InterACTT
Keeping schools and organizations safe and
helping at-risk individuals access the care they need
InterACTT, a division of Looking Glass Consulting and Design, is a collaborative group of like-minded professionals working to make your everyday work easier and more efficient.
Our goal is to support your day-to-day work in counseling, disability services, student conduct, law enforcement, CARE and threat teams, and diversity, equity and inclusion.
Learn more at InterACTT.org
Meet The Team
Brian Van Brunt, EdD
Lead Instructor
Lead Consultant, Looking Glass Consulting and Design | President, InterACTT
Creative Director, D-Prep, Inc.
As an internationally recognized expert in behavioral intervention, threat assessment and mental illness, and instructional design, Brian (he/him/his) will bring you the information you need to better protect your school environment from harm. Author of over a dozen books, Brian has spent time as child and family therapist, university professor and a partner at a violence and sexual assault prevention law firm. He currently serves as the creative director for D-Prep, which trains K-12 schools, colleges, universities, law enforcement, and workplace on issues related to threat assessment, crisis preparedness, crisis response, emergency operations, behavioral intervention, mental health, diversity, equity and inclusion.
Amy Murphy, PhD
Guest Instructor
Assistant Professor of Student Development and Higher Education Leadership. Angelo State University
Advisory Team, InterACTT
In addition to her role as an assistant professor, Dr. Amy Murphy serves as the program coordinator for the M.Ed. in student development and leadership in higher education as well as the graduate certificate in academic advising, both fully online programs. Amy has been in the role of full-time, tenure-track faculty member at Angelo State since 2016. Amy has more than 20 years of experience in higher education and student affairs. She is formerly the dean of students and managing director of the Center for Campus Life at Texas Tech University. Her experiences include chair of the school’s behavioral intervention team, oversight of prevention and response activities for gender-based violence and discrimination as the deputy Title IX coordinator for students, as well as administrative involvement in student conduct, disability services, counseling, and enrollment management.
Lisa Pescara-Kovach, PhD
Guest Instructor
Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Toledo
Advisory Team, InterACTT
Dr. Lisa Pescara-Kovach is a professor of educational psychology at the University of Toledo where she also serves as the Director of the Center for Education in Mass Violence and Suicide and Chair of the Mass Violence Collaborative. Lisa has her B.A. in Psychology, M.A. in Experimental Psychology, and a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology with a minor in Child Clinical Psychology. Dr. Pescara-Kovach’s international and national level peer-reviewed and invited presentations include, but are not limited to, the topics of suicides and homicides related to bullying victimization, behavioral threat assessment, and school, campus, and workplace shootings.