Presentations

The Juvenile Justice Institute team regularly presents at local, regional, and national conferences, trainings, webinars, and invited events. Topics reflect our active research, evaluation, training, and technical assistance projects.

Presentations

• From Knowledge to Impact: Juvenile Justice Training, Research, and Evaluation Resources (May 2026). Presented by Heather Perez, Kristan Russell, and Ryan Spohn at the Nebraska Juvenile Justice Association Annual Conference in Kearney, Nebraska.
• Introduction to Foundations of Restorative Practices (May 2026). Presented by Monica Miles-Steffens at the Nebraska Juvenile Justice Association Annual Conference in Kearney, Nebraska.
• Building Continuums of Care for Youth Success in Nebraska (May 2026). Presented by Jennie Cole-Mossman, Monica Miles-Steffens, and Abby Carbaugh at the Nebraska Juvenile Justice Association Annual Conference in Kearney, Nebraska.
• Understanding Youth Who Sexually Harm: Trends, Adolescent Development, and Best Practices (April 2026). Presented by Kristan Russell at the Heartland Juvenile Services Conference in Omaha, Nebraska.
• Juvenile Court Processing of Youth-Produced Sexual Image Cases (November 2025). Presented by Kristan Russell and Marly Zeigler at the American Society of Criminology (ASC) Annual Meeting in Washington D.C.
• Evidence-Based Nebraska: Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Juvenile Diversion Program in Your County (June 2025). Presented by Anne Hobbs, Michele Leuders, Monica Miles-Steffens, Sadie Brewer, and Faith Hall at the Nebraska Community Aid & Juvenile Justice Conference in Lincoln, Nebraska.
• Applying Data for Impact in Your Program and Community (June, 2023). Presented by Anne Hobbs, Monica Miles-Steffens, and Josie Gatti Schafer at the Nebraska Community Aid & Juvenile Justice Conference in Lincoln, Nebraska.
• Tier 1 Basic Program Evaluation (June 2023). Presented by Anne Hobbs and Julie Garman at the Nebraska Community Aid & Juvenile Justice Conference in Lincoln, Nebraska.
• Training Student Mentors and Serving Youth Mentees: The Juvenile Reentry Mentoring Project (May 2023). Presented by Anne Hobbs, Maeve Hemmer, Ashlee Mitchell, Kylie Wisehart, Emily Barajas, Karina Garcia, and Madi Kennedy at the Nebraska Juvenile Justice Association Annual Conference in Kearney, Nebraska.
• All You Need is Love? Fostering and Adopting Youth with Attachment Issues. (May 2023). Presented by Anne Hobbs, Laura Opfer, and Ashley Tate at the Nebraska Juvenile Justice Association Annual Conference in Kearney, Nebraska.
• Does Using Surrogates Work for Restorative Justice Conference with Youth? (April 2023). Presented by Anne Hobbs and Ana Cienfuegos-Silvera at the University of California – San Francisco Law School.
• Does Using Surrogates Work for Restorative Justice Conference with Youth? (April 2023). Webinar presented virtually by Anne Hobbs and Ana Cienfuegos-Silvera for the American Bar Association – Criminal Justice Section.
• Successes and Setbacks of Implementing Evidence-Informed Programs Statewide (February 2023). Presented by Anne Hobbs, Julie Garman, and Monica Miles-Steffens at the American Probation and Parole Association's 2023 Winter Regional Training Institute in Omaha, Nebraska.
• Implementing an Evidence-Informed Statewide Evaluation System: The Process, Evaluation and the Challenges. (November 2022). Presented by Anne Hobbs, Julie Garman, and Erin Wasserburger at the American Society of Criminology (ASC) Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
• Preventing Delinquency: The Utility of Family Support Programming. (November 2022). Presented by Julie Garman and Anne Hobbs at the American Society of Criminology (ASC) Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
