Carol Pierannunzi, Ph.D.
Director
A.L. Burruss Institute, Kennesaw State University

Carol Pierannunzi, Ph.D. (Kennesaw, GA) is the Director of the A.L. Burruss Institute of Public Service at Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia. The Burruss Institute has conducted a variety of research and educational projects related to teen driving. The projects include geographic information analysis of accidents, attitudinal and behavioral data collection and analysis, and self-assessments by teens. The Institute has worked with local law enforcement agencies to determine traffic locations at which teen accidents are most likely to occur and conducted evaluation studies for community coalition projects of the Governor ’s Office of Highway Safety. The Burruss Institute’s telephone survey lab has conducted surveys on attitudes toward policies of underage drinking; survey projects and analysis of seat belt usage and self-scored assessment of risk taking behaviors taken by teens enrolled in driver education programs.

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