 2027. ($925,000)
2023 Co-Principal Investigator (with Karen Amendola, Emily Owens and David Weisburd). Promoting
Procedural Justice through Officer Decision-Making: Planning a Multi-Site Replication. Planning Grant,
Arnold Ventures. January 2023-June 2024. ($99,900)
2020 Principal Investigator (Co-Investigators: Ganapati, N. E., Contreras, S., Remington, C. Witkowski, K.).
Reprioritizing Responsibilities: Examining How Colliding Epidemics Impact First Responders. Drug
Enforcement Policy Center in the Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University, June 2020-June 2021.
($22,000)
2019 Co-Principal Investigator (with Blount-Hill, K., St. John, V. J). Affective Architecture: Isolating the
Influence of Physical Environment on Perceptual and Behavioral Attitudes toward Police. Data collected by
Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences, NSF Grant 0818839, Jeremy Freese and James Druckman
Principal Investigators. August 2019. ($32,194)
2015 Principal Investigator (with Ganapati, N. E.). Understanding the Organizational Factors that Impact Police-
Community Relations. Graduate Research Fellowship Program for Criminal Justice Statistics, Bureau of
Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice, November 2015-December 2018. ($149,793)
SELECTED MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
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Why homicide rates are falling across the country, The Hill (April 21, 2024)
Fellow detectives accused him of racism. Henderson’s new police chief cleared him of discipline, Las Vegas Review-
Journal (December 11, 2023)
How exposure to violence worsens health, WebMD (March 9, 2023)
Body cameras were supposed to curb police violence. Why haven't they?, Yahoo News (February 6, 2023)
Police statements tell the first version of an incident. Then video footage comes out, Virginia’s Public Radio WVTF
(January 31, 2023)
Memphis’ question: Can we have tough policing without brutality?, The Christian Science Monitor (January 30, 2023)
Two whistleblowing Richardson cops say they were frozen out of the department, The Dallas Morning News
(October 7, 2022)
Breaking News: Texas School Shooting, CBC Canada (May 26, 2022)
'We are misinformed': Groups search for lacking data on missing, killed Native people, Northjersey.com (December 2,
2021)
The other public health crisis: Gun violence spikes in the U.S. amid pandemic, CBC Canada (August 8, 2021)
President Biden looks to address crime, New York Public Radio WNYC (June 25, 2021)
Police body cameras | An assessment, Twin Cities PBS (June 11, 2021)
13 Investigates: Houston-area law enforcement lacks diversity; could lead to more force and arrests, ABC (June 4,
2021)
A year after George Floyd’s murder, a rise in homicides has changed the conversation around ‘defund the police’,
KCRW (May 24, 2021)
One year later, panel outlines the limits of police reform and accountability efforts, Center for Health Journalism (May
24, 2021)
The Watchdog: A Texas police officer publicly accuses her department of breaking the law with ticket quotas, Denton
RC (May 7, 2021)
A Texas police officer publicly accuses her department of breaking the law with ticket quotas, The Dallas Morning
News (May 6, 2021)
3 things that led to Chauvin’s conviction, and what experts say is needed for more police accountability, PBS (April
23, 2021)
Biden faces police reform challenge in wake of Chauvin verdict, Financial Times (April 22, 2021)
Maryland explores statewide mandate on police body cameras, Maryland Matters (January 3, 2021)
State senate addresses several police accountability bills in Maryland, CBS (September 23, 2020)
Police or prosecutor misconduct is at root of half of exoneration cases, study finds, New York Times (September 16,
2020)
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Unreasonable suspicion: When residents call police, who pays the price when bias shapes their concerns?, The Cap
Times (September 16, 2020)
How police bodycams work and how they fall short, CNet (August 3, 2020)
Body cameras are ineffective because some philly cops misuse them, advocates say, NBC (July 23, 2020)
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS AND HONORS
2024 Council on Criminal Justice, Elected Member
2024 Conference of Minority Public Administrators, 2nd Place for Best Paper Award
2022 Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences, Lupia-Mutz Award for Outstanding Publication
2022 Rutgers University, Racial Democracy, Crime and Justice Network, Summer Research Institute, Fellow
2022 Florida International University, Alumni Association’s Young Alumni Network, 5 Under 35 Award
2022 American Society for Public Administration, Section on Democracy and Social Justice, Article of the Year
Award
2022 University of Michigan, National Center for Institutional Diversity, Diversity Scholars Network
2022 Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, Emerging Scholars Award
2021 University of Maryland, Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity, Intersectional Qualitative Research
Methods Institute, Early Career Scholar
2021 Russell Sage Foundation and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Proposal Development Summer Institute,
Early Career Scholar
2019 Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Division, 2019 Best Dissertation Award
2019 Public Management Research Association, 2019 Best Dissertation Award
2018 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, 40 for 40 Fellowship for Outstanding Early
Career Research Professionals
2018 Florida International University, Worlds Ahead Graduate
2018 American Society for Public Administration, Chester A. Newland Presidential Citation of Merit
