Dr. Mayer’s research includes analyzing national level data and modeling processes associated with school violence and disruption and related prevention programming. He also has written on cognitive-behavioral interventions and methodological issues in structural equation modeling and evidence-based standards in education and the allied professions. He reviews for several major journals and is an editorial board member of the journals Behavioral Disorders and Journal of School Violence. Dr. Mayer currently serves as President of the Consortium to Prevent School Violence, a national group dedicated to disseminating evidence-based violence prevention best practices to schools and allied youth agencies.