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EMILY WALKERGraduate StudentOffice: SOC 336 |
Emily Walker began the Criminology Ph.D. program at USF in Fall of 2021 after completing her B.S. and M.A. in Criminology from the University of West Georgia. She is a research assistant in the USF Trafficking in Persons (TiP) lab. Her research interests include human trafficking, interpersonal violence, psychological impacts of trauma on behavior, and victimization of minority and marginalized groups. She is currently involved with a program evaluation of a court diversionary program for child victims of trafficking; program evaluation of a court diversionary program related to prostitution and sex trafficking/sexual exploitation; empirical work to analyze the impact of trauma and shame in commercial sex and intimate partner violence; and validation of 51在线's Human Trafficking Screening Tool (HTST). Emily is also the President of the Criminology Graduate Student Organization (CGSO).