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Kristen Law
Department: Ecological-Community Psychology

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My research interests include primary prevention of gendered violence, gender socialization, youth as social change agents, and systems level change. My master’s thesis is focused on elementary school students’ experiences of gendered violence, titled “Understanding the Experience of Sexual Harassment in the Elementary School Context.

Research and Consulting Experience
Research Assistant, PI: Dr. Pennie G. Foster-Fishman; Michigan State University.
Battle Creek Evaluation Project (2005 – present)
Gendered Bullying Project Coordinator, Michigan State University.
Dr. NiCole Buchanan’s Sexual Harassment Research Team (2005 – 2007)
Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of California at Santa Cruz.
Dr. Eileen Zurbriggen’s Sexuality Research Team (2003 – 2004)
Community involvement
  • Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, (2004 – 2006)
  • Mary Helen Guest Elementary School, (2005 – present)
Publications
Foster-Fishman, P., Mahaffey, M., McNall, M., Morales, M., & Law, K. (in review).
Stimulating resident action: Successes and challenges of a neighborhood mini-grant program.
Journal of Community Psychology.
Van Egeren, L. A., Huber, M. Q., Foster-Fishman, P., Pierce, S. J., Greenway, N., Archer, G., Law, K., Mahaffey, M., & Morales, M. (2006, March).
A Multilevel Sampling Strategy for Conducting Neighborhood Surveys in Small Cities.
Demonstration at the annual conference of the American Evaluation Association, Evaluation 2006.
Law, K. & Kelley, T (2005, October).
Mobilization and sustainability of a resident driven mini-grant program.
Roundtable discussion at the Midwestern Ecological-Community Psychology Conference.
Law, K. (2007, June).
Understanding the Experience of Sexual Harassment in the Elementary School Context.
Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Community Action and Research Biennial, Pasadena, CA.
Law, K. (2005, June).
Men and boys toolkit: Involving men and boys in violence prevention.
Roundtable discussion at the Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence Professional Development Institute.
Law, K. (2005, June).
Prevention education in Michigan.
Roundtable discussion at the Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence Professional Development Institute.
Technical Reports & Manuals
Law, K (2005).
Youth Sexual Violence Prevention Programs: What We Know and What We Are Doing.
Okemos, MI: Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence.
Current Research Project

I am currently working with Dr. Pennie Foster-Fishman evaluating the Yes we can! initiative, a large-scale community-building initiatives with multiple-strategy efforts intended to improve community conditions such as economic and educational inequities in geographically defined communities or neighborhoods.

I am also currently analyzing my thesis data in which I interviewed 22 fourth and fifth-grade students about their experiences with peer-to-peer gender harassment.