Supervisory Social Science Research Specialist
U.S. Secret Service, National Threat Assessment Center
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Ashley Smolinski is a Supervisory Social Science Research Specialist with the U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC), where she conducts research on threat assessment and cases of targeted violence. Mrs. Smolinski regularly provides training on the findings of NTAC research to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, as well as other public safety entities. Mrs. Smolinski is a Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation (FLETA) certified instructor at the U.S. Secret Service Rowley Training Center (RTC). She is a recipient of the 2019 DHS Secretary’s Award for Excellence and the 2021 DHS Secretary’s Award for Innovation.
Prior to joining the U.S. Secret Service, Mrs. Smolinski worked as a mental health technician at Crittenton Hospital in Rochester, MI. She earned a Master of Arts degree in Forensic Psychology from George Washington University, with an emphasis in applied forensics. Additionally, she was a Research Assistant, in the Adversarial Modeling and Exploitation Office at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, where she was a project manager for several government funded research projects.
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Using Behavioral Threat Assessment Principles to Prevent Incidents of Mass Violence
Monday, October 16, 2023
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM PST