Lester J. Kern, MSW

Investigating emergency psychiatric care, crisis intervention, and policing • Great Lakes Avenger • Avid bread eater • BJJ 🟦 • ΑΦΑ

[Lester J. Kern, MSW @LesterJKern]

@BullhornBarry @RyanFieldABC Indeed, you are pretty simple.

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@BullhornBarry @RyanFieldABC You say this as your deeply unpopular president is partnering with a Hollywood talent agency to host cage fights on the White House lawn in "honor" of his birthday, while the average American struggles to pay for groceries, housing, and gas. You make no sense.

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@AlPrufrock @NuclearHerbs @MikeTyson He's not even the greatest of the division.

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Had such a wonderful time at the @NASEMFordFellow @FordFoundation 2024 Conference of Ford Fellows! Leaving DC hopeful, inspired, and connected.

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@funkmasterMMA A!

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@andreharris89 Congrats Andre! Always believed you had the drive and ambition to get this honorary degree /sarcasm

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https://t.co/WzAHaMspao

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@AVPapachristos @NorthwesternU @IPRatNU Congratulations!

[Lester J. Kern, MSW @LesterJKern]

Last month, I had the pleasure of sitting down with @reubenjmiller for an episode of the @UChicagoCrown
podcast. Check it out here:

A Collaboration in Education: A Doctoral Candidate and His Mentor, Lester J. Kern and Reuben Jonathan Miller
#markup=https://t.co/NqnhLBLHgj

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Big thanks to @PRBA_ISR and @TheMCUAAAR for hosting yet another wonderful Virtual Summer Training Workshop for Doctoral Students and for sending us some great reading material!

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@El_GioRamos @NASEMFordFellow Thank you!

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Happy to announce that I was awarded a Dissertation Fellowship from @NASEMFordFellow for the 23-24 academic year! Very grateful for the Ford Foundation's support as I complete my dissertation, Between two worlds: A case study of a psychiatric emergency department in Milwaukee

[National Institute of Justice @OJPNIJ]

“These spaces are socially constructed, many of which were created by redlining. When we use this type of analysis, we must remember this,” Tracie Keesie @PolicingEquity #NIJ2023.

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In Arlington, VA, ready to learn and network at the NIJ's National Research Conference, their first in 12 years. #NIJ2023

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@VJStJohn @OhioState @Glenn_college Congrats!

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@NatashaMLee $80?!? Ain't no way.

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@gd_wilson @UWSoc Congrats!

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@labramsucla Thanks!

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Happy to announce that our article on how Crisis Intervention Team training impacts officers' use of force was recently published!

https://t.co/Q2ysa22rxQ

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@CDelawalla I practice Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu several times a week, compete in grappling competitions, and love playing Magic: the Gathering!