Victim Researcher Profile

BIO

One research focus is on risk factors for wife abuse among Vietnamese Americans, other groups of South Asians in the US, and Central American origin individuals in the US. It also has considered the effects of advocacy program interventions into the lives of abused women. A current project, with Dr. Soma Chaudhuri at Michigan State University, examines the practices and effects of different kinds of NGOs in India; these NGOs seek to address wife abuse in very different ways, with one intervening as needed with women they recruit into unions, and the other addressing cultural beliefs that support violence against women. Another research focus is on interrelated trauma and court response to it among girls in the justice system, and the effect of alternative court responses. Also related to juveniles, I have participated in research on the causes of bullying in schools. Other research is on the effect of prior victimization on women offenders' use of violence. A final focus on victimization is on the victimization of teachers by both students and by the parents of those students.

VICTIMIZATION FOCUS

Bullying, Child Abuse and Sexual Abuse, Domestic and Family Violence, Sexual Abuse or Violence (other than campus sexual assault)

SPECIAL POPULATIONS

Formerly incarcerated victims, Limited English proficiency victims, Immigrants and refugees

RESEARCH EXPERTISE

Data collection, Descriptive studies, Qualitative studies, Quantitative studies, theory testing research to explain victimization

VICTIM RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Data collection, Descriptive studies, Qualitative studies, Quantitative studies