Amelia Kohm

Amelia Kohm is a Researcher at Chapin Hall. Her work concentrates on bullying, antisocial behavior, primary supports for children, residential education, and inter-organizational issues. Dr. Kohm has been the project director for several studies at residential schools including the first research on the impact of social dilemmas on bullying. Dr. Kohm also led a study on nonprofit mergers and other strategic collaborations. This work was featured in the book, Strategic Restructuring for Nonprofit Organizations: Mergers, Integrations, and Alliances. Her most recent work has focused on Elev8, a community schools initiative in Chicago. She has helped evaluate the implementation of Elev8, which expanded afterschool programs, classes and supports for adults, and healthcare services in five public middle schools. Prior to arriving at Chapin Hall, Dr. Kohm worked as a program officer at the Sears Roebuck Foundation and at the Illinois Humanities Council. She earned her B.A. from Haverford College, and holds an M.A. from the School of Social Services Administration at the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. from the University of Bath. Her dissertation centered on the inaction of bystanders in bullying situations and the dilemmas they face.