2017 American Society of Criminology, Division of People of Color and Crime, Outstanding Student Award
2017 Broward County Business and Professional Women’s Network, Award for Outstanding Accomplishment
and Achievement
2017 American Society for Public Administration, Founders Fellow
2017 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Equity and Inclusion Fellowship
2017 Midwest Political Science Association, Harrell Rodgers Graduate Student Scholarship
2016 Southern Regional Education Board and Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate Program
(SREB-AGEP), Scholar
2016 American Society for Public Administration, International Young Scholars Workshop in Public Policy and
Administration, Best Paper Award
2016 Florida International University, Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs, Department of
Criminal Justice, Graduate Academic Excellence Award
2016 National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement, President’s Scholarship Award
2016 National Conference of Black Political Scientists, The Hanes Walton, Jr. Award for Quantitative
Methods Training at the University of Michigan
2016 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Student Summit Scholarship
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2016 American Society for Public Administration, Section for Women in Public Administration, Student
Scholarship Award
2015 Florida International University, Academy of Graduates for Integrative Learning Experiences (AGILE),
Scholar/Fellow
2015 Florida International University, College of Arts and Sciences, Award for Outstanding Service to Criminal
Justice
2015 Conference of Minority Public Administrators, Best Graduate Student Paper Award
2015 Florida International University, Graduate University Wide Scholarship
2015 American Society for Public Administration, South Florida Chapter General Student Scholarship
2015 National Conference of Minority Public Administrators, Graduate Student Scholarship
2014 Florida International University, Student Government Association, Graduate Scholarship
2013 Florida Education Fund, McKnight Doctoral Fellowship
2013 University of Miami, Department of Educational and Psychological Studies, Highest Award for
Scholarship
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Public Management, PPOL 514 (Section 4 and 5), Graduate, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Georgetown
University
Public Management, PUBAFRS 3500, Undergraduate, Spring 2020, The Ohio State University
Administration of Criminal Justice Policy, PUBAFFRS 5506, Graduate, Fall 2019, The Ohio State University
Criminal Justice and Public Policy, CCJ 4497, Undergraduate, Fall 2017, Florida International University
INVITED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2025 University of Texas at Austin’s School of Law
2025 University at Albany, State University of New York’s Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
2024 Rutgers University at Camden, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice
2024 University of Maryland’s School of Journalism
2024 National Press Club
2024 Colorado State University’s Department of Political Science
2023 University of Texas at Dallas’s School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences
2023 Florida International University’s Department of Public Policy and Administration
2023 University of California Riverside’s Department of Political Science
2022 University of Colorado Denver’s School of Public Affairs PhD Student Association Prominent Scholar
Seminar
2022 University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Sociology Criminal Legal System Research Interest Group
2021 University of Virginia’s Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy
2021 New York University’s Identities and Ideologies Project
2021 Indiana University’s O’Neil School of Public and Environmental Affairs
2021 University of Arizona’s School of Government and Public Policy
2021 Georgetown University’s Department of Psychology
2021 Georgetown University’s Board of Regents
2020 Seoul National University’s Graduate School of Public Administration
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2020 Gwynedd Mercy University’s Campus Conversations
2020 American University’s Department of Public Administration and Policy
2020 Academy of Management’s Public and Nonprofit Division Doctoral Student Professional Development
Consortium
2020 Orange/Chatham Public Defender’s Association
2019 YWCA of Greater Cleveland, 400 Years of Inequity: A Call-to-Action Conference
2019 University of California, Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy’s Police Leadership Institute
2019 The Ohio State University’s Drug Enforcement Policy Center
2018 University of California Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy Research Seminar Series
2018 U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs
2018 Florida Education Fund’s McKnight Doctoral Fellows Annual Meeting
2018 University of California Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy Dean-Student Town Hall
2018 50th Anniversary of the Kerner Commission Report National Conference
2018 Minnowbrook 50th Anniversary Conference: Rethinking the Administrative State
2018 Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy (CEBCP)’s Symposium on Evidence-Based Crime Policy
2018 George Mason University and the Scottish Institute for Policing Research’s International Graduate Summer
School for Policing Scholarship
2018 Kettering Foundation’s Exploratory Learning Exchange on Citizens Leading Public Deliberation and
Complimentary Acting to Create Safe Communities
2017 College Transition Program at the Everglades Correctional Institution
2017 Indiana University, Bloomington’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs’ Governance and
