Gendered Violence Research Network
Coming Together to End Gendered Violence
The Gendered Violence Research Network is a joint initiative of Arizona State University, the PLuS Alliance, and the University of New South Wales. Our Network has been at the forefront of developing solutions to prevent gendered violence, one of the most prevalent human rights violations affecting our world today. Our research explores the impact of gendered violence — also known as "gender-based violence" or "gender-related violence" — on all population groups.
This one-of-its-kind partnership works towards promoting social justice principles and enabling research-led solutions to global challenges including gendered violence.
Discover how our network unites domestic and international research expertise at ASU to respond, prevent and end gendered violence in the U.S. and beyond.
Contribute to the body of evidence addressing the causes, consequences and intervention strategies for gendered violence in the United States and internationally.
Combine research excellence and practitioner knowledge to encourage innovation and good practice.
Promote informed, research-based discussions of policy and practice with the goal to reduce gendered violence and mitigate its harmful effects.
Uniting renowned academics specializing in gendered violence with the world-class research excellence of the Arizona State University network, GVRN is a leader in exploring the impact of gendered violence. Our research interests span sexual assault, rape, domestic violence, family violence, child sexual abuse and adult survivors, sexual harassment, sexual misconduct, gendered misconduct, trafficking for domestic and sexual slavery, and girl child infanticide.
Undertake rigorous and reliable multi-disciplinary research which focuses on ‘real-world’ outcomes.
Prioritize engagement with key communities, especially service providers and service users.
Incorporate victim and survivor voices into its research, particularly those from marginalized populations.
Bringing together 59 research affiliates across multi-disciplines at Arizona State University
Connecting with 50+ members internationally
Uniting researchers at Arizona State University, University of New South Wales, and King’s College through the PLuS Alliance.
Key Contacts
ASU Gendered Violence Research Network Contact List
| Last Name | First Name | Campus | Department | Title | Research Areas | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelman | Madelaine | Tempe | SST Justice and Social Inquiry | Professor | mad@asu.edu | Gender Violence; Law and Society; Anthropology; LGBTQ Studies; Social Justice in Education |
| Anderson | Lisa | Tempe | SST Women and Gender Studies | Faculty Head, Associate Professor | lmanderson@asu.edu | Gender and sexuality; Representations; Drama; Historical and Cultural |
| Bailey | Marlon | Tempe | SST Women and Gender Studies | Associate Professor | Marlon.Bailey@asu.edu | Health disparities; Performance studies; Gender, race, ethnicity, and politics; Feminist and queer theory; Sexuality |
| Behl | Natasha | West | School of Social and Behavioral Sciences | Assistant Professor | Natasha.Behl@asu.edu | Human rights; Gender Violence; Feminist theory; Gender, race, and ethnicity politics; Democracy and citizenship |
| Bennett | Cheryl | Tempe | American Indian Studies | Assistant Professor | Cheryl.Louise,Bennett@asu.edu | Indian Law; Gender Violence; Indigenous Justice; Violence; Conflict and Human Rights; Criminology |
| Bramlett-Solomon | Sharon | Downtown | Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication | Associate Professor | bramlett@asu.edu | Race; gender; and media; History of Mass communications |
| Brandt | Elizabeth | Tempe | School of Human Evolution and Social Change | Professor Emeritus | Betsy.Brandt@asu.edu | Sociocultural anthropology; linguistics; gender |
| Brouwer | Daniel | Tempe | Hugh Downs School of Communication | Associate Professor | Daniel.Brouwer@asu.edu | Public Communication; Social Movements; Gender Studies; Rhetoric Studies; Military; LGBTQ |
| Calleros | Charles | Downtown | Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law | Professor and Alan A. Matheson Fellow in Law | charles.calleros@asu.edu | Gender equality; Civil rights; Constitutional law; Business law; Education; International law; Legal writing |
| Collins | Shari | West | School of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies | Associate Professor | sharicc@asu.edu | Consumer Behavior; Gender and Sexuality; Philosophy of Sex and Love; Corporate Social Responsibility; Consumer Behavior |
| Costello | John | Tempe | School of Social Transform | Graduate Student | John.C.Costello@asu.edu | teen dating abuse and peer advocacy |
| Davis | Kelly | Downtown | College of Nursing and Health Innovation | Associate Professor | kelly.cue.davis@asu.edu | Health risk behaviors; sexual violence; sexual risk; substance abuse |
