Victim Researcher Profile

BIO

Christine Lindquist, PhD, is a program director in the Division for Applied Justice Research at RTI International. Dr. Lindquist has a PhD in Medical Sociology, and her research interests and areas of expertise include sexual misconduct and associated climate in institutions of higher education, workplace sexual harassment, and the victimization-offending overlap. Dr. Lindquist has played key roles on several federally-funded surveys related to sexual misconduct in academia. She co-authored a qualitative study of the impact of sexual harassment on the career trajectories of women faculty in science, engineering, and medicine funded by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. She also served as Associate Project Director on the Campus Climate Survey Validation Study (CCSVS), which was funded by the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) and the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and involved surveying 23,000 students across 9 universities to prevalence estimates of sexual harassment and sexual assault experienced by students, along with the associated climate. Dr. Lindquist was also co-Principal Investigator on the National Institute of Justice-funded Campus Sexual Assault (CSA) Study and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) CSA Study, a Senior Climate Survey Expert on the OVW-funded Campus Grantee Training and Technical Assistance project, and leads faculty and student climate surveys for various institutions of higher education. She has also designed studies assessing the victimization experiences of incarcerated populations and coauthored a comprehensive review of victimization among LGBTQ communities.

VICTIMIZATION FOCUS

Campus Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence, Sexual Abuse or Violence (other than campus sexual assault), Workplace Violence

SPECIAL POPULATIONS

Formerly incarcerated victims, LGBTQ victims

RESEARCH EXPERTISE

Data collection, Descriptive studies, Program evaluation, Qualitative studies, Quantitative studies, Quasi-experimental studies, Randomized controlled trial, Training and/or technical assistance

VICTIM RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Data collection, Descriptive studies, Needs assessment, Program evaluation, Qualitative studies, Quantitative studies, Quasi-experimental studies