Samantha Barthelemy is a John Jay College-CUNY doctoral student in Criminal Justice and Adjunct Lecturer and a Senior Research Fellow at the National Network for Safe Communities, focusing on the prevention of violence in her native Brazil. Barthelemy occupied leadership positions in Rio de Janeiro’s government, where she served as Program Director and Senior Advisor in the Education, Urban Planning, and Public Security Departments. She developed and implemented violence reduction strategies in high-risk urban contexts and represented Rio in internationally and in Brazil, the United States, Europe, India, and the Middle East. Barthelemy also worked as a consultant for UNESCO, UN-Habitat, and the private sector and as a journalist for the United Nations. In 2013, she was awarded the “High Social Impact Brazilian” distinction, granted by the Lemann Foundation. Barthelemy holds a BA in International Relations and Political Science from Tufts University and a Dual Master of International Affairs in International Security Policy from Sciences Po-Paris and Columbia University (SIPA).
Samantha Barthelemy, M.I.A.John Jay College, CUNYCriminal Justice Doctoral.

Contacts – sbarthelemy@jjay.cuny.edu