Victim Researcher Profile

BIO

I am an Associate Professor in the Division of Social Work at University of Wyoming, Laramie. My research interests include violence against minority women including immigrant South Asian women (i.e., from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and Maldives), refugees and other immigrant populations, human trafficking, international social work, usage of social network sites and mental health of college students, social and public policy, and social justice. My overall vision is to invest time in collaboration and development of best practices with women and victimization, facilitate multidisciplinary research in the field of violence and victimization against minority women (including immigrant South Asian women) and train social work researchers in related areas.

VICTIMIZATION FOCUS

Child Trafficking and Exploitation, Domestic and Family Violence, Sexual Abuse or Violence (other than campus sexual assault), Trafficking in Persons, Violence against minority immigrant women in the U.S and other South Asian diaspora in the world

SPECIAL POPULATIONS

Immigrants and refugees, Human trafficking victims

RESEARCH EXPERTISE

Data collection, Descriptive studies, Qualitative studies, Quantitative studies, Survey research

VICTIM RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

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