Julian Ford, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychiatry · University of Connecticut
Director, Center for Trauma Recovery and Juvenile Justice and Center for the Treatment of Developmental Trauma Disorders
Psychiatry Treatment of Trauma Trauma Stress Trauma in Children
Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux
Chair on Truth and Reconciliation · Lakehead University
Dr. Wesley-Esquimaux's research addresses unresolved intergenerational trauma and grief primarily within the Canadian Indigenous community.
Community Development Government Community Outreach Leadership Teaching
Sandra M. Chafouleas
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Educational Psychology · University of Connecticut
Professor Chafouleas is an expert on whole child, school mental health, behavioral assessment, and K12 tiered systems of support.
Multi-Tiered Frameworks Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Model Social-Emotional-Behavioral Assessment School Mental Health Trauma-Informed Schools
William D. Parham
Professor of Counseling · Loyola Marymount University
Department of Specialized Programs in Professional Psychology
Sport Psychology Multicultural Counseling Foundations of Counseling Trauma Counseling: Theories and Interventions Interplay Between Sports Psychology
E. Alison Holman
Professor of Nursing · UC Irvine
E. Alison Holman studies the early post-event predictors of co-morbid trauma-related mental and physical health problems.
Physical health Acute Stress Acute Stress & Cardiovascular Disease Psychological Trauma Media Exposure
Roxane Cohen Silver
Distinguished Professor of Psychological Science · UC Irvine
Roxane Cohen Silver studies stress, traumatic events, coping, disasters, health psychology and social psychology.
Health Psychology Stress Traumatic Events Coping Social Psychology
S. Megan Berthold, Ph.D., LCSW
Associate Professor and Director of Field Education · University of Connecticut School of Social Work
Prof. Berthold's clinical and research expertise is with refugee and asylum seeking survivors of torture and the Cambodian genocide.
Trauma and Recovery refugees and asylum seekers vicarious trauma and resilience human rights approach to social work co-ocurring health and mental health conditions post torture and genocide
Jaime Cesar Giraldo Arango, M.D., FACS
Surgeon; Director of Chief Surgical Services; Trauma Medical Director, Wilmington Hospital · ChristianaCare
Dr, Giraldo Arango specializes in general surgery, critical care, trauma, laparoscopic and robotic surgery.
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Colonoscopy Robotic Surgery
Gordon Coonfield, PhD
Associate Professor of Communication | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University
Gordon Coonfield, PhD, has expertise in visual communication, popular culture, philosophy of technology and new media.
Race and Media Visual Communication Gender and Media New Media Popular Culture and Cultural Studies
Laura Wilson
Associate Professor and Director of Safe Zone · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Wilson focuses on post-trauma functioning, particularly in survivors of sexual violence and among minoritized communities.
LGBTQ+ Minority Stress Trauma Sexual Violence Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Alyssa Hadley Dunn, Ph.D.
Director of Teacher Education, Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction · University of Connecticut
Dr. Dunn focuses her teaching, research, and service on urban education for social and racial justice.
Teacher Education Sociocultural and Political Contexts of Education Teacher Preparation Racial and Social Justice Educational Equity
Casey Call
Associate Director of the KPICD and Associate Professor of Professional Practice · Texas Christian University
Dr. Casey Call is the Assistant Director at the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development
Therapeutic Family Camps Trauma-Informed Classrooms & Schools Caregiver & Child Attachment Developmental Trauma & Intervention Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®)
Cheryl Grills
President's Professor, Psychology | Psychological Science · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Healing Racial Stress Positive Youth Development Community Psychology African-Centered Psychology
Michael J. McClure, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering | BE, Vanderbilt University | Ph.D, Virginia Commonwealth University · VCU College of Engineering
Understanding the role of extracellular matrix and mechanical forces to regulate skeletal muscle structure, function, and innervation.
Muscle aging Cell-matrix interactions Integrin-mediated signaling Myoblast fusion Regenerative rehabilitation in skeletal muscle trauma
Elissa Madden
Associate Professor · Baylor University
Research: child welfare, foster care, adoption (public & private), child & family mental health, service learning in social work education
Service Learning Adoption Research Child and Family Services Foster Care and Adoptions Child Welfare
Mitchell Schare
Professor of Psychology · Hofstra University
Professor of Psychology and Director of the Phobia & Trauma Clinic
Emotional Aftermath of Traumatic Events Anxiety Disorders Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Psychology Substance Abuse Disorders
Kathryn L. Humphreys
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Human Development · Vanderbilt University
A clinical psychologist with expertise in infant mental health.
tender age detainment centers Infants and Toddlers Orphanages Parent child separations Migrant Youth
Daniel J. Meara, M.D., DMD, FACS
Chair, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery & Hospital Dentistry · ChristianaCare
Dr. Dan Meara leads ChristianaCare’s Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Hospital Dentistry.
Jaw and Mouth Pathology Facial Injury / Trauma Obstructive Sleep Apnea Oral Surgery Maxillofacial Surgery
Yanjie Wang
Associate Professor of Asian and Asian American Studies; Coordinator for the Asian and Pacific Studies Program · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Displacement and Migration Gender and Sexuality Ethnic Minorities Trauma and Violence Ecocinema
Beth NeSmith, PhD
Dean, College of Nursing · Augusta University
Dr. NeSmith's research program focuses on clinical and translational work
Nursing Trauma Emergency Medicine