Rebeccah Sokol

Rebeccah Sokol, PhD, is a behavioral scientist and faculty member at the School of Social Work at the University of Michigan. Her work focuses on youth trauma exposure, with a primary emphasis on firearm violence prevention and public health approaches to reducing childhood adversity.

• University of Michigan, School of Social Work
• Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, Ann Arbor

Research Interests include quasi-experimental methods, data science applications, and developmental psychology to identify risk factors for firearm violence. She investigates firearm storage practices, teen access to firearms, and contextual influences on violence in schools and communities.

Selected Publications highlight her contributions to firearm injury prevention science, including harmonization of multi-institutional studies, community violence exposure, and intersections between social determinants of health and firearm policies. Her 2024 article in Prevention Science outlines infrastructure for cross-project analyses.