Victim Researcher Profile

BIO

Elyssa Schroeder is currently a doctoral student at the University of Georgia School of Social Work researching gender-based violence and complex trauma. She previously worked at the Texas Council on Family Violence supporting over 100 domestic violence programs and allied professionals throughout the state. Elyssa has showed her professional commitment to domestic violence and human trafficking survivors by developing a health & wellness program for women living in India, serving in a domestic violence agency in South Texas, and working with local law enforcement and court officials to create a Victim Services Department in rural Texas.

VICTIMIZATION FOCUS

Child Trafficking and Exploitation, Dating Violence (Teen), Domestic and Family Violence, Sexual Abuse or Violence (other than campus sexual assault), Trafficking in Persons, Vicarious Trauma

SPECIAL POPULATIONS

Child victims, Victims with disabilities, Rural victims

RESEARCH EXPERTISE

Community-based participatory research, Data collection, Needs assessment, Program evaluation, Training and/or technical assistance

VICTIM RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Community-based participatory research, Data collection, Needs assessment, Program evaluation, Qualitative studies, Quantitative studies, Training and/or technical assistance