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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]UGA\u2019s Center on Human Trafficking Research & Outreach has announced Kate Morrissey Stahl and Allison Dunnigan, two faculty members in the School of Social Work, as its inaugural recipients of faculty research seed grants on human trafficking in the United States and across the globe.<\/span><\/p>\n

The grants are supported by the UGA Office of the Provost and serve as a launch pad for acquiring external funding from national and international sources.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are thrilled to provide these resources for faculty to apply their expertise to the pressing needs of trafficking victims and survivors, and to enable collaborative research and action on human trafficking in the U.S.,\u201d said Lydia Aletraris, CenHTRO research coordinator and associate research scientist in social work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe CenHTRO Faculty Research Seed Grants will strengthen the body of evidence around impactful programming for survivors and will allow faculty at UGA to be more competitive in subsequently securing external grant support for human trafficking research and programming, both in the U.S. and abroad,\u201d Aletraris said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Morrissey Stahl\u2019s research project\u2014\u201cDeveloping a Methodology for Trauma-Informed Interviews of Native Child Victims of Human Trafficking\u201d\u2014will develop trauma-informed and culturally aware research methods, and disseminate the best practices to protect Native youth survivors of sex trafficking.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bridget Diamond-Welch of the University of South Dakota, Katie Edwards of the University of Nebraska and Anna Kosloski of the University of Colorado will serve as co-principal investigators.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dunnigan\u2019s project, \u201cDeveloping a Comprehensive Training Protocol for Stakeholders Serving Trafficked Youth,\u201d will develop a human trafficking toolkit for Georgia jurisdictions. The project will also offer ongoing support to courts and law enforcement for human trafficking cases. UGA faculty Emma Hetherington (School of Law), Rachel Fusco and Jennifer Elkins (both School of Social Work) will serve as co-principal investigators.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe already support external researchers to do research in Costa Rica, Brazil, Morocco, Pakistan, Tanzania and Tunisia. This opportunity, through the UGA provost\u2019s office, enables us to use those lessons in helping junior or mid-level domestic researchers to do work in the U.S.,\u201d said David Okech, CenHTRO director and professor of social work. \u201cWe congratulate Dunnigan and Morrissey Stahl for the award and look forward to supporting them as they expand their research efforts.\u201d<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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