Editors of the year

Consulting editor

Sophie L. Kjærvik, PhD, is a postdoctoral fellow in the Section for Violence and Abuse at the Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies. Her research examines the causes and consequences of aggression and violence. By studying both those who perpetrate and those who experience violence, she aims to advance prevention strategies and develop interventions that reduce harm and support those affected by violence.

Contributing editor

Shamita Das Dasgupta, PhD, is a cofounder of Manavi, the first organization to focus on violence against South Asian women in the United States. She has taught psychology, gender studies, and law at Rutgers University and New York University, authored five books, written several academic papers and monographs, and conducts training for domestic violence and sexual violence practitioners in the United States and India. Currently, she works with the Kolkata Foundation, a U.S.-based organization that fights poverty and gender violence in West Bengal, India. In her retirement, Shamita is enjoying writing mystery stories in Bangla.

Consulting editor

Thomas P. Gumpel, PhD, is the Isadore and Bertha Gudelsky Chair in Early Childhood Education and chair of the Department of Special Education at the Seymour Fox School of Education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a docent at Åbo Akademi University in Vasa, Finland. His research focuses on two primary areas: bullying and peer aggression, victimization, and bystanding, as well as inclusionary educational practices for children and youth with severe emotional and behavioral disorders.

Contributing editor

Erika L. Kelley, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology’s Division of Behavioral Medicine, and the Urology Institute, at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, and an assistant professor of reproductive biology and urology at Case Western Reserve University. Her research interests focus on perinatal mental health, reproductive trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder, female sexual dysfunction, and improving health care access and outcomes in gender-expansive individuals.

This year, it was impossible to limit the awards to a single individual in either category. Although it has been challenging to find reviewers the past few years, there have also been many individuals who were always willing to accept new manuscripts and who provided insightful, balanced reviews. As editor, I am extremely grateful to everyone who reviewed for Psychology of Violence this year, and I particularly want to honor the individuals listed below.

Consulting editors

Kelly Cue Davis, PhD, is a professor at Arizona State University whose research focuses on the intersection of sexual violence, sexual risk, and substance use. She is a recent recipient of a MERIT award from the National Institutes of Health and a 2023–24 Fulbright Scholar.

Kathryn Holland, PhD, is an associate professor at the University of Nebraska whose research focuses on well-being around issues of sexual violence and sexual health. She studies the implementation, use, and effectiveness of formal support systems for sexual assault in higher education and the military and the causes and consequences of interpersonal processes.

Brendan Lantz, PhD, is an associate professor at Florida State University. His research focuses on hate crimes and related intergroup conflict, violence, victimization, and co-offending, with an emphasis on the situational dynamics and consequences of violence.

Jennifer Livingston, PhD, is an associate professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Buffalo whose research takes a lifespan approach to examining the mechanisms through which peer victimization (i.e to bullying and sexual harassment) come to impact adolescent health outcomes, including substance use, sexual risk behavior, mental health, and vulnerability to other types of victimization (i.e. dating violence, sexual assault).

Leila Wood, PhD, is a professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston whose research focuses on community and college-campus based interpersonal violence intervention and prevention approaches, including the health impacts of intimate partner violence and sexual assault.

Contributing editors

Julia Hammett, PhD, is an assistant professor at Arizona State University whose research focuses on sociocultural and economic predictors of intimate partner violence, which she then applies toward the development and evaluation of innovative and accessible interventions for members of vulnerable and underserved groups.

LB Klein, PhD, MSW, MPA, is an assistant professor in the Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work at the University of Wisconsin Madison whose research focuses on gender-based violence (e.g., sexual assault/harassment, intimate partner violence, stalking, and anti-queer/trans harassment) prevention, survivor advocacy, and LGBTIQ+ health. Klein is currently developing and testing LGBTQ+-affirming and -centered campus GBV prevention programs and building more trauma-informed and survivor-centered post-assault health and mental health services for minoritized survivors, including LGBTIQ+, Black, Indigenous, and disabled survivors as well as survivors living in poverty.

Consulting editors

Lindsay M. Orchowski, PhD, is a staff psychologist within Lifespan Physicians Group at Rhode Island Hospital and an associate professor (research) within the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Her research focuses on the development and evaluation of sexual assault prevention programs, with a focus on the intersection of alcohol use and sexual violence.

Contributing editors

RaeAnn E. Anderson, PhD, is an assistant professor in clinical psychology at the University of North Dakota. Her research focuses on improving the measurement of sexual violence and understanding the mechanisms of sexual victimization and perpetration in order to improve sexual violence-related prevention programs. She also takes a special focus on understanding sexual violence among LGBTQ+ individuals, Indigenous Peoples, and in rural areas.

Consulting editors

Maria M. Galano, PhD, is an assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her expertise is in examining how family processes and the broader social environment differentiate individual pathways to psychopathology and resilient outcomes following violence exposure, with an emphasis on identifying factors that contribute to violence-related disparities.

