Catie sits down with Sameena Mulla, author and anthropologist, who focuses on ethnographically based research and sexual assault intervention, and Heather Hlavka, about sexual assault intervention and the complicated reality of trials. Mulla and Hlavka deep dive into the trial analysis that they spent over a year completing and discuss their findings.

Catie talks with Dr. Sharon Potter, professor of women and gender studies at the University of New Hampshire, as well as the Co-Founder and Director of Research at the Prevention Innovation Research Center since 2006. Dr. Potter is currently working on a sexual violence prevention and response application, which is going through testing phases at the time of recording. In addition to the app, Dr. Potter speaks about the importance of community involvement and priority areas in IPV research that need to be analyzed further.

Content/Trigger Warning: Please note, content discussed in these conversations are related to violence, abuse, and victimization. Episodes often contain content that may be alarming to some listeners. Please check the show notes for more detailed descriptions of the topic and take care of yourself.

Catie interviews Dr. Judy Postmus, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development at Rutgers University, School of Social Work, and Jen Glinski, a PhD candidate from University of Glascow and a visiting scholar to Rutgers. The trio talks about economic abuse and how it is being addressed internationally. Dr. Postmus discusses how financial control can be used as a form of intimate partner violence and the many actions that are classified as economic abuse. Glinski opens up about how this topic is personal to her and how her internship with the Royal Bank of Scotland helped her in her research. Finally, they speak on how economic abuse needs to be more acknowledged and how economic empowerment programs are helping victims with recovery.

Content/Trigger Warning: Please note, content discussed in these conversations are related to violence, abuse, and victimization. Episodes often contain content that may be alarming to some listeners. Please check the show notes for more detailed descriptions of the topic and take care of yourself.

In our first Coffee Chats with Researchers episode, Catie sits down with Dr. Judy Postmus (Associate Dean at Rutgers University) and Jenn Glinski (ABD at Glasgow University) to learn about financial abuse. Jenn and Judy talk about their work with banks, organizations, and survivors to spread awareness about finanical abuse.