Thomas Johnson is a Criminologist and manager of the Center for Violence Prevention and Intervention Research. His research interests include interpersonal violence, prison programming, and the effects of emerging technologies on justice involvement, especially artificial intelligence.

Thomas earned his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from DePauw University. He earned his master’s degree in Criminal Justice Data Analytics and an additional master’s degree in Data Science from Marquette University, where he teaches a course on spatial analysis of crime and the use of algorithms by law enforcement and legal practitioners.