Victim Researcher Profile

BIO

My research focuses on cumulative victimization (community, family, sexual, and intimate partner violence) among adolescents and young adults. I am particularly focused on victimization experiences among marginalized groups, such as pregnant and parenting adolescent women, and young people who are homeless. My work examines how these experiences with victimization shape school and mental health outcomes; I use both quantitative and qualitative approaches. My prior professional experience includes working as an outreach health educator, program director, and policy advocate at an adolescent advocacy organization. I have collaborated with the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, and consulted with various organizations providing services to youth who are homeless, or unaccompanied immigrants.

VICTIMIZATION FOCUS

Campus Sexual Assault, Child Abuse and Sexual Abuse, Dating Violence (Teen), Domestic and Family Violence, Sexual Abuse or Violence (other than campus sexual assault), Violence

SPECIAL POPULATIONS

Child victims, Urban high crime neighborhood victims, pregnant and parenting youth; homeless youth

RESEARCH EXPERTISE

Data collection, Descriptive studies, Needs assessment, Qualitative studies, Quantitative studies

VICTIM RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Descriptive studies, Program evaluation, Qualitative studies, Quantitative studies