Understanding and Preventing Sexual Violence
There is a growing body of research examining the criminal prosecution of child sexual abuse, however there are significant methodological and ethical challenges in the conduct of this research. One key component of success is assuring that the efforts involve close collaboration between researchers and practitioners. At the May 2018 Massachusetts Children’s Alliance 8th Annual Statewide Conference in Framingham, MA, Linda M. Williams, Ph.D., senior research scientist and director of the Justice and Gender-Based Violence Research Initiative, and her colleague Stephanie Block, Ph.D., discussed the importance of relationships between researchers and practitioners during their workshop, “Research Collaboration on the Prosecution of Child Sexual Abuse: Challenges and Outcomes.” These relationships are critical to frame research questions and to reliably code, analyze, and interpret the data so it is useful to the field.
Also in May, Williams spoke at, “The Forum: A Conversation on Girls in the #MeToo Era,” a discussion panel for parents and educators, at Dana Hall School in Wellesley, MA. Williams and other speakers offered practical and developmentally-appropriate strategies for parents and educators seeking to support girls and start thoughtful conversations around the #MeToo Movement. Sexual Harassment in Schools Senior Research Scientist Nan Stein, Ed.D., was the guest speaker at a May 2018 meeting of the U.S. Attorney’s Education Working Group, sponsored by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston, MA. The information in her presentation, “Sexual Violence/Harassment in K-12 Schools,” offered great resources to the many education and civil rights advocates in attendance.
Sexual Harassment in Schools
Senior Research Scientist Nan Stein, Ed.D., was the guest speaker at a May 2018 meeting of the U.S. Attorney’s Education Working Group, sponsored by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston, MA. The information in her presentation, “Sexual Violence/Harassment in K-12 Schools,” offered great resources to the many education and civil rights advocates in attendance.
In June 2018, Stein had two additional speaking engagements. At the Law and Society Conference in Toronto, Canada, she was in a paper session on violence in a range of contexts where she gave the presentation, “Making a Movement and Making Law: Sexual harassment in K-12 schools.” Later in June, she presented, “Shifting Boundaries: Lessons on Relationships for Students in Middle School,” at a training workshop in Albany, NY, for the New York Statewide Center for Sexual Violence Prevention Training & Technical Assistance.
