RCGV members presented at Let’s End Campus Sexual Assault Summit
We are very proud of our members, Dr. Heather McCauley and Dr. Carrie Moylan for their recent presentation at the statewide Let’s End Campus Sexual Assault Summit.
Congratulations to our members Kristen Prock and Drs. Angie Kennedy, Heather McCauley, Deborah Bybee on their recent publication in Psychology of Women Quarterly
Congratulations to our members Kristen Prock and Drs. Angie Kennedy, Heather McCauley, Deborah Bybee on their recent publication in Psychology of Women Quarterly entitled “Young Women’s Intimate Partner Violence Victimization Patterns Across Multiple Relationships.” Their work explored patterns of intimate partner violence within...
Human Rights Approach to Sexual Misconduct in Higher Education
Dr. Amy Bonomi, RCGV faculty and Chair of Human Development and Family Studies, recently published an article in the Journal of Family Violence in which she argued for a human rights approach to understanding and addressing sexual misconduct on college...
MSU Sexual Assault Program Crisis Chat
In August, the MSU Sexual Assault Program launched an online crisis chat available for survivors of sexual assault. The crisis chat provides survivors with resources and support. The crisis chat is staffed by Sexual Assault Crisis Intervention volunteers who...
MSU Police: New Initiative to Focus on Relationship Violence and Sexual Assault Support Services
Lt. Andrea Munford has recently begun to develop a program on police investigations in relationship violence and sexual assault on a survivor-centered and trauma-informed basis. As the Trauma-Informed Investigative Training Coordinator, Lt. Munford will develop a comprehensive training curriculum, develop...
The Sexual Assault Program Canine Advocacy Program
A dog named Justice joined the MSU Sexual Assault Program in April. Justice has previously trained as a Leader Dog for the blind. Justice is in training to be a canine advocate work at the Sexual Assault Program. She...
RCGV’s First Paper Award Winner!
Congratulations to Emma Repp as the award winner for the RCGV’s 2018 Best Undergraduate Paper on Gender-based Violence for her paper “Ni Uno Menos: The Fight to End Femicide in Latin America.” Emma’s paper highlighted the the Ni Uno Menos movement that has...
Transcriber’s Summary of Trustee Mosallam Town Hall
On Thursday, February 1, 2018, MSU Board of Trustees member Brian Mosallam hosted a Town Hall open to the University. This was the first event of its kind as the public began to cope with the unfolding of the...
Congratulations to Dr. Carrie Moylan and McKenzie Javorka on their publication!
Congratulation to our member Dr. Carrie Moylan and student McKenzie Javorka on their recent publication, “Widening the Lens: An Ecological Review of Campus Sexual Assault.” Their work used an ecological approach to identify and synthesize research related to campus-level sexual violence. The...
Anti-Sexual Violence Statement–Violence Against Women and Children Special Interest Group of the Society for Social Work and Research
Please see below for the Anti-Sexual Violence Statement, written by the co-chairs of the Violence Against Women and Children Special Interest Group of the Society for Social Work and Research (Shanti Kulkarni, Associate Professor at the University of North...
Power through Partnerships – a CBPR toolkit
RCGV is excited and proud to be a part of this important project! Learn more about community-based participatory research through this innovative toolkit. Congratulations to RCGV Director, Dr. Cris Sullivan, and the many authors of the #CBPRtoolkit!
Updated: Dr. April Zeoli on the link between domestic violence and mass shootings
RCGV faculty and Criminal Justice professor April Zeoli has been featured in several articles and media appearances about the link between domestic violence and mass shootings. You can hear Dr. Zeoli on NPR’s On Point here, or read about...
Dr. Heather McCauley on healthy relationships among LGBT patients
RCGV faculty member, Dr. Heather McCauley, has published a chapter on clinical interventions to promote conversations about healthy relationships among LGBT patients in the new, groundbreaking book Trauma, Resilience and Health Promotion in LGBT Patients. Her co-author is Dr....
Amy Bonomi’s New Study Examines Sexual Violence Against College Women with Disabilities
RCGV Professor Amy Bonomi‘s recent study has found that sexual violence and intimate partner violence can worsen mental health outcomes for women with disabilities. Read more in this story by MSU Today.
Dr. Heather McCauley on Reproductive Coercion
RCGV faculty Dr. Heather McCauley recently published a paper on the important topic of reproductive coercion. Her study gives clinicians guidance about how to watch for reproductive coercion, and how to best approach these topics with patients. Read more...
RCGV Faculty and Students Doing Amazing Work!
Our wonderful RCGV faculty and students have been up to lots of exciting things! Dr. Sheryl Kubiak and doctoral student Cristy Cummings will be presenting at the Batterer Intervention Services Coalition of Michigan (BISC-MI) conference in Dearborn, MI on...
Congratulations to RCGV Faculty, Dr. Nawyn!
Please join us in extending a warm congratulations to Professor Stephanie Nawyn on her new appointment as MSU’s Center for Gender in Global Context (GenCen)’s Co-Director of Academic Programs, Outreach, and Engagement! Dr. Nawyn is an associate professor in Sociology,...
Dr. Cris Sullivan to Speak at Ireland Domestic Violence Conference
Our very own Dr. Cris Sullivan will be speaking at The State We Are In 2016 – Towards a Safe Ireland for Women and Children. You can find more information about the conference and the sponsoring organization here.
Dr. April Zeoli Urges Lawmakers to Fund Gun Violence Research
On January 21st, Dr. Zeoli joined a group of Democratic Senators and national researchers in a press conference calling for immediate funding of Gun Violence Research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The dedication of Dr. Zeoli...
Congratulations, Dr. Gina Fedock
Gina Fedock, doctoral student in Social Work and a member of the RCGV, successfully defended her dissertation entitled “Women coping with life: A mixed methods study of incarcerated women with life sentences” on May 22nd. Congratulations Dr. Fedock!
RCGV Honored to Host Dr. Elizabeth Aguilar from Monterrey, Mexico — Disseminating CAP to Latin America
RCGV members Rubén Parra-Cardona, Cris Sullivan, Gaby López Zerón, and Rocio Escobar-Chew were honored to host Dr. Elizabeth Aguilar May 14th to discuss disseminating the Community Advocacy Project to Latin America. Dr. Aguilar is the Director of Centro de...
Congratulations, Dr. Nkiru Nnawulezi~
Congratulations to RCGV member Nkiru Nnawulezi, who on May 8th successfully defended her dissertation study entitled “Linking Organizational Context to Survivor Empowerment: A Mixed Methods Study.” Her dissertation tested a conceptual model linking program theory, organizational culture, organizational structure,...
RCGV Provides Alternative Celebration for Grads
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 Joins One Love Foundation to Pilot Educational Tool on Relationship Violence
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...
Dr. Cris Sullivan Receives the Purple Ribbon Award
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...
Post Doc Position Open: ‘Using an Ecological Framework to Examine Reporting of Abuse during Incarceration’
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...
Dr. April Zeoli presents on “The Nexus Between Domestic Violence and Guns”
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...
Let’s Not Forget the Children Witnessing Abuse Against Their Mothers
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
NFL Must Follow Through on New Domestic Violence Policy
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
RCGV Graduate Student Emily Nichols Accepted into Futures Without Violence’s Campus Leadership Program
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...
