Victim Researcher Profile

BIO

Patricia K. Kerig received her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of California at Berkeley with a specialization in children and families. She currently is a Professor and the Director of Clinical Training in the Department of Psychology at the University of Utah. She is an author of over a hundred books, chapters, scientific papers, and guest-edited special issues devoted to understanding the factors that predict risk, recovery, and resilience among children and families coping with adversity and traumatic stress. She has been the recipient of numerous research grants, including most recently a 4-year grant from the National Institute of Justice to support a longitudinal study of the emotional, cognitive, interpersonal, and psychophysiological mechanisms underlying the link between childhood trauma exposure and adolescent involvement in the juvenile justice system. She recently was named the Editor-Elect of the Journal of Traumatic Stress and has been a member of the editorial boards of several other scientific journals. She also has been an active contributor to efforts on the front lines to create a trauma-informed justice system and to remediate the effects of traumatic stress exposure on youth and families, including the National Child Traumatic Stress Network’s Juvenile Justice Consortium and the Center for Trauma Recovery and Juvenile Justice.

VICTIMIZATION FOCUS

Bullying, Child Abuse and Sexual Abuse, Dating Violence (Teen), Domestic and Family Violence, Hate and Bias Crimes, Physical Assault (other than domestic violence or elder abuse), Sexual Abuse or Violence (other than campus sexual assault), Vicarious Trauma

SPECIAL POPULATIONS

Child victims, Formerly incarcerated victims, LGBTQ victims, Male victims generally

RESEARCH EXPERTISE

Data collection, Program evaluation, Quasi-experimental studies, Training and/or technical assistance

VICTIM RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Data collection, Descriptive studies, Needs assessment, Program evaluation, Qualitative studies, Quantitative studies, Randomized controlled trial, Training and/or technical assistance