• Addressing Excessive Absenteeism: An Evaluation of Community-Based Programs (November 2022). Presented by Julie Garman, Anne Hobbs, Sarah Steele, Marijana Kotlaja, and Aaron Lockee at the American Society of Criminology (ASC) Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
• OJJDP Restorative Practice Office of Dispute Resolution Grant (September 2022). Presented by Kelly Riley, Anne Hobbs, and Lisa PytlikZillig at the Nebraska Court Improvement Project (CIP) Children’s Summit in Kearney, Nebraska.
• Legislative Impact: One Example from Nebraska (October 2022). Presented byAnne Hobbs and Monica Miles-Steffens at the Juvenile Justice Association of Texas Conference in Lubbock, Texas.
• An Examination of Chronic Absences among Nebraska Youth (May 2022). Presented by Anne Hobbs, Julie Garman, Sarah Steele, and Judge Denise Kracl at the Nebraska Juvenile Justice Association Annual Conference in Kearney, Nebraska.
• County Attorney Objections to Sealing Juvenile Records (March 2022). Presented by Sarah Steele and Anne Hobbs at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.
• Variations in Victim Presence in Restorative Youth Conferencing Programs: The Use of Surrogate Victims Increases Reparation Completion (November 2021). Presented by Anne Hobbs at the American Society of Criminology (ASC) Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois.
• The Juvenile Reentry Project: Mentoring Incarcerated Youth (November 2019). Presented by Anne Hobbs at the American Society of Criminology (ASC) Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California.
• Becoming a Fair and Effective Leader (May 2021). Presented by Anne Hobbs and Trooper Keith Bell at the Nebraska Juvenile Justice Association Annual Conference in Kearney, Nebraska.
• Racial Disparity in Nebraska’s Counties: What Can YOU do about it? (May 2021). Presented by Anne Hobbs, Lindsey Wylie, and Monica Miles-Steffens at the Nebraska Juvenile Justice Association Annual Conference in Kearney, Nebraska.
• Streamlining Community-based Aid and the Grant Application Process (October 2020). Presented by Anne Hobbs to the Nebraska Children’s Commission – Juvenile Services Subcommittee.
• Juvenile Reentry in the Face of COVID (October 2020). Presented by Anne Hobbs at the Virtual Coalition for Urban and Metropolitan Universities.
• Academy in Action: Policing & Racism (October 2020). Presented virtually by Anne Hobbs for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
• Evidence Informed Practice in Juvenile Justice (April 2020 and May 2020). Presented by Anne Hobbs at the virtual Our Town – Our Kids Spring Summit.
• Data-driven Strategies for Impacting Racial and Ethnic Disparity (May 2015). Presented by Marcia Rincon-Gallardo, Anne Hobbs, and K. Lesley at the Nebraska Juvenile Justice Association Annual Conference in Kearney, Nebraska.
• Diversion in Nebraska (May 2015). Presented by Anne Hobbs, V. Thompson, and Amy Hoffman at the Nebraska Juvenile Justice Association Annual Conference in Kearney, Nebraska.
• Evidence-based Nebraska! (May 2015) Presented by Anne Hobbs, Richard Wiener, and Sara Moore at the Nebraska Juvenile Justice Association Annual Conference in Kearney, Nebraska.
• Racial Profiling – in Nebraska?! (February 2015). Presented by Anne Hobbs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
• Using Data to Ensure Equity in our Juvenile Justice System (December 2014). Presented by Anne Hobbs and Monica Miles-Steffens at the Race Matters Conference in Omaha, Nebraska.
• Evidence-based Nebraska (October 2014). Presented by Anne Hobbs and Richard Wiener at the Nebraska Community Aid and Juvenile Justice Conference in Lincoln, Nebraska.
• Service Learning in Criminal Justice: Focus on Juvenile Reentry (October 2014). Presented by Anne Hobbs and J. Campbell at the Campus Compact Heartland Conference in Lincoln, Nebraska.
• Mentoring Youth Reentering our Communities (March 2014). Presented by Anne Hobbs at the Midlands Mentoring Partnership Annual Youth Development Summit in Omaha, Nebraska.

