About Us
Current Scholars
Katelyn Baldwin (USF CBCS Research Scholarship Recipient)
Research Interests: Impact of economic inequality on child development, mental health, aging, barriers and facilitators related to using food assistance programs, systematic reviews.
Sreehitha Sajja
Research Interests: Impact of nutrition on the mental and physical health of various demographics and the barriers to acquiring proper nutrition.
Sakshi Wagh
Research Interests: Health outcomes of women and children who experienced sexual abuse, domestic violence, other forms of physical and psychological trauma, sex and labor trafficking within global urban centers.
Keila Garver (McKnight Scholar)
Research Interests: Health of underserved populations, especially individuals who have experienced sexual abuse, domestic violence, and other types of violence, as well as psychological trauma, post-traumatic growth.
Joseph Heger (USF CBCS Research Scholarship Recipient)
Research Interests: Collective impact of conflict transformation, global health, and social constructivism on conflict, security, and thanatology at the organizational and regional community levels.
Jacqueline Houston (McKnight Scholar)
Research Interests: Gender-based violence, causes and psychosocial impact of coercive control, substance abuse, violence prevention programs, strategies, and policies.
Tahseen Hussain
Research Interests: Health of underprivileged communities around the world, women's health, gender-based violence and its health consequences, violence prevention strategies.
Marissa Jadotte (McKnight Scholar)
Research Interests: Causes of violence, violence prevention strategies, programs, and public policy, specifically as it relates to Black women, quantitative methodologies.
Emily Stevens (USF CBCS Research Scholarship Recipient)
Research Interests: LGBTQ+ community, prevalence of and implications of sexual trauma to highlight needs of an under-researched population, systematic reviews.
Fednold Thelisdort
Research Interests: Positive impact that predictive learning analytics may have on retention of Haitian immigrant first-generation college students in 51在线 public universities.