Center for Trauma Recovery -
Faculty Affiliates
Robert Calsyn: (Psychology) Dr. Calsyn conducts research on victims of homelessness and studies the associated crises with homelessness. For example, the homeless, and particularly female homeless are particularly vulnerable to criminal victimization. Dr. Calsyn's research has been funded by a number of agencies including NIMH.
Michael Griffin: (Psychology) Dr. Griffin has research interests in the general area of the psychobiology of traumatic stress responses and the physiological assessment of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Joan Hashimi: (Social Work)
Ruth Jenkins: (Nursing) Dr Jenkins' research deals with children and families at risk.
Sharon Johnson: (Social Work)
David Klinger: (Criminology)
Roberta Lee: (Nursing) Dr. Lee's research interests include the epidemiology of injuries, especially those that are related to violence. Her research includes studies of firearm injuries (homicide, assault, suicide and other circumstances, adolescent suicide attempt, and randomized clinical trials of Multisystemic Therapy for youth violence prevention.
George McCall: (Sociology) Dr. McCall has research interests on the topics of prevention of rape trauma, cross-cultural assessment of PTSD, cross-cultural research on interpersonal disputing, cross-cultural research on violence against women, the effects of chronic traumatic violence on children in South Africa, and protecting children from crime.
Jody Miller: (Criminology)
Lois Pierce: (Social Work) Dr. Pierce is interested in research and practice in the area of child abuse and especially child sexual abuse. She is also interested in how children are affected by community violence and is conducting research in that area with colleagues here and in South Africa.
Richard Rosenfeld: (Criminology) Dr. Rosenfeld conducts research on the social sources of criminal violence. His published work includes studies of trends in intimate-partner homicide, and he is currently investigating gender differences in patterns of serious assault. Related research includes investigations of gang-related homicide, the impact of social capital on homicide rates, and the effect of community characteristics on support for the death penalty.
Uma Segal: (Social Work) Dr. Segal is interested in the physical abuse of children, particularly by parents/caregivers, in cross-national/cross-cultural context, with a special focus on countries and peoples of Asia.
Nancy Shields: (Sociology) Dr. Shield's research has been with the effects of domestic violence including marital rape.
Brian Vandenberg: (Psychology) Dr. Vandenberg's research addresses the development of dissociative processes which are often involved in the reaction to psychological trauma. His research also addresses the adjustment of children and families to the trauma of grief and loss.
Norman White: (Criminology)