Training and Professional Development

• Logic Model Development: A Guide for Nebraska OVP Grantees (July 2026). Webinar presented by Mariah Sorby and Kristan Russell to Nebraska Office of Violence Prevention subaward recipients.
• FY25-26 Evidence-Based Nebraska Program Evaluation (January 2026). Webinar presented by Michele Leuders, Mariah Sorby, and Kristan Russell to Nebraska Community-Based Aid and Juvenile Services Grant recipients.
• Evidence-Based Nebraska 2024-2025: Promotion/Prevention Program Evaluation Reports (June 2025). Webinar presented by Anne Hobbs, Michele Leuders, Sadie Brewer, and Faith Hall to Nebraska Community-Based Aid and Juvenile Services Grant recipients.
• Evidence-Based Nebraska 2024-2025: School-Based Program Evaluation Reports (May 2025). Webinar presented by Anne Hobbs, Michele Leuders, Sadie Brewer, and Faith Hall to Nebraska Community-Based Aid and Juvenile Services Grant recipients.
• Evidence-Based Nebraska 2024-2025: Truancy Program Evaluation Reports (May 2025). Webinar presented by Anne Hobbs, Michele Leuders, Sadie Brewer, Faith Hall, and Emily Rader to Nebraska Community-Based Aid and Juvenile Services Grant recipients.
• Evidence-Based Nebraska 2024-2025: Mental Health Program Evaluation Reports (April 2025). Webinar presented by Anne Hobbs, Michele Leuders, Emily Rader, Faith Hall, and Sadie Brewer to Nebraska Community-Based Aid and Juvenile Services Grant recipients.
• Evidence-Based Nebraska 2024-2025: Mediation Program Evaluation Reports (March 2025). Webinar presented by Anne Hobbs, Faith Hall, Emily Rader, and Michele Leuders to Nebraska Community-Based Aid and Juvenile Services Grant recipients.
• Evidence-Based Nebraska 2024-2025: Family Support Program Evaluation Reports (March 2025). Webinar presented by Anne Hobbs, Faith Hall, Emily Rader, and Michele Leuders to Nebraska Community-Based Aid and Juvenile Services Grant recipients.
• Evidence-Based Nebraska 2024-2025: Referral Program Evaluation Reports (February 2025). Webinar presented by Anne Hobbs, Michaela Benson-Goldsmith, Faith Hall, Emily Rader, and Michele Leuders to Nebraska Community-Based Aid and Juvenile Services Grant recipients.
• Evidence-Based Nebraska 2024-2025: Assessment Program Evaluation Reports (February 2025). Webinar presented by Anne Hobbs, Michaela Benson-Goldsmith, Faith Hall, Emily Rader, and Michele Leuders to Nebraska Community-Based Aid and Juvenile Services Grant recipients.
• Evidence-Based Nebraska 2024-2025: Alternatives to Detention Program Evaluation Reports (February 2025). Webinar presented by Anne Hobbs, Michaela Benson-Goldsmith, Faith Hall, Emily Rader, and Michele Leuders to Nebraska Community-Based Aid and Juvenile Services Grant recipients.
• JCMS - Family Support Screen Walkthrough (December 2023). Webinar presented by Amy Gathje to Nebraska Community-Based Aid and Juvenile Services Grant recipients.
• JCMS - Diversion Screen Walkthrough (December 2023). Webinar presented by Amy Gathje to Nebraska Community-Based Aid and Juvenile Services Grant recipients.
• JCMS - Mentoring Screen Walkthrough (December 2023). Webinar presented by Amy Gathje to Nebraska Community-Based Aid and Juvenile Services Grant recipients.
• JCMS - Assessment Screen Walkthrough (December 2023). Webinar presented by Amy Gathje to Nebraska Community-Based Aid and Juvenile Services Grant recipients.
• JCMS – Electronic Monitoring Screen Walkthrough (December 2023). Webinar presented by Amy Gathje to Nebraska Community-Based Aid and Juvenile Services Grant recipients.
• JCMS – Crisis Respite Screen Walkthrough (December 2023). Webinar presented by Amy Gathje to Nebraska Community-Based Aid and Juvenile Services Grant recipients.
• JCMS – Crisis Response Screen Walkthrough (December 2023). Webinar presented by Amy Gathje to Nebraska Community-Based Aid and Juvenile Services Grant recipients.
• JCMS – Mediation Screen Walkthrough (December 2023). Webinar presented by Amy Gathje to Nebraska Community-Based Aid and Juvenile Services Grant recipients.
• JCMS – Referral Services Screen Walkthrough (December 2023). Webinar presented by Amy Gathje to Nebraska Community-Based Aid and Juvenile Services Grant recipients.
• Evaluation Readiness Series: Program Design and Program Variables (January 2023). Webinar presented by Anne Hobbs, Julie Garman, and Monica Miles-Steffens to Nebraska Community-Based Aid and Juvenile Services Grant recipients.
• Evaluation Readiness Series: Introduction to Evaluation Readiness (October 2022). Webinar presented by Anne Hobbs, Julie Garman, and Monica Miles-Steffens to Nebraska Community-Based Aid and Juvenile Services Grant recipients.