Management Speaker Series
2017 American University’s Metropolitan Policy Center’s Urban Speaker Series
2016 Rutgers University-Camden’s Organizational Behavior Course
2016 National Association of Black Journalist/National Association of Hispanic Journalist Convention
SELECT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2024, 2023, 2021, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015 American Society of Criminology
2024, 2023, 2021, 2020 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2017 Public Management Research Conference
2023 Law and Society Association
2023, 2017 Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration
2024, 2023, 2019, 2015 Urban Affairs Association
2022 European Group for Public Administration
2020 National Economic Association
2019, 2015 Social Equity Leadership Conference
2019 Mini-conference on Public Management and Equity
2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 American Society for Public Administration
2018, 2017 Midwest Political Science Association
2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
2016, 2014 Southeastern Conference for Public Administration
2016 Mini-conference on Policing and Race

Headley 10 of 12 April 2025
2015 Conference of Minority Public Administrators
2014 Public Administration Theory Network

SELECT SERVICE EXPERIENCE

Service to the Profession

Ongoing Ad-hoc Reviewer: American Political Science Review; American Review of Public Administration;
American Sociological Review; Criminal Justice Review; Criminology; Criminology & Public Policy;
Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society; Governance; International Journal of Social Welfare; Journal
of Behavioral Public Administration; Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice; Journal of Criminal Justice;
Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy; Journal of Experimental Criminology; Journal of Policy
Studies; Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory; Journal of Public Management & Social
Policy; Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency; Journal of Social Equity and Public Administration;
Justice Quarterly; Perspectives on Public Management and Governance; Police Quarterly; Policing: An
International Journal; Policy Studies Journal; Political Behavior; Public Administration; Public
Administration Review; Public Integrity; Public Management Review; Public Performance & Management
Review; Race and Justice; Review of Black Political Economy; Review of Public Personnel Administration;
Urban Affairs Review
2020-Present Editorial Board Member, Journal of Behavioral Public Administration, August-Ongoing
2020-Present Editorial Board Member, Police Practice and Research, October-Ongoing
2020-Present Editorial Board Member, Journal of Criminal Justice, February-Ongoing
2025-Present Editorial Board Member, Criminology and Public Policy, January-Ongoing
2023-Present Founding Member, Scholar Strategy Network Maryland-Washington DC Chapter, March-
Ongoing
2023-Present Research Advisory Committee Member, International Association of Chiefs of Police,
January-Ongoing
2022-Present Associate Member, National Association of Public Administration’s Standing Panel on Social
Equity, November-Ongoing
2022-Present Policy Council Member, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, May-
Ongoing
2021-Present Advisory Board Member, Consortium of Race and Gender Scholars, May-Ongoing
2025 & 2020 Reviewer for Conference Proposals, Management Track and Social Equity Track,
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, April-May
2024-2025 Committee Member, Law Enforcement Use of Predictive Policing Approaches: A
Workshop, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, March-January
2024 Co-Organizer and Facilitator, Virtual Meeting of Researchers on The State of Research on
Community Engagement in Law Enforcement, Movement Forward, March-April
2023 Invited Participant, U.S. Department of Transportation’s Traffic Safety, Law Enforcement,
and Equity Meeting, September
2021-2023 Editorial Board Member, Public Administration Review, January-August
2020 & 2023 Invited Panelist, Professional Development Series, Public and Nonprofit Division’s Doctoral
Student Consortium, Annual Conference of Academy of Management, August
2022 Co-Organizer, Half Day Collaborative Public Management Event, McCourt School of Public
Policy and US Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Science and Technology
Policy
2021 Mentor, Public and Nonprofit Division’s Doctoral Student Consortium, Annual Conference
of Academy of Management, August
Headley 11 of 12 April 2025
2021 Grant Reviewer, Body-Worn Camera Grant Supplement Applications, Bureau of Justice
Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice, September-October
2019 & 2021 Reviewer for Conference Proposals, Public Management Research Conference, November
2019-January 2020, November-December 2021
2020 Dissertation Award Committee Reviewer, Public and Nonprofit Division, Academy of
Management, February-April
2019 Grant Reviewer, Graduate Research Fellowship Grant Applications, Bureau of Justice
Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, May-June
2018 Reviewer, Founders Fellow Selection Committee, American Society for Public
Administration, November
2016-2017 Student Representative, American Society for Public Administration, National Council,
March-March
Service to the University
2022-Present Instructor and Committee Member, Foundations Initiative, McCourt School of Public
Policy, Georgetown University, August-Ongoing
2020-Present Research Advisory Board Member, Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement, Innovative
Policing Program, Georgetown University, December-Ongoing
