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.
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Sreehitha Sajja
Research Interests: Impact of nutrition on the mental and physical health of various demographics and the barriers to acquiring proper nutrition.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Jacqueline Houston (McKnight Scholar)
Research Interests: Gender-based violence, causes and psychosocial impact of coercive control, substance abuse, violence prevention programs, strategies, and policies.
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Tahseen Hussain
Research Interests: Health of underprivileged communities around the world, women's health, gender-based violence and its health consequences, violence prevention strategies.
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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.
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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.
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Fednold Thelisdort
Research Interests: Positive impact that predictive learning analytics may have on retention of Haitian immigrant first-generation college students in Florida public universities.
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