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Cluster Lead:

Associate Professor of Social Work Bethany.Backes@ucf.edu

ÐÔÊӽ紫ý’s Violence Against Women Cluster researchers work across the disciplines of education, social work, criminal justice, sociology, and medicine to create knowledge to guide policymaking designed to reduce the experience and impact of violence toward women.

About 33 million women will experience violence in their lifetimes. In addition to physical, sexual, and emotional injury and even death, the economic costs of violence against women in lost work productivity and healthcare services are as high as $12.6 billion in the United States.

Effectively impacting this social issue can save countless lives and billions of dollars.

To better understand the complexity of violence against women and create innovative responses that transcend any one discipline, the cluster studies it from an interdisciplinary approach that merges health, social welfare and social justice perspectives.

In The News


Colleges & Campus
ÐÔÊӽ紫ý Research to Help Inform Statewide Efforts to Stop Domestic Violence and Improve Care for Survivors
Interdisciplinary researchers from ÐÔÊӽ紫ý’s Violence Against Women faculty cluster are evaluating the state’s domestic violence resources to help make a safer ÐÔÊӽ紫ý.
Research
New ÐÔÊӽ紫ý Project Works to Help Keep Victims of Intimate Partner Violence Safe
The goal is to create a screening tool that can be used by student health services and beyond, including in college athletic training settings or…
Community
ÐÔÊӽ紫ý Professor’s Research Helps Inform Policy, Laws Surrounding Intimate Partner Cyber Abuse
Erica Fissel, assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice, shares her passion for helping women affected by cyber abuse in honor of Women’s History…

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Violence Against Women (VAW) Research

Projects


Publications

  • , , Anna Wasim, Ph.D., Matthew Stephenson, Ph.D., Leila Wood, Ph.D., Victims & Offenders 18(6), 1148-1165: Jul, 2022
  • , , Morgan E. PettyJohn, Ph.D., Elizabeth Baumler, Ph.D., Barbie Brashear, Ph.D., Jeff R. Temple, Ph.D., Leila Wood, Ph.D., Journal of Family Violence 1-13: Oct, 2023
  • , , Lisa Growette Bostaph, Ph.D., Bonnie S. Fisher, Ph.D., Arelys Madero Hernandez, Ph.D., Shameika Daye, Ph.D., Journal of Criminal Justice Education: Oct, 2022
  • , , Arelys Madero Hernandez, Ph.D., Lisa Growette Bostaph, Ph.D., Bonnie S. Fisher, Ph.D., Journal of Criminal Justice Education 32(3), 302-322: Aug, 2021
  • , , Bonnie S. Fisher, Ph.D., Pamela Wilcox, Ph.D., Criminal Justice and Behavior 50(9), 1380-1404: Jun, 2023
  • , , Michele Jean-Gilles, Ph.D., Rhonda Rosenberg, Ph.D., Robert L. Cook, Ph.D., Amanda Ichite, Ph.D., Pilar Martin, Ph.D., Jessy G. Dévieux, Ph.D., Journal of Interpersonal Violence: Mar, 2021
  • , , Kathryn J. Spearman, Ph.D., Jennifer L. Ross, Ph.D., Emily Blackburn, Ph.D., Jill T. Messing, Ph.D., Jacquelyn C. Campbell, Ph.D., Millan A. AbiNader, Ph.D., Kevin J. Grimm, Ph.D., Homicide Studies 27(4), 472-492: Jul, 2023
  • , , Sandra R. Levitsky, Ph.D., Elizabeth A. Armstrong, Ph.D., Kamaria B. Porter, Ph.D., Violence Against Women 0(0): Aug, 2023
  • , , Leah C. Butler, Ph.D., Brian Gildea, Ph.D., Bonnie S. Fisher, Ph.D., Victims & Offenders 18(1), 77-100: Jan, 2023
  • , , Jennifer Attonito, Ph.D., Shelley Fontal, Ph.D., American Journal of Public Health 111(3), 359-362: Mar, 2021
  • , , Roselyn Peterson, Ph.D., Robert D. Dvorak, Ph.D., Melissa A. Lewis, Ph.D., Journal of Affective Disorders 283, 363-372: Mar, 2021
  • , , Jennifer Attonito, Ph.D., Michele Jean-Gilles, Ph.D., Rhonda Rosenberg, Ph.D., Mariana Sanchez, Ph.D., & Jessy Devieux, Ph.D., Journal of Child Sexual Abuse 29(7), 788-801: Oct, 2021
  • , , , Lakaysia Smith, Assad Khan, Trauma, Violence, & Abuse 0(0): May, 2023
  • , , Kyle T. Ganson, Ph.D., Shelleta Ladonice, Ph.D., Iris Cardenas, Ph.D., Journal of Interpersonal Violence 38(7-8), 6017-6037: Oct, 2022
  • “Evaluating the Impact of Policy and Programming on Female-Victim Intimate Partner Homicide at the County Level in ÐÔÊӽ紫ý”, , Julio Montanez, Ph.D., Amy Donley, Ph.D., Violence Against Women 29(2), 253-275: May, 2022
  • , , Kayla Toohy, Ph.D., Ciara Peebles, Ph.D., Jason Ford, Ph.D., Violence Against Women 29(11), 2147-2169: Sep, 2021
  • , , Danielle Chiaramonte, Ph.D., David Angus Clark, Ph.D., Howard Tennen, Ph.D., Tami P Sullivan, Ph.D., Prevention Science 24(7):1327-1339: May, 2023
  • , , Tami P Sullivan, Ph.D., Violence and Victims 34(3), 508-521: Jun, 2021
  • , , Tiffany L. Marcantonio, Ph.D., Karen E. Nielsen, Ph.D., Michelle Haikalis, Ph.D., Ruschelle M. Leone, Ph.D., Elizabeth C. Neilson, Ph.D., Anne Marie Schipani-McLaughlin, Ph.D., The Journal of Sex Research 1-12: Sep, 2023

Violence Against Women (VAW) Degree Programs

ÐÔÊӽ紫ý offers multiple degree programs for students interested in courses related to preventing violence against women. For more programs, search ÐÔÊӽ紫ý programs below.

Violence Against Women (VAW) Faculty

Violence Against Women (VAW) Post Doctoral Researchers and Students