| DeLargy | Pamela | Tempe | School of Politics & Global Studies | Professor of Practice | Pamela.DeLargy@asu.edu | Gender Violence; Refugee Studies; Migration; Humanitarianism; Global Studies; African Studies; Peacebuilding; War and Society; Violence; Conflict and Human Rights; Immigration and Migration; Population Dynamics; Global Health |
| Durfee | Alesha | Tempe | SST Women and Gender Studies | Associate Professor | Alesha.Durfee@asu.edu | Law; Families; Violence; Vulnerable Populations; Family Law; Domestic Violence |
| Elenes | C | West | School of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies | Associate Professor | elenes@asu.edu | American and Ethnic studies; Women and Gender studies |
| Fahs | Breanne | West | School of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies | Associate Professor | breanne.fahs@asu.edu | Clinical Psychology; Gender and Sexuality; Women's Studies; Interdisciplinary; Feminist and Queer Theory |
| Fischman | Gustavo | Tempe | Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College | Professor | fischman@asu.edu | Social Justice in Education; Gender and Education; Education Policy and Politics; Postsecondary; International Education and Development |
| Fonow | Mary | Tempe | SST Women and Gender Studies | Professor | MaryMargaret.Fonow@asu.edu | Women and Work in the Global Economy; Transnational Labor Activism; Feminist Methodology |
| Fox | Kate | Downtown | School of Criminology & Criminal Justice | Professor | katefox@asu.edu | Crime Victimization; Domestic Violence; Stalking; Female Genital Mutilation; Needs of Victims |
| Fradella | Hank | Downtown | School of Criminology & Criminal Justice | Professor, Associate Director of the School, Director of Undergrad Programs | Hank.Fradella@asu.edu | Sexuality; Criminal Justice; Law and psychology; Law |
| Funk | Kendall | West | School of Social and Behavioral Sciences | Assistant Professor | Kendall.Funk@asu.edu | Comparative politics; Gender; Public policy; Governance |
| Gonzales | Angela | Tempe | SST Women and Gender Studies | Associate Professor | Angela.A.Gonzales@asu.edu | Health disparities; Indigenous justice; Place, culture, and identity; Mobility and belonging; Resilience |
| Hamel | Chouki | Tempe | School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies | Professor | chouki@asu.edu | Race and gender politics; Diaspora studies; Colonial and postcolonial theory; Africana language; literature; and culture; Racism; Middle Eastern studies |
| Hanish | Laura | Tempe | The Sanford School | Professor | Laura.Hanish@asu.edu | Prevention and Intervention Science; Formal and Informal Learning; Gender and Socioeconomic Status |
| Holley | Lynn | Downtown | School of Social Work | Associate Professor | lholley@asu.edu | Critical Multicultural Social Work with Oppressed Populations; Multicultural Feminist Research |
| Holtfreter | Kristy | Downtown | School of Criminology & Criminal Justice | Professor | kristy.holtfreter@asu.edu | Gender and Crime; Correctional Programming; White-Collar Crime; Victimization |
| Huntington | Patricia | Tempe | School of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies | Professor | Patricia.Huntington@asu.edu | Feminism and Gender; Religious Studies |
| Judson | Eugene | Tempe | School of Life Sciences | Associate Professor | eugene.judson@asu.edu | Science Education; Education Policy; Gender and Education |
| Katsulis | Yasmina | Tempe | SST Women and Gender Studies | Associate Professor | Yasmina.Katsulis@asu.edu | Structural and social context of health disparities; sexual behavior among vulnerable populations |
| Kirkpatrick | Jennet | Tempe | School of Politics & Global Studies | Associate Professor | jennetk@asu.edu | Gender Violence; Political Theory; Law and Society; Feminist Theory; American Political Thought |
| Kirsch | Sharon | West | School of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies | Associate Professor | sharon.kirsch@asu.edu | Women and Gender Studies; American Literature; Poetry; Rhetoric Studies |
| Kitch | Sally | Tempe | SST Women and Gender Studies | Regents Professor, Center Director | Sally.Kitch@asu.edu | Gender and sexuality; Feminism and gender studies; Cultural studies; Transdisciplinary studies |
| Kramer | Zachary | Downtown | Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law | Professor, Associate Dean of Faculty | Zachary.A.Kramer@asu.edu | Gender Equality; Civil Rights; Employment Law; Gay Rights; Legal Education |
| LeCroy | Craig | Downtown | School of Social Work | Professor | craig.lecroy@asu.edu | Prevention of child abuse and neglect through home visitation; Primary prevention with adolescent girls; Children's mental health; Program evaluation |
| LeMaster | Benjamin | Tempe | Hugh Downs School of Communication | Assistant Professor | Benny.LeMaster@asu.edu | Critical Cultural Studies; Race and Gender Politics; Performance Studies; Queer Studies |
| Leong | Karen | Tempe | SST Asian Pacific American Studies | Associate Professor | Karen.Leong@asu.edu | Oral history; American and ethnic studies; Feminism and gender studies; Feminist and queer theory |
