Winner: Michelle Ballan, researches partner violence

Michelle Ballan, an associate dean at Stony Brook University, has received the Building Knowledge Through Research Award from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime for her research related to intimate partner violence against those with disabilities. Ballan, of New Jersey, is a professor in the School of Social Welfare at Stony Brook University, where she pursues research alongside colleagues with intellectual and developmental disabilities whom she has trained and supported in their role as research team members.

By Michael R. Ebert

michael.ebert@newsday.com

Michael R. Ebert is an education researcher and has worked for Newsday in various capacities since 2003. He was part of an 11-person team named as 2008 Pulitzer Prize finalists for investigative coverage of the LIRR's platform safety issues.