2024-2025 Search Committee Member, Full-Time Non-Tenure Line Professor of Inclusion and
Community Building, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University, August-May
2023-2024 Faculty Advisor, Black Perspectives on Public Policy Student Group, McCourt School of
Public Policy, Georgetown University, August-May
2022-2023 Search Committee Member, Comparative Public Management Hiring Search, McCourt
School of Public Policy, Georgetown University, August-May
2022 Guest Lecturer, Undergraduate Gateway Course for Public Policy, McCourt School of Public
Policy, Georgetown University, November
2021 Committee Member, Vice Provost’s Research Grant Review Committee, Georgetown
University, September-October
2020-2022 Committee Member, Building Committee, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown
University, September-May
2020 Co-Lead Trainer, Tools to Amplify Underrepresented Voices in Your Daily Work, Diversity
and Inclusion Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, The Ohio State University, January-
March
2019-2020 Committee Member, Capstone Project Award Committee, John Glenn College of Public
Affairs, Ohio State University, August-May
2018-2019 Committee Member, Police Leadership Institute Program Development and Curriculum
Committee, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley, December-
December
2018 & 2019 Co-Organizer, Two-Day Workshop on ‘Success in Graduate School and Beyond: Navigating
the PhD Program, Department of Public Policy and Management, Florida International
University, February
Service to the Community
2022-Present Member, IMPART: Improving Police Adolescent Relationships Through Training
Headley 12 of 12 April 2025
2020 & 2021 Expert Testimony, Body-Worn Camera Proposed Legislation, Legislative District 44, The
Senate of Maryland, September and January
2012-2018 Board Member, Ron Brown Scholar Alumni Association, August-January
2016 Researcher, Broward County (FL) Police Community Task Force, February-September
2015 Intern, Miami Field Office, U.S. Department of Justice Community Relations Services, July-
November
PROFESSIONAL ASSSOCIATIONS
2019 – Present Academy of Management
2015 – Present American Society of Criminology
2017 – Present Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management
2017 – Present Public Management Research Association
2015 – 2018 American Society for Public Administration
2015 – 2024 Urban Affairs Association
E
xecutive Office of the Mayor – Mayor’s Office of Talent and Appointments
John A. Wilson Building | 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 600 | Washington, DC 20004
D
r. Andrea Headley
D
r. Andrea M. Headley is an Associate Professor and the Faculty Director
of the Evidence for Justice Lab at the McCourt School of Public Policy at
Georgetown University. She is also an Affiliate Fellow at the Center for
Innovations in Community Safety at Georgetown Law, an elected
member on the Council on Criminal Justice, an expert member of the
National Criminal Justice Association’s Crime and Justice Research
Alliance, an affiliated scholar at the National Policing Institute, and a
member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police’s Research
Advisory Committee.
At the heart of her research is the question of how to create a more
effective and equitable criminal justice system. Dr. Headley’s research
has focused primarily on policing and public safety to understand how organizational-, managerial-
, and individual -level factors affect police -community relations. She conducts both quantitative
and qualitative research, working actively with criminal justice agencies and community -based
organizations. Examples of her prior work include evaluating police innovation and training,
assessing police-community relations in communities of color, evaluating race and police use of
force, analyzing accountability mechanisms such as police body- worn cameras and civilian
oversight boards, and exploring the racial and gendered norms and cultures in policing. She has
been featured as a subject matter expert in news outlets such as ABC, CBS, NPR, and PBS News.
Combining insights from public management, organizational behavior, social equity, and criminal
justice, her research has been published in journals including the Public Administration Review,
the American Review of Public Administration, the Journal of Criminal Justice, and Policing and
Society, and funded by the American Institutes for Research, Arnold Ventures, Department of
Justice, National Science Foundation, and the Ohio S tate University’s Drug Enforcement and
Policy Center.
A Ward 6 resident, Dr. Headley earned her Bachelor of Science in Criminology from the
University of Miami and her Master of Science in Criminal Justice and Doctor of Philosophy in
Public Affairs from Florida International University.

GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Executive Office of Mayor Muriel Bowser
Office of the General Counsel to the Mayor
______________________________________________________________________________
The John A. Wilson Building • 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW • Suite 300 • Washington, D.C. 20004 • Office (202) 724-7681
To: Kimberly A. Bassett, Steve Walker
From: Betsy Cavendish
Date: March 27, 2026
Subject: Legal sufficiency review of a resolution appointing Dr. Andrea Headley as a
member of the Police Complaints Board
This is to Certify that this office has reviewed the above-referenced resolution and
found it to be legally unobjectionable. If you have any questions in this regard, please do not
hesitate to call Michael Porcello, Deputy General Counsel, Executive Office of the Mayor, at
202-727-0872, or me at 202-724-7681.
______________________________
Elizabeth Cavendish