Dr. Karpiak is Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology at Eastern Michigan University. He is the founder and Director of Southeastern Michigan Criminal Justice Policy Research Project (SMART) and co-editor of the Cornell University Press monograph series Police/Worlds: studies in security, crime and governance.  He has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles & chapters as well as edited a special issue of the journal Theoretical Criminology and the volume The Anthropology of Police with Routledge press

Professor Argeros's research examines the correlates of patterns of racial and ethnic changes in neighborhood composition and class- and race-related changes in the level of location attainment and residential segregation between racial and ethnic groups. His work has been published in City and Community, Journal of Urban Affairs, and Sociology Compass. 

Sara Srygley is an alumni of Eastern Michigan University's Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology program. She holds a master’s degree in sociology, with a focus on applied research methodology. Sara began working with SMART on the AAPD police data research project as a graduate assistant and continued work as a contractor on the project after obtaining her degree in 2021. She spent her early career working in the child welfare system and later worked at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research in the Survey Research Center and at the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research. Sara now works at Population Reference Bureau as a research analyst. 

Mo Amer is a recent MA in Criminology from Eastern Michigan University in the Department of Sociology, Criminology and Anthropology. With SMART he has worked on community-based projects in the domain of criminal justice policy. He is now a part of an innovative treatment program that fosters hope and healing for children and families impacted by trauma.