2005 - 2015
This project was active from 2005-2007, 2008-2010, and 2011-2015. Shifting Boundaries: A Collaborative Multi-Level Experimental Evaluation The goal of this study was to increase the capacity of schools to prevent Dating Violence/Harassment (DV/H) by evaluating the effectiveness of current multi-level DV/H prevention programming (Shifting Boundaries) in middle schools within a large urban school district.
Developing an effective strategy to make K-12 schools safer and more equitable for all students.
Ongoing since 2010
This project examines sexual harassment in K-12 schools over the course of 30 years and identified future directions for research, litigation and school strategies.
2011 - 2015
The goal of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of grade-differentiated dating violence and sexual harassment prevention curricula.
2006 - 2007
This project explored the ways in which states attempt to regulate consensual adolescent sexual behavior through criminal law.
2004 - 2006
This project led to the development of a teacher's manual that links curriculum on bullying and harassment directly to national education standards, based on Bullyproof curriculum.
2005 - 2007
This study in Cleveland, OH, area schools was designed to help increase the capacity of programs to prevent sexual violence and harassment. The long-term goal/objective of this study is to help prevent intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and sexual harassment by employing the most rigorous methods to evaluate strategies for altering the violence-supportive attitudes and norms of youth.
2009 - 2010
This research project addressed a critical issue by examining the overlap of bullying perpetration/victimization and sexual violence in order to inform sexual violence prevention in US schools.
1998 - 2002
The Centers for Disease Control established this consortium of WCW, the Medical University of South Carolina, and the University of Missouri.
2016 - 2019
This study documented the landscape of U.S. college and university approaches to investigations and adjudication of sexual assault.
1995 - 1999
This project created a collaborative intervention model and curriculum for schools and community-based organizations in order to understand and counter rising rates of rape, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in school environments.
2000 - 2003
Through this project, researchers examined experiences of sexual harassment in schools even when zero-tolerance policies may exist.