Victim Researcher Profile

BIO

Dr. Lindsay Orchowski completed her undergraduate degree at Dartmouth College majoring in Psychology with High Honors in Women's Studies. She next completed her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Ohio University, followed by a Clinical Internship at Brown University. Following a fellowship funded through the National Institutes of Health, she was appointed to the faculty at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University, where she is currently an Assistant Professor of Research, and the Deputy Title IX Director for the Medical School. As a licensed clinical psychologist she maintains a therapy practice at Rhode Island Hospital, serving primarily victims of trauma. She has published extensively on violence prevention programs, and is nationally recognized for her work developing violence prevention approaches for middle school, high school, college and military populations. Her research is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and the Department of Defense. She is an Associate Editor for Psychology of Women Quarterly, and her book entitled "Sexual Assault Risk Reduction and Resistance: Theory Research and Practice" will be published by Elsevier in 2017. She currently maintains an active researcher-practitioner partnership with the local rape crisis center, and welcomes opportunities to develop new partnerships to advance the research on violence prevention and response.

VICTIMIZATION FOCUS

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

SPECIAL POPULATIONS

Child victims, Victims with disabilities, Men and boys of color, Military personnel victims

RESEARCH EXPERTISE

Community-based participatory research, Data collection, Descriptive studies, Needs assessment, Program evaluation, Qualitative studies, Quantitative studies, Quasi-experimental studies, Randomized controlled trial, Training and/or technical assistance

VICTIM RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Community-based participatory research, Data collection, Descriptive studies, Needs assessment, Program evaluation, Qualitative studies, Quantitative studies, Quasi-experimental studies, Randomized controlled trial, Training and/or technical assistance