Research Organizations and Resources / Graduate Programs
American Society of Victimology – advances the discipline of victimology by promoting evidence based practice and by providing leadership in research and education.
Barnard Center for Research on Women, Barnard College – since its founding in 1971, the BCRW has been at the very forefront of feminist action and scholarship. BCRW promotes women's and social justice issues in he local spheres of the Barnard College community and academic and activist networks in New York City, as well has having a voice in national and transnational feminist organizing and research. We are a well-recognized nexus of feminist thought, activism, and collaboration for scholars and activists alike. BCRW's mission, "to assure that women can live and work in dignity, autonomy, and equality," is pursued through programming and events, production and distribution of print- and web-based publications, and collaboration with local and national activist and academic networks, New York, NY. Read Blog.
Center on Domestic Violence, University of Colorado Denver – founded in 2000, the Center on Domestic Violence is an academic, research and service center based at the University of Colorado Denver. The goal of the Center on Domestic Violence is, ultimately, to end violence in the lives of women and children. In order for this to happen, the following strategic approaches are: (1) Leaders must be prepared with the full range of knowledge and skills necessary to creatively and effectively confront the challenges of intimate partner violence in society to today and contribute to the movement toward its end. (2) Original research on promising solutions to domestic violence must be done and well distributed to inform quality intervention and prevention programming nation wide. (3) Collaborative opportunities between academic professionals and domestic violence practitioners must be enhanced to promote community-informed methods of addressing domestic violence. These combined strategies are reflected in the Center’s mission: To end domestic violence by fostering institutional and social change through leadership development, education, research, and community collaboration, Denver, CO.
Center for Family Research, The University of Georgia – dedicated to gathering high-quality information from rural African American families in Georgia. One of our missions is to understand what enables these families to rear competent children in challenging contexts. An equally important mission of the Center is to translate the information we gather from rural African American families into prevention programs designed to deter adolescents from becoming involved in activities that derail positive development – specifically, alcohol and substance use and early onset sexual activity. We truly believe the adage, "If you want to understand something, try to change it." The randomized prevention trials that we conduct serve as vehicles for testing both the efficacy of our prevention programs and the heuristic value of the research upon which they are based, Athens, GA.
Center for Research on Violence Against Women, University of Kentucky – strives to enhance the mission of the University of Kentucky by promoting excellence in scholarship, research and public service while improving the status of women on the university campus and across the Commonwealth, Lexington, KY.
