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...
Recognizing Abuse in Fifty Shades of Grey
RCGV professor Amy Bonomi finds that college students do recognize abusive behaviors in Fifty Shades. Please read about her study here.
RCGV Members Collaborating on New $2.3 Million Domestic Violence and Housing TA Initiative
The Department of Justice, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have launched a federal Domestic Violence and Housing Technical Assistance Consortium to better address the critical housing needs...
Dr. Rebecca Campbell Received 2015 MCEDSV Wave of Change Award
The Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence has selected Dr. Rebecca Campbell to receive the 2015 MCEDSV Wave of Change Award. The Wave of Change Award honors domestic violence and sexual assault movement leaders who have demonstrated outstanding...
Gina Fedock on Sexual Abuse in Women’s Prisons
MI Public Radio interviewed Gina Fedock, assistant professor at the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago, about sexual abuse in women’s prisons. Fedock spoke about the nationwide problem of sexual abuse of inmates and the changes...
Treating Women’s Mental Health in Prison
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has launched a pilot program, Beyond Violence, in two women’s-only facilities to help the prisoners deal with past trauma. Beyond Violence provides the women with group therapy opportunities to address mental health...
Dr. April Zeoli Receives Joyce Foundation Grant
Dr. April Zeoli, associate professor in the School of Criminal Justice and RCGV member, has been awarded a Joyce Foundation grant to analyze the strength of legal firearm restrictions for perpetrators of domestic violence and their impact on intimate partner...
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,...
Congratulations to Dr. Rebecca Campbell on Receiving the Vision 21 Research Award!
The Department of Justice is recognizing Dr. Rebecca Campbell with the Vision 21 Research Award for improving the nation’s understanding of sexual assault and medical and criminal justice professionals’ response to victims. This award was presented during the National Crime...
Social Science Scholars Win First Prize at the University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum
Dr. April Zeoli has been mentoring Madeline MacLean and Andrew Martin, students in the Social Science Scholars program. Madeline, a freshman in Criminal Justice, and Andrew, a freshman in political science, presented their poster “Mass shootings in the media:...
