Family Research Laboratory, University of New Hampshire

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International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference

2007 Featured Speakers

David A. Wolfe, Ph.D.

After completing his PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of South Florida, David Wolfe pursued an academic career in Canada focusing on child abuse and domestic violence. He currently holds the inaugural RBC Chair in Children’s Mental Health at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), where he is Head of the Centre for Prevention Science. He is a Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Toronto, and Editor-in-Chief of Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal.

Dr. Wolfe has broad research and clinical interests in abnormal child and adolescent psychology, with a special focus on child abuse, domestic violence, and developmental psychopathology. He has authored numerous articles on these topics, especially in relation to the impact of early childhood trauma on later development in childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood. He and his colleagues (Peter Jaffe, Claire Crooks, and Ray Hughes) are currently evaluating the “Fourth R,” which is a comprehensive school-based initiative for reducing adolescent violence and related risk behaviors through the promotion of positive, non-violent relationships.

He recently received the Donald O. Hebb Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science from the Canadian Psychological Association, and the Outstanding Career Award from the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children. His recent books include Adolescent Risk Behaviors: Why teens experiment and strategies to keep them safe (with P. Jaffe & C. Crooks; Yale University Press, 2006); Child abuse: Implications for child development and psychopathology, 2nd Edition ( Sage, 1999); and Abnormal Child Psychology, 3 rd edition (with E. Mash; Wadsworth, 2005).

Presentation Topic: The Fourth R: A School-based Approach to Engaging Adolescents in Violence Prevention

 

Jeffrey L. Edleson, Ph.D.

Jeffrey L. Edleson is a Professor in the University of Minnesota School of Social Work and Director of the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (www.mincava.umn.edu). He has published over 100 articles and eight books on domestic violence, groupwork, and program evaluation. He was a member of the National Research Council's Panel on Research on Violence Against Women. He has served as a consultant to the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Edleson is an Associate Editor of the journal Violence Against Women and has served on the editorial boards of several other journals. His most recent books are entitled Domestic Violence in the Lives of Children: The Future of Research, Intervention, and Social Policy (2001, co-edited with Sandra Graham-Bermann, American Psychological Association Books), Sourcebook on Violence Against Women (2001, co-edited with Claire Renzetti and Raquel Kennedy Bergen, Sage Publications), and Domestic Violence: Classic Papers (2005, co-edited with Claire Renzetti and Raquel Kennedy Bergen, Allyn-Bacon). He has just published a new book entitled Parenting by Men Who Batterer Women: New Directions in Assessment and Intervention (2007, co-edited with Oliver J. Williams, Oxford University Press) and is developing the multi-volume Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence (co-edited with Claire Renzetti, Sage Reference).

Presentation Topic: Parenting by Men Who Batter Intimate Partners: New Directions for Program Development and Evaluation

 

Kenneth E. Leonard, Ph.D.

Kenneth Leonard is a Senior Research Scientist at the Research Institute on Addictions and is the Vice Chair for Research in Psychiatry at the University at Buffalo Medical School. He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Kent State University in 1981, and postdoctoral training in psychiatric/alcohol epidemiology at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic at the University of Pittsburgh. He is a Fellow in Divisions 50 (Addictions) and 28 (Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse) in the American Psychological Association, and is a former President of Division 50. He has been a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol since 1992 and is a consulting editor for the Journal of Abnormal Psychology and for Psychological Bulletin. He is also a member of the board of directors for Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. Dr. Leonard’s research interests have centered on the interpersonal and familial influences on substance abuse, as well as the influence of substance abuse on interpersonal and family processes. He is recognized for his research on substance abuse and family violence, but has also been concerned with the impact of alcoholism on child development.

Presentation Topic: Excessive Drinking and Alcoholism: What is Their Role in Domestic Violence and Parenting Behavior?

 

Laura McCloskey, Ph.D.

Laura McCloskey directs the Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute and is Professor of Psychology at Wayne State University. She has held faculty appointments at the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard and the University of Arizona. She holds a doctorate in developmental psychology from the University of Michigan. Her research examines the long-term influence of domestic violence and abuse in families on children’s and adults’ mental and physical health. Her most recent work examines the role of health care providers in detecting abuse in families, and she is developing intervention studies focused on girls and women to stem the cycle of violence.

Presentation Topic: Breaking the Cycle of Violence in Families: Evidence from a 10-year Prospective Study

 

Penelope K. Trickett, Ph.D.

Penelope Trickett is the David Lawrence Stein/Violet Goldberg Sachs Professor of Mental Health in the School of Social Work and Professor of Psychology in the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences at the University of Southern California. Dr. Trickett obtained a BA in psychology, with honors, from Bryn Mawr College and an MA in psychology from the University of Denver. She earned her Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research, New York. She is a developmental psychologist whose research, for more than two decades, has focused on the developmental consequences of child abuse and neglect on children and adolescents and on the characteristics of families in which such abuse occurs. She has had an Independent Scientist Award from the National Institute of Mental Health titled "The Developmental Consequences of Child Abuse and Violence." In addition, Dr. Trickett is conducting a longitudinal study, now in its 19th year, of the psychobiological impact of familial sexual abuse on girls and female adolescents. She is also the Principal Investigator of a longitudinal study of the impact of neglect on adolescent development funded by the National Institutes of Health. She served as member, and then Chair, of the American Psychological Association's Committee on Children, Youth, and Families and was member-at-large of the Executive Committee of the Section on Child Maltreatment of APA's Division of Child, Youth, and Family Services. She is a Fellow of APA's Division 7 (Developmental Psychology). Dr. Trickett also directs a university-wide interdisciplinary violence research initiative at the University of Southern California.

Presentation Topic: Multigenerational Familial Sexual Abuse: Perspectives from Longitudinal Research