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This fall a great many MSU faculty, students, staff, alumni and community members were horrified to hear that George Will was one of the commencement speakers. After his factually inaccurate and offensive comments about sexual assault on campus —...
RCGV was honored to host the One Love Foundation to discuss ways we can work together with our other MSU partners to prevent relationship violence. One part of that effort involves pilot testing a new educational video geared specifically...
RCGV member Cris Sullivan was honored to receive the Purple Ribbon Award on October 15th from MSU Safe Place for her “tireless work on behalf of survivors and with gratitude for your extraordinary support as an advocate and champion...
A 1-year post-doctoral fellowship is available as a Research Associate on a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded study led by MSU College of Social Science faculty members Sheryl Kubiak, Rebecca Campbell and Deborah Bybee, as well as Law College...
As noted in this USA Today article http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/17/prosecutors-form-new-coalition-to-combat-gun-violence/15771767/: As concerns mount over shootings and mass killings, prosecutors from 23 jurisdictions have formed a coalition to combat gun violence by sharing information on programs that work and copying effective state...
RCGV member Amy Bonomi eloquently reminds us that we must remember the effect of domestic violence on the children witnessing it. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amy-e-bonomi/lets-not-forget-the-other-victim_b_5822500.html
RCGV member Amy Bonomi outlines the promise and limitations of the NFL’s new DV policies: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amy-e-bonomi/nfl-on-track-with-domestic-violence-but-must-follow-through_b_5641660.html. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amy-e-bonomi/why-did-she-stay-a-better-question-why-did-the-nfl-stay_b_5791562.html
Congratulations to Emily Nichols, graduate student in Human Development and Family Studies, who has been accepted into Futures Without Violence’s National Campus Leadership Program. Emily was chosen to be one of twelve campus leaders from around the country, organizing...
RCGV Professors Sheryl Kubiak (Social Work), Deb Bybee (Psychology), Rebecca Campbell (Psychology) and Hannah Brenner (College of Law) recently received a 2-year grant from the National Science Foundation to use an ecological framework to examine reporting of sexual abuse...
Professor Angie Kennedy has been appointed by Governor Rick Snyder to Michigan’s Task Force on the Prevention of the Sexual Abuse of Children. The task force was established in accordance with “Erin’s Law,” which protects against the sexual abuse...
To address the underreporting and underprosecution of adult sexual assaults, communities throughout the United States have implemented multidisciplinary interventions to improve postassault care for victims and the criminal justice system response. One such model is the Sexual Assault Nurse...
Beyond Violence (BV) is a new trauma-informed prevention program for women with assaultive offenses. This study tested the efficacy of BV using a randomized control trial. Eligible women were randomly assigned to treatment as usual (TAU) or the experimental...
Much of the research on parenting in the context of IPV has focused on whether and how IPV victimization may negatively shape maternal parenting, and how parenting may in turn negatively influence child behavior, resulting in a deficit model...
Ecological-community Psychology doctoral student Nkiru Nnawulezi was selected to attend the ‘Building Future Faculty Program’ at North Carolina State University (http://oied.ncsu.edu/faculty/building-future-faculty-program/. Advanced doctoral students and post doctorates who are interested in pursuing a career as an academic and would...
Women convicted of violent offenses represent a small but important subpopulation of adults involved in the criminal justice system. The limited treatment and rehabilitation programs that are available for these women are usually developed for male offenders and do...
Although men comprise the largest segment of the jail population, women are entering jails at increasingly higher rates than men. Previous research has found that incarceration is associated with multiple factors, including homelessness, substance use disorders, and mental illness;...
As empirical evidence has demonstrated the pervasiveness of sexual assault and intimate partner violence in the lives of women, and the links to poor mental health outcomes, attention has turned to examining how women seek and access formal help....
Dr. April Zeoli is now a member of The Ingham County Court Watch Advisory Council. The Ingham County Court Watch’s mission is to promote perpetrator accountability for domestic and sexual assault cases, victim safety and respect, a more effective...
This study sought to extend our understanding of the mechanisms by which intimate partner violence (IPV) harms women economically. We examined the mediating role of job instability on the IPV–economic well-being relationship among 503 welfare recipients. IPV had significant...
On Thursday, April 3, 2014 Dr. Nata Duvvury from the National University of Ireland, Galway will present a colloquium in room 115 International Center: Violence against women is universally recognized as a fundamental rights violation regardless of the cultural...
Research suggests that individuals on probation and parole typically reside in impoverished neighborhoods affected by multiple forms of socioeconomic disadvantage. These neighborhoods are often extremely segregated, resulting in the concentration of deleterious effects, including crime, on communities of color,...
Dr. Cobbina will receive this prestigious award at the College’s undergraduate spring commencement. Congratulations!
Ecological-community Psychology doctoral candidate Nkiru Nnawulezi was selected to attend (and received partial funding for) the Critical Participatory Action Research Summer Institute (http://publicscienceproject.org/summer_insti_2013/). It is hosted by the CUNY Graduate Center, and is a unique training opportunity for scholars...
April Zeoli will be speaking at the annual spring symposium sponsored by the Journal of Law in Society and the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights at Wayne State University Law School. The symposium, “Forgotten from the start:...
Continued abuse against themselves and their children is a concern for many mothers leaving intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrating husbands. RCGV members April Zeoli (Criminal Justice) Echo Rivera and Cris Sullivan (Community Psychology) and Sheryl Kubiak (Social Work) examined ...
Racial microaggressions are often unintentional and subtle forms of racism that manifest in interpersonal communications, behaviors, and environments. Nkiru Nnawulezi’s master’s thesis explored the presence of racial microaggressions within domestic violence shelters to understand how they were experienced and...
On Friday March 21, Elvira Sanchez-Blake of the Department of Romance and Classical Languages will be speaking on “ColombianWomen: War, Peace and Hope.” This talk is part of MSU’s GenCen’s colloquium series “New Research on Women and Gender: Global...
On Friday April 18, Jakana Thomas of the Department of Political Science will be speaking on “Women Scorned: The Determinant of Women’s Participation in Armed Conflicts.” This talk is part of MSU’s GenCen’s colloquium series “New Research on Women...
Professor Rebecca Campbell received MSU’s William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award (formerly the Distinguished Faculty Award) February 11, 2014. These highly competitive awards recognize outstanding total service to the University. Well-deserved!!
Women are up to 83% more likely to be re-abused by male partners who use a weapon during the initial abuse incident, according to a new study that has implications for victims, counselors and police. RCGV member Professor Amy...
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