Victim Researcher Profile

BIO

Jennifer Griffith, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at the University of New Hampshire's Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics where she teaches undergraduate and MBA-level courses in organizational behavior and human resource management. ​Her interdisciplinary approach to research focuses on the role of social cognition (e.g., attributions, perceptions, and social identity) on dynamic and complex problem solving in the workplace. As an extension of this research, she serves as a Faculty Fellow at UNH's Prevention Innovations Research Center where she acts as a research partner & consultant on issues related to social cognition & workplace factors (e.g., culture, training) for the prediction and prevention of sexual harassment & assault in the workplace. Her research has been published in the Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Human Resource Management Review, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, and Computers in Human Behavior, among others. Outside of her current academic role, she has served in numerous positions guiding, conducting, and implementing research-driven interventions, including as a project manager on grants and contracts funded through the National Science Foundation and a US defense contractor; as a research consultant for two state-level governmental agencies; and as an affiliate research partner on organizational and leadership development projects in the energy and technology sectors.

VICTIMIZATION FOCUS

Campus Sexual Assault, Sexual Abuse or Violence (other than campus sexual assault), Vicarious Trauma, Workplace Violence

SPECIAL POPULATIONS

RESEARCH EXPERTISE

Descriptive studies, Program evaluation, Quantitative studies

VICTIM RESEARCH EXPERIENCE