Executive Director/Senior Police Researcher
American SEBP/RTI International
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Renée J. Mitchell is a Senior Research Scientist at RTI International, where she leads projects at the intersection of policing, data, and research. She brings more than two decades of experience as a practitioner and researcher, having served 22 years with the Sacramento Police Department, where she retired at the rank of sergeant. She is also the co-founder and interim executive director of the American Society of Evidence-Based Policing (ASEBP). Dr. Mitchell holds several degrees including a Ph.D. in Criminology from the University of Cambridge. She was a 2009–2010 Fulbright Police Research Fellow and has delivered two TEDx talks. She has taught and lectured internationally and designed ASEBP’s Applied Criminology and Data Management Course (ACDC), a four-week program pairing practitioners with researchers. She has published in leading journals, including Justice Quarterly and the Journal of Experimental Criminology. Her books include Evidence Based Policing: An Introduction; Implementing Evidence-Based Research; and Twenty-One Mental Models That Can Change Policing: A Framework for Using Data and Research to Overcome Cognitive Bias.
Saturday, October 18, 2025
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM MT