Keith Hullenaar, PhD

Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
khullen@uw.edu
(206) 685-3489
354920 / Room 130C
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Dr. Keith Hullenaar is an Assistant Professor at the University of Washington (UW) SMART Center where he focuses on developing community-engaged approaches to school safety and violence prevention. His research examines links between state-level school resource officer (SRO) policy, school district implementation of SRO programs, and disciplinary outcomes in schools with and without Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SW-PBIS) systems. Complementing this research, Dr. Hullenaar has helped develop and implement community-engaged, research-based processes that bring together school communities to inclusively problem-solve racial and ethnic disparities in school discipline and policing. By leveraging this work, Dr. Hullenaar strives to promote safe learning environments for all youth, fostering their well-being and success in school and beyond.

 

 

 

Training & Technical Assistance Core (TACore)
(Training & Technical Assistance) As a key component of this mission, UW SMART has developed strategies and related infrastructure for providing training and technical assistance to state and local education agencies as well as individual school districts. The SMART Center’s “TACore” provides: 1) Training and consultation/coaching focused on developing workforce capacity (among school staff and community partners) to deliver research-based strategies, policies, and practice models relevant to the education context, 2) Technical assistance focused on building evidence-based, multi-tiered systems of school-based behavioral health, using collaborative decision-making processes guided by local data as well as research evidence, and 3) Program evaluation focused on collecting and analyzing existing (e.g., administrative datasets) and novel (e.g., surveys, focus groups) quantitative and qualitative data to determine the impact of new or existing programs, practices, and policies.
Changes in Youth Mental Health Following a School Lockdown due to Violent and Firearm-Related Threats(2025)Journal of School Health
Asking is Caring: Integrating Families into School-Based Suicide Prevention Efforts(2025)School Mental Health