Recent Projects
Expert Witness for Domestic Violence-Related Cases
Provide analysis and reports, make court appearances, 2020-Present.
Lethality Scales
Judicial/Police Response & Bias
Complexities of Domestic Violence & Patterns (e.g., Recantation, Victim Responses, Identifying Victim vs. Perpetrator, Cycles of Violence)
Gender-Based Violence/Harassment Training
“Best Practices for Coordinated Community Response.” Invited panelist for Government Interagency Working Group on Sexual Misconduct, October 2022.
“Trauma-Informed Practices.” Invited speaker for U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s West Coast Reginal Seminar, July, 2022.
“Effects of Trauma.” Invited speaker for U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s West Coast Reginal Seminar, September, 2020.
“Effects of Sexual Harassment.” Invited speaker for U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Training Institute, January, 2020.
“Effects of Sexual Harassment.” Invited speaker for U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Training Institute, August, 2019.
“Women of color survivors: Strategies for resistance, resilience, and healing.” Co-presented with Claudia Chiang-Lopez at the Nevada Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence annual conference, Las Vegas, NV, September 2018.
“Effects of Sexual Harassment.” Invited speaker for U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Training Institute, September, 2018.
“Sexual Harassment and Reporting.” Invited speaker for COM101 GTAs. Department of Communication Studies, UNLV, September, 2018.
“Effects of Sexual Harassment.” Invited speaker for sexual harassment training. Sponsored by Nevada Equal Rights Commission with partnership from U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, August, 2018.
“The Survivor-Advocate Relationship in Domestic Violence Shelters.” Invited trainer for Safe Nest (Domestic Violence Center) staff, Las Vegas, July 2017.
Gender-Responsive and Trauma-Informed Care Training
“Gender-responsive strategies: Creating safer environments for girls and staff.” Invited trainer with Emily Salisbury (Ph.D., Criminal Justice, UNLV) and Kathleen Ja Sook Bergquist (LCSW, JD, Ph.D., Social Work, UNLV). Trained two shifts of staff at the Clark County Department of Juvenile Justice Services in March, 2018.
Conflict Management Training
“Conflict management: Science-based tips for having better conflict.” Invited trainer for UNLV Undergraduate Mentors, April, 2019.
“Conflict management: Science-based tips for having better conflict.” Invited trainer for UNLV Academic Advising Retreat, Provost Office, April, 2019.
“Conflict management: Science-based tips for having better conflict.” Invited trainer for UNLV Education Academic Advising Center, March, 2019.
“Conflict management: Science-based tips for having better conflict.” Invited trainer for UNLV Executive Director Leadership Team, Academic Advising Directors, Provost Office, October, 2018.
“A rising tide: Modeling positive Conflict Communication.” Invited presenter for the Women’s Leadership Conference, August, 2018.
“Conflict management: Science-based tips for having better conflict.” Invited trainer for UNLV Undergraduate Mentors, May, 2018.
“Conflict management: Science-based tips for having better conflict.” Invited trainer for Pediatric Dental Care Associates, Las Vegas, NV, August, 2017.
“Conflict management: Science-based tips for having better conflict.” Invited trainer for UNLV Undergraduate Mentors, April, 2017.
“Conflict management: Science-based tips for having better conflict.” Invited trainer for Accounting Student Honor Society, March 2, 2017.
“Conflict management: Science-based tips for having better conflict.” Invited trainer for The Venetian/The Palazzo/Sands Expo; Center for Professional & Leadership Studies (PLuS Center; UNLV), October, 2016.
“Conflict management: Science-based tips for having better conflict.” Invited trainer for Accounting Student Honor Society, April 20, 2016.
“Conflict management: Science-based tips for having better conflict.” Invited lecturer for Greenspun College of Urban Affairs’ Rebel Preview. April 16, 2016.
“Conflict management: Science-based tips for having better conflict.” Invited trainer for Social Work Graduate Student Honor Society, April 15, 2016.
“Conflict management: Science-based tips for having better conflict.” Invited trainer for UNLV Undergraduate Mentors, April 14, 2016.
“Conflict management: Science-based tips for having better conflict.” Invited trainer for The Venetian/The Palazzo/Sands Expo; Center for Professional & Leadership Studies (PLuS Center; UNLV), December, 2015.
“Conflict management: Science-based tips for having better conflict.” Invited trainer for The Venetian/The Palazzo/Sands Expo; Center for Professional & Leadership Studies (PLuS Center; UNLV), November, 2015.
Other Public Outreach
Invited Keynote Co-Presenter and Member¸ Southern Nevada Homelessness Summit. Transdisciplinary task force holding its first summit on November 2, 2017 to bring together organizations and academic allies to better serve homeless youth in Southern Nevada. Co-presenter (with Dr. Patty Cook-Craig), invited keynote: The State of Youth Homelessness in Southern Nevada.
TedX Coach, Coach for Dr. Georgiann Davis’s TedX talk, “This girl has balls.” UNLV TedX, April 8, 2016.
