OUR MISSION

The overarching mission of the Center for Research on Interpersonal Violence is to promote collaboration and interdisciplinary scholarship that will ultimately prevent or reduce interpersonal violence. More specifically, the Center aims to establish collaborative research teams that facilitate discourse, generate innovative new scholarship, and support the training of new scholars in the field.

KEY FACTS

$6.1 million in total research awards in fiscal year 2021.

Center Affiliates: 22 Faculty Members & 25 Students

SUPPORTED BY THE COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES, ANDREW YOUNG SCHOOL OF POLICY STUDIES, & SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Interdisciplinary Research Center

The Center focuses on perpetrators and/or victims of interpersonal violence and addresses the causes, effects, treatment, and prevention of all types of violence, including (but not limited to) domestic violence, child sexual abuse, rape and sexual assault, physical child abuse, and violent crime.

Research on the Rise

The Center facilitates cross-disciplinary research via its network of scholars who communicate regularly and with a shared vision and goal. Because of this network, in the past year, collaborations among CRIV faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and/or students resulted in 10 external grant submissions (total amount requested: $13,081,016), 5 external grants that were funded (total costs: $6,122,855), 33 papers published in peer-reviewed journals, and 16 presentations at 13 national and 3 international conferences in 2021.

What Are the Advantages of Interdisciplinary Studies?

BENEFIT FROM ENHANCED OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

Interdisciplinary collaboration draws from two or more academic disciplines to facilitate discourse, generate innovative new scholarship, and support the training of new scholars in the field. The Center’s interdisciplinary focus promotes programming to achieve these aims in a variety of ways, including (1) A Distinguished Speaker Series [https://violence.gsu.edu/distinguished-speaker-series/] which features nationally recognized scholars, (2) a small grants program [https://violence.gsu.edu/seed-grant/] that supports innovative research ideas with a high potential to make a significant scientific or community impact, and (3) a Student Seminar Series [https://violence.gsu.edu/student-seminar-series/] led by Center faculty which exposes students to a range of interdisciplinary research on interpersonal violence.

OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Mercy Care
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
Project Healthy Grandparents
Atlanta Police Department’s Atlanta Police Leadership Initiative
CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Scientific Advisory Board
National Alliance Home Visiting Model Alliance
Gwinnett County Health Department
Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory – Violence Prevention Task Force
Georgia Commission on Family Violence
Georgia Department of Public Health Injury Prevention Program
Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Research & Innovation Seed Grant Awardees

Natasha De Veauuse Brown, Ph.D

Principal Investigator

“A Pilot Study of The Confess Project”

Research & Innovation Seed Grant Awardees

Amanda Gilmore, PhD., Laura Salazar, PhD

Principal Investigators

“RealConsent+: Development of an Integrated Web-based Prevention Program for Suicidal Ideation, Alcohol Misuse, and Sexual Assault among College Students”