In this Observatory Episode, Dr. Sanjay Nanwani interviews Dr. Phillip M. Brown, PhD. Philip M. Brown, PhD serves as President of the International Center for Assault Prevention. He is a Senior Consultant for the National School Climate Center and a Fellow, Center for Applied Psychology at Rutgers University, where he created and directed the Center for Social and Character Development, conducting research for the U.S. Department of Education on social emotional and character development programs. He is the author of numerous government publications, articles, and two books, the two volume, Handbook of Prosocial Education (2012) and School Discipline: A Prosocial Perspective (2016), both of which he co-authored and edited. Here is our conversation with him on a range of issues relating to improving school climate and how to build safe, supportive and engaging schools."