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  Christine Dunning
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UWM School of Continuing Education
161 West Wisconsin Avenue
Room 6186
Milwaukee , WI 53203
Phone: 414-227-3399
cdunning@uwm.edu
Christine Dunning, Ph.D. is a Professor of Governmental Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the School of Continuing Education. She received her M.S. and her Ph.D. in Social Sciences Multi-Disciplinary (Criminal Justice Administration and Organizational Psychology/Sociology from Michigan State University) in 1975 and attended Marquette Law School. A former Board Member and Vice-President of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Dr. Dunning has refined her approach to emergency government administration and acute trauma mitigation in police, correctional, emergency government, school and work-related incidents through her consultations for such events as the Chicago American Flight 191 and Pan Am Lockerbie air crashes, Desert Shield/Storm, The Pentagon 9/11 terrorist incident, the Intefedah in Israel and various community, school violence, disaster incidents and accidents. A co-author of Critical Incidents in Policing published by the Federal Bureau of investigation, she has coauthored books on post-traumatic Interventions, critical incidents, and governmental inter-agency cooperation. She has conducted over 25 management consultations on personnel, facility, and supervision issues for police and correctional agencies. Dr. Dunning is a member of the Emergency Government Section and served as Chair and was former Treasurer of the Police Section of the American Society for Public Administration. She is a member of Division 14 (Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology) and Division 56 (Trauma Psychology) of the American Psychological Association, and is a member of the Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists. Dr. Dunning serves as a consultant on trauma and combat stress for the U.S. Armed Forces Health Service Command and the National Institute of Mental Health. She has taught Trauma Counseling since 1991 for both graduate and professional audiences.
 
 


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