Charles Figley
Dr. Paul Henry Kurzweg Distinguished Chair and Professor of Disaster Mental Health and Professor of Social Work · Tulane University
Charles Figley is an internationally-known trauma expert, social work professor and head of the Tulane Trauma Institute.
Crisis Counseling Compassion fatigue Disasters and Mental Health Trauma Disasters
Kristen Zaleski
Clinical Associate Professor of Social Work · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Clinical Associate Professor focused on sexual assault victims and psychotherapy.
Neurobiology Empathy Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Sexual Assault Psychotherapy
Stacy Overstreet
Associate Professor · Tulane University
Professor Overstreet focuses on children at risk for maladjustment due to the presence of chronic stressors in their lives.
Coping Strategies Violence Adolescents Resilience 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
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
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
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
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
Susan Hess
Clinical Associate Professor of Social Work Field Education · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Incarceration and Racial Disparity Trauma Therapy Domestic Violence Social Work
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
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)
Stacy Drury, MD
Remigio Gonzalez MD Endowed Professorship of Child Psychiatry, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Vice Chair of Research, Department of Pediatrics · Tulane University
Drury explores how early life adversity interacts with genetic and epigenetic factors to shape child health and neurodevelopmental outcomes.
Telomeres Health Disparities Pediatric Medicine Child Psychiatry Genetics
Cheryl Grills
Professor of Psychology · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Healing Racial Stress Positive Youth Development Community Psychology African-Centered Psychology
Mitchell Schare
Professor of Psychology · Hofstra University
Professor of Psychology and Director of the Phobia & Trauma Clinic
Virtual Reality Exposure to treat PTSD, Fear of Flying, Public Speaking, and Other Phobias Substance Abuse Disorders Psychology Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Anxiety Disorders
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
Steve Hydon
Director of Social Work in Schools Clinical Professor of Social Work Field Education · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Clinical Professor in Field Education focused on child welfare, secondary traumatic stress, and social work practice in schools.
Secondary Traumatic Stress Social Work Education Social Work Child Welfare Social Work Practice
David Cross
Professor, Director of Rees-Jones and the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development · Texas Christian University
David Cross develops programs like TBRI to improve the lives of children who have experienced abuse, neglect, and/or trauma.
Systems Thinking Complex Developmental Trauma Research, Education and Outreach to Improve the Lives of Children who have Experienced Abuse, Neglect, and/or Trauma Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®) Attachment and Human Development
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.
Popular Culture and Cultural Studies New Media Race and media Gender and Media Visual Communication