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Biography:
Kent McIntosh is an academic expert in school violence prevention, bullying, school discipline, and racial disparities in school discipline. Kent brings expertise in supporting educators in making school environments safer, positive, predictable, connected, and effective. He is co-director of the Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), which provides free resources and on-site support for assisting school, district, and state teams in preventing and responding to crisis events, including school shootings. The center supports over 25,000 schools across the US.
Recent Media:
- ‘It’s gonna be a hard drop off’: Bend prepares to return to school after Silver Rail shooting (Oregon Public Broadcasting, Oct. 19, 2026)
- How parents can talk with their children about the Bend school shooting (Oregon Public Broadcasting, Oct. 17, 2026)
- University of Oregon professor helps schools foster supportive learning environments (Oregon Public Broadcasting, Nov. 27, 2023)
- We analyzed over 3.5 million written teacher comments about students and found racial bias (The Conversation, Nov. 3, 2023)
- University of Oregon receives 21 million dollar grant to help make schools more welcoming (KEZI, Nov. 2, 2023)
- Behavior vs. books: US students are rowdier than ever post-COVID. How’s a teacher to teach? (USA Today, June 12, 2023)
- AG: Vancouver district discipline rates higher for students of color, those with disabilities (The Columbian, Oct. 23, 2019)
- Education professor becomes the UO's latest Knight Chair (OregonNews, April 3, 2019)
- Unequal penalties (Eugene Weekly, March 7, 2019)
- College of Education lands UO's largest-ever research grant (OregonNews, Oct. 24, 2018)
- Racial disparities in school discipline and law enforcement persist in Lincoln despite efforts to narrow gap (Lincoln Journal Star, May 20, 2018)
- Keaton Jones bullying case highlights problem in Tennessee schools (Knoxville News Sentinel)
- Black & white: racial disparities in school discipline (Peoria Public Radio, Aug. 24, 2015)