| Marin | Christine | Tempe | Transborder Studies | Professor Emeritus | Christine.Marin@asu.edu | Race and gender politics; Activism and social movements; Racism; Hispanic population; women |
| Martin | Carol | Tempe | Sanford School | Professor | cmartin@asu.edu | Gender relations; Children; Teens; Families |
| Mathis | Cherra | Downtown | Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions | Graduate Student | cmmathi1@asu.edu | gender based violence, human rights, and forced migrants |
| Matsumura | Kaipo | Downtown | Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law | Associate Professor of Law | Kaiponanea.Matsumura@asu.edu | Reproductive rights; Family Law; Gay rights; Civil procedure; Constitutional law |
| Mean | Lindsey | West | School of Social and Behavioral Sciences | Associate Professor | Lindsey.Mean@asu.edu | Gender; Identities; Discourses; Language and Culture |
| Messing | Jill | Downtown | School of Social Work | Associate Professor | Jill.Messing@asu.edu | Intimate partner violence; Risk assessment; Evidence based practice; Creation and testing of services for victims of intimate partner violence (non-traditional formats) |
| Mickelson | Kristin | Tempe | School of Social and Behavioral Sciences | Professor | Kristin.Mickelson@asu.edu | Gender; social health psychology; interpersonal relationships |
| Miller | Cindy | Tempe | Sanford School | Research Assistant Professor | Cindy.F.Miller@asu.edu | Education; gender studies; development |
| Murphy Erfani | Julie | West | School of Social and Behavioral Sciences | Associate Professor | julie.murphy.erfani@asu.edu | Human Rights; Human rights responses to forced migrants and sex-trafficked people |
| Prasad | Indulata | Tempe | SST Women and Gender Studies | Assistant Professor | ipradsad@asu.edu | Social Movements; Feminist Methodology; SE Asia; Dalit studies; Women and Gender |
| Roe-Sepowitz | Dominique | Downtown | School of Social Work | Associate Professor, Director Office of Sex Trafficking | Dominique.Roe@asu.edu | Human sex trafficking with juveniles and adults; Juvenile delinquency and homicide; Arson; Domestic violence; Mental health treatment with juveniles and adults addressing trauma and self-esteem; Incarcerated women and youth and their traumatic experiences; PTSD; Self-harm, Self-Mutiliation |
| Saikia | Yasmin | Tempe | School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies | Professor | Yasmin.Saikia@asu.edu | Women and gender; South Asian studies; History; Collective memory and meaning; Colonial and postcolonial theory; Peacebuilding |
| Scott | Kimberly | Tempe | Center for Gender, Equality, Science and Teaching | Professor | Kimberly.A.Scott@asu.edu | Inequality; Feminism and Gender; Science; Digital Media |
| Sellers | Joshua | Downtown | Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law | Associate Professor of Law | Joshua.Sellers@asu.edu | Race and gender politics; Election law; American Politics; Constitutional law; Civil procedure; Voters rights |
| Spohn | Cassia | Downtown | School of Criminology & Criminal Justice | Professor | Cassia.Spohn@asu.edu | Effects of race, ethnicity, and gender on sentencing decisions; sentencing and recidivism of drug offenders; police and personal decisionmaking in sexual assault cases; the effect of criminal record on employment prospects |
| Swank | Eric | West | School of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies | Associate Professor of Practice | Eric.Swank@asu.edu | Social Movements; Racism; Inequality; Activism and Social Movements; Sexuality |
| Vaughan | Suzanne | Tempe | School of Social and Behavioral Sciences | Associate Professor | SUZANNE.VAUGHAN@asu.edu | Gender and housing |
| Vega | Sujey | Tempe | SST Women and Gender Studies | Associate Professor | Sujey.Vega@asu.edu | Immigration and migration; Hispanic population; Religious studies; Women and gender studies; American and ethnic studies |
| Wachter | Karin | Downtown | School of Social Work | Professor | Karin.Wachter@asu.edu | Refugee studies; Gender Violence; Violence; Conflict and Human Rights; Social Work; Domestic Violence |
| Warner | Carolyn | Tempe | School of Politics & Global Studies | Professor Emeritus | carolyn.warner@asu.edu | Gender Violence; Religious Studies; Comparative Politics; Organizational Corruption; Organizational Behavior |
| Weinstein | James | Downtown | Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law | Professor of Law | JAMES.WEINSTEIN@asu.edu | Affirmative action; Reproductive rights; Constitutional Law; Free speech; Media law |
| Williams | Alexandra | Tempe | School of Politics & Global Studies | Graduate Student | amwill72@asu.edu | Gender and politics, gender violence, politics and feminism, and public opinion |
| Williams | Lela | Downtown/Tucson | School of Social Work | Associate Professor | lwr@asu.edu | Adolescent romantic relationships and teen dating violence; Adolescent substance abuse; School-based interventions; Mexican American youth; Parenting adolescents |