Project Faculty & Staff
Mary Anderson
Mary Anderson is a specialist with the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. She came to the school in January of 2003 and is serving as the Michigan Victim Assistance Coordinator and the Safe School Program Coordinator. Prior to joining MSU, Mary served as the Special Projects Coordinator to Lt. Governor Connie Binsfeld for over five years. During her tenure with the office, she assisted with the initiation and organization of the Lt. Governor's projects including the National Conference of Lt. Governors, the Lt. Governor's Children's Commission, the Lt. Governor's Special Commission on Adoption, Michigan's International Year of the Family and Caring Arms. Mary also worked in the Office of Children's Ombudsman. There she served as a member of a multi-disciplinary team that developed individual plans to investigate complaints brought to the office while assuring the safety of the child. The team would review the most egregious cases of child abuse and based upon their findings, make recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature on how to improve the child welfare. In addition, she monitored and assisted agencies that are responsible for a child's safety/welfare to ensure compliance with state laws, rules and policies. Mary also served as the District Director to Senator William Van Regenmorter for over four years. There she obtained organized and analyzed data and authored correspondence, reports, memos in areas that included the budget, department policies, and legislation. Mary was also responsible for meeting with constituents, lobbyists, state employees and advocates regarding issues of interest and would represent the Senator at state and local meetings. Mary holds a B.A. in Education from Hope College and an MPA from Western Michigan University.
Merry Morash Ph.D.
Merry Morash, University of Maryland, Criminal Justice and Criminology, is the former director of the Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice and a current professor of that School. She has extensive knowledge of the operation of the criminal justice system and its impact on victims of crime. She is familiar with official data sources and the extent and nature of victimization, both nationally and in Michigan. Recent research and writing has focused on the causes of domestic violence and the design of appropriate services for immigrants to the U.S and resident Asian-American groups.
Lore A. Rogers, J.D.
Lore A. Rogers is a 1983 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School. She worked as a civil trial attorney for 13 years before becoming the Legal Advocacy Director at Domestic Violence Project, Inc./SAFE House in Washtenaw County, Michigan, where she worked from September 1996 through December 2003. In that capacity, she worked directly with survivors of domestic violence and supervised a staff of 10 Legal Advocates who advocated for domestic violence survivors through the civil and criminal justice systems.
Ms. Rogers has an extensive background in training and education on issues of domestic violence, as well as in other areas. She is a certified instructor on domestic violence dynamics for the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards. Ms. Rogers has served as faculty at state and national conferences on domestic violence. She is an adjunct professor at Michigan State University-Detroit College of Law, teaching a course on domestic violence law.
Ms. Rogers currently serves on the Michigan Domestic Violence Prevention and Treatment Board, works part-time as a probation compliance officer for the District Courts in Washtenaw County, and runs her own independent sales and consulting business.
Mary Temple
Mary received her undergraduate degree from Western Michigan University and her masters in instructional design from Michigan State University. Mary worked her way through college and has real world experience in a variety of jobs from restaurant server to heavy equipment operator. After graduation Mary developed career training and placement programs for unemployed individuals. Subsequently, she developed a consulting and training practice that provided similar services to state and local agencies.
Mary is now a principal in BTS Training and Consulting, LLC. BTS focuses on helping companies get the results they need through the performance of their people. In addition to twenty years of experience in training development in the automotive industry, Mary has developed and delivered training for the National Auto Dealers Association, Michigan State University Department of Criminal Justice, The State of Michigan Prosecuting Attorney’s Association, The Neighborhood Association of Michigan, The City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Delta College, and others.