Data and Analytics Research Fellow
Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
2024–2026
About
Miranda L. Baumann is Director of Research and Academic Publications at the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD), a role she began in August 2026. Her research examines the intersections of mental health and the justice system, the integration of criminal justice and behavioral health data, and people’s involvement with multiple public systems across the life course. She holds a PhD in Criminal Justice and Criminology from Georgia State University.
Research expertise
- Justice-related issues in mental health
- Criminal justice and behavioral health data integration
- Involvement across multiple public systems over the life course
- Mental illness and firearm access
- Child welfare administrative data and permanency outcomes
- Forecasting in criminal justice policy and practice
Professional background
Current
Director of Research and Academic Publications
Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
August 2026–present
Previous
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Criminal Justice and Criminology
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University
2023–2026
Research Associate and Project Manager, Atlanta Crime Research Center
Atlanta Police Foundation and Georgia State University
2019–2020
Graduate Research Assistant
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University
2015–2023
Education
PhD, Criminal Justice and Criminology
Georgia State University, 2023
MS, Criminal Justice and Criminology
Georgia State University, 2015
BA, Political Science
Georgia State University, 2010
BS, Criminal Justice
Georgia State University, 2010
Selected publications
- Heaton, L., Sabol, W. J., Baumann, M. L., Harison, A., & Goodell, C. (2025). The effects of socioeconomic contextual factors on racial differences in foster care placement stability. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22(8), 1274. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22081274
- Heaton, L., Sabol, W. J., Baumann, M. L., Harison, A., & Goodell, C. (2025). The effects of socioeconomic contextual factors on racial differences in CFSR-3 permanency outcomes. Child Maltreatment, 30(3), 540–552. https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595241312186
- Baumann, M. L. (2025). Mental illness, gun access and carrying: A test of competing hypotheses. Psychological Reports, 128(1), 36–77. https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941231225169
- Sabol, W. J., & Baumann, M. L. (2022). Forecasting and criminal justice policy and practice. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 47(6), 1140–1165. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12103-022-09715-3
- Sabol, W. J., & Baumann, M. L. (2020). Justice reinvestment: Vision and practice. Annual Review of Criminology, 3, 317–339. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-criminol-011419-041407
- Baumann, M. L., & Teasdale, B. (2018). Severe mental illness and firearm access: Is violence really the danger? International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 56, 44–49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2017.11.003
A fuller list of publications is available on Google Scholar and ORCID.
Contact
- DBHDD Miranda.Baumann@dbhdd.ga.gov
- Personal mirandabaumann@gmail.com
- LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/mirandalbaumann
For matters related to her DBHDD role, please use her DBHDD email address.