Making it Easier to Have Conversations About Mental Health and Victimization on Campus

Within the Department of Campus Safety, Karen supervises over 300 personnel in Security Services, Support Services, Incident Review & Victim Services, External Affairs, Events and Lost and Found. She is also chair of NYU’s Behavioral Intervention Team. Prior to NYU, Karen served for over 25 years in law enforcement with the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office, located in Trenton, New Jersey. 

In this episode, Karen discusses the following topics with host Dr. Marisa Randazzo:

• The scope of her role in campus safety operations
• The mental toll of working in the Division of Criminal Justice for the state of New Jersey and lesser-known biases she observed
• The evolution of NYU’s victim services unit 
• Advice for women and girls entering the protection space

Karen is also the creator and host of the NYU podcast 

You Matter!

, a podcast created to provide resources to listeners, and to remove the stigma from conversations related to mental health, addiction and victimization.