Contributing editors

Kimberly Kamper-DeMarco, PhD, is an assistant professor at SUNY College, Buffalo. Her research centers on understanding how peer victimization and aggression contribute to the development of psychopathology in children and adolescents. Specifically, she focuses on developmental trajectories that allow a better understanding of risk factors associated with peer victimization (including physical and relational forms of victimization) and outcomes of peer victimization.

Consulting editors

Rhiana Wegner, PhD, is an assistant professor of social psychology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Her expertise is in event-level risk factors for interpersonal violence, with a focus on high-risk drinking contexts and sexual assault perpetration.

Contributing editors

Angie Kennedy, PhD, is an associate professor in the School of Social Work, Michigan State University. Her expertise is on cumulative victimization and partner violence among adolescents and young adults, particularly those who are poor or marginalized; stigma and stigmatization; and how survivors interface with systems to attain effective help.

Consulting editors

Christina M. Dardis, PhD, is an assistant professor of psychology at Towson University. Her expertise is in understanding risk factors and outcomes of intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization and perpetration, with particular focus on stalking and cyberstalking, intersections between digital and traditional/proximal forms of IPV, and the role of social support in recovery.

Contributing editors

Rachel C. Garthe, PhD, is an assistant professor of social work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her expertise is in the prevention of interpersonal violence among adolescents and young adults.

Consulting editors

Nicole Yuan, PhD, MPH, is an associate professor of public health at the University of Arizona. Her areas of expertise include interpersonal violence, trauma, resilience, and substance abuse, with a focus on indigenous populations and community-engaged research.

Contributing editors

Sarah McMahon, PhD, MSW, is an associate professor of social work at Rutgers University, where she also serves as director for the Center on Violence Against Women and Children. Her expertise is on the prevention of sexual violence using a socioecological framework, and in particular in understanding the role of organizational and institutional climates.

Consulting editors

Kevin Swartout is an associate professor of psychology and public health at Georgia State University. His expertise is in the epidemiology and social correlates of violence and victimization, as well as measurement and data analysis issues related to violence research.

Contributing editors

Cynthia Stappenbeck, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington. Her expertise is in the effects of alcohol use on sexual assault victimization and interpersonal violence perpetration, and the cooccurrence of alcohol use and PTSD.

Consulting editors

Maureen C. McHugh, PhD, is a distinguished university professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Her expertise is on gender and violence generally, and she has published on postmodern perspectives on intimate partner violence, psychological abuse, sexual assault, and sexual harassment.

Contributing editors

Christopher Eckhardt, PhD, is professor of psychological sciences and director of clinical training at Purdue University. His expertise is in understanding risk factors for intimate partner violence perpetration, especially those related to alcohol use and affective processes.

Consulting editors

Carlos A. Cuevas, PhD, is an associate professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University. His expertise is in the areas of interpersonal and family violence, trauma and PTSD, sexual violence, and the relationship between victimization and delinquent behavior.

Contributing editors

Katie Edwards, PhD, is an assistant professor of psychology at the University of New Hampshire. Her expertise focuses on predictors and correlates of intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization, perpetration, and bystander intervention among adolescents and young adults; leaving processes in relationships characterized by IPV; disclosure of IPV experiences and social reactions to these disclosures; and ethics of IPV research.

Consulting editors

Ernest Jouriles, PhD, is professor and chair of the Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist University. His expertise is in children’s exposure to intimate partner violence, and in violence in adolescent romantic relationships.

Contributing editors

Steven Aragon, PhD, is professor of developmental education at Texas State University. His expertise focuses on racial minority and nontraditional student development including the influence of homophobic teasing on educational and psychological outcomes.

Consulting editors

David Sugarman, PhD, is professor of psychology at Rhode Island College, Providence. His expertise focuses on risk factors associated with intimate partner violence and corporal punishment. He is a founding member of the Psychology of Violence editorial board.

Contributing editors

Lorelei Simpson Rowe, PhD, is an associate professor and codirector of clinical training in the Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist University. Her expertise is in prevention of dating violence and the relation between low-level intimate partner violence and couple therapy outcomes.

Consulting editors

Lisa Goodman, PhD, is a professor and director of doctoral training in the counseling psychology program at Boston College. Her expertise is in developing and evaluating community interventions for intimate partner violence survivors and for low-income women.

Contributing editors

Tami Sullivan, PhD, is an assistant professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine. Her expertise is in individual- and system-level factors that affect the well-being of victims of partner violence and is centrally focused on the relationships among posttraumatic stress disorder, substance use and sexual risk behavior; and the ability of service systems to address the unique needs of victims.

Consulting editors

Antonia Abbey, PhD, is a professor and chair of the cognitive, developmental, and social area at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. Her expertise is in the etiology of sexual assault perpetration and sexual assault survivors’ adjustment. She is a founding member of the Psychology of Violence editorial board.

Contributing editors

Todd Moore, MD, is an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His expertise is in the relationship between substance use and intimate partner violence, and the impact of gender role stress on men’s health, aggression, and other behavior.