Webinar: Campus Based Advocacy: Evaluation, Implementation, and Effectiveness for Diverse Campus Contexts by Jana's Campaign

Campus Based Advocacy: Evaluation, Implementation, and Effectiveness for Diverse Campus Contexts

About

Campus-based advocacy programs are being implemented in college and university settings, seeking to adapt models from community based agencies to support survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Although Campus-based advocacy programs are being increasingly implemented, there is only limited guidance available related to adaptation and evaluation of these services for the campus context. This workshop will be based on materials found in the second edition of the Campus-based Advocacy Evaluation Toolkit, a free and publicly accessible resource for campuses developed by the workshop team. This presentation will provide an overview of the Toolkit and data on the efficacy of campus based advocacy programming to meet key goals.

on-demand webinar

Agenda

Run-time: 53 Minutes

Presenters

Dixie Hairston, LMSW

Dixie Hairston, LMSW, is a Senior Research Coordinator at the Center for Violence Prevention at the University of Texas Medical Branch. Currently, she is the project manager for the Campus-Based Advocacy Evaluation, a collaborative evaluation of advocacy services at 5 University of Texas campuses, and the Evaluation of Technology-Based Services, a project assessing the effectiveness of chat/text-based services for survivors of interpersonal violence. Dixie has experience conducting sex and labor trafficking, sexual assault, and intimate partner violence research, particularly among adolescents and emerging adults.

Leila Wood, PhD, MSSW

Leila Wood, PhD, MSSW (she/her) is assistant professor (associate 9/21) and the Director of Evaluation at the Center for Violence Prevention Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, at The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). Dr. Wood’s program of research focuses on community-based intimate partner violence and sexual assault intervention and prevention efforts, including college campuses. Dr. Wood focuses her scholarship on intimate partner violence and sexual assault service evaluation and research, and currently leads or co-leads research projects focused on enhancing service responses to violence survivors including evaluations of housing interventions; technology-facilitated hotline services; and advocacy services for violence survivors on college campuses. Dr Wood’s service evaluation work involves research on advocacy, or supportive service models, for survivors of violence. Dr. Wood is rooted strongly in a community participatory and practitioner-led research approach.

Rachel Voth Schrag, PhD, LCSW

Dr. Rachel Voth Schrag is an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington School of Social Work. Her research employs mixed methods to address secondary prevention of intimate partner and sexual violence by uncovering the need for, improving survivors' access to, and understanding the efficacy of survivor centered services. She currently has external funding from the State of Texas Criminal Justice Division, the Office of Violence Against Women in the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Texas Council on Family Violence to support this agenda, with projects focused on the impact of campus-based advocacy services for student-survivors, understanding the implementation and effectiveness of cognitive processing therapy in rape crisis centers, and assessing the impact of transitional housing programs on the long-term housing outcomes of survivors of intimate partner violence. Dr. Voth Schrag is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, with an MSW and PhD from the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis and a BSW from Bethel College in North Newton, KS. She has been working in the field of gender-based violence prevention and intervention for 15 years as an advocate, counselor, and researcher.

Cynthia Jones, PhD

Dr. Cynthia Jones is a Full Professor of Applied Ethics, Advocacy and Violence Victimization, and Ethical Theory at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). She is also the Director of the Office for Victim Advocacy and Violence Prevention (OVAVP) at UTRGV. Dr. Jones' primary academic research has been in Biomedical Ethics, particularly in end-of-life issues, and she has published and lectured in several unique fields of professional ethics, including intelligence ethics, ethics & technology, and academic ethics. Most of her current work is directly or indirectly related to advocacy and violence victimization, especially as these relate to marginalized populations, such as LGBTQIA+-identifying individuals, current and former foster youth, people with disabilities, and international students.

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