Joseph B. Richardson, Jr.

Joseph B. Richardson, Jr. is the Joel and Kim Feller Professor of African-American Studies and Medical Anthropology at the University of Maryland. He is currently the Acting Chair of the Department of African Studies and holds a Joint Appointment in the Department of Anthropology. Dr. Richardson holds a Secondary Appointment as Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Division of Preventive Medicine, at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He is currently a Lead Investigator for the Center for Injury Prevention and Policy (CIPP) and Research Director for the Violence Intervention Program, at the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center where he investigates gun violence, trauma and the effectiveness of hospital-based violence intervention programs. Dr. Richardson’s research focuses on five critical areas: 1) gun violence and trauma; 2) structural and interpersonal violence; 3) incarceration and community supervision as social determinants of health; 4) violence prevention and intervention; 5) parenting strategies for low-income Black boys. Dr. Richardson is the Co-Founder and Founding Director of the Capital Region Violence Intervention Program (CAP-VIP), a hospital-based violence intervention program, at the University of Maryland Prince George’s Hospital Center which he directed from 2017-2019. He is the currently the Executive Director of the Transformative Research and Applied Violence Intervention Lab (TRAVAIL) an interdisciplinary gun violence research lab at the University of Maryland College Park, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences. Dr. Richardson is currently producing a digital storytelling series titled Life After the Gunshot funded by the Center for Victim Research, Researcher 2 Practitioner Fellowship, which explores the intersection of the healthcare and criminal justice systems among young Black male survivors of violent firearm injury in the District of Columbia and Prince George’s County, Maryland.