2020 Schedule

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

9:00 - 9:30

Morning Welcome

10:00 - 11:00

Breakout Session 1

Featured

Dan Schoonover; Andrea Ehret; Penny Nevicosi, MSW & Kelsey Hood-Christenson, MSW

Development of a Human Trafficking Multi-Disciplinary Team

Dan Schoonover; Andrea Ehret; Penny Nevicosi, MSW & Kelsey Hood-Christenson, MSW

Rita Dhungel, PhD, BL, BSW, RSW & Sanjamaya Tamang

Intersectional Gender Oppression: Sex Trafficking and Reintegration of Trafficking Survivors in Nepal

Rita Dhungel, PhD, BL, BSW, RSW & Sanjamaya Tamang

Chuck Campbell, MDiv, BA, BS

Human Trafficking 101

Chuck Campbell, MDiv, BA, BS

Gwen England, CDCA & Shauna Harrison, LISW

Building Positive Connections: The Purpose and the Process

Gwen England, CDCA & Shauna Harrison, LISW

Lauren Martin, PhD; Caroline Palmer, JD & Nic Rider, PhD

Prevalence of Transactional Sex among High School Students in Minnesota

Lauren Martin, PhD; Caroline Palmer, JD & Nic Rider, PhD

11:30 - 12:30

Breakout Session 2

Featured

Rochelle Dalla, PhD, CFLE & Donna Sabella, MEd, MSN, PhD, PMHNP-BCS

Journal of Human Trafficking: What It Is and How You Can Contribute

Rochelle Dalla, PhD, CFLE & Donna Sabella, MEd, MSN, PhD, PMHNP-BCS

Armand King

Raised in Pimp City: The Truth About Domestic Human Sex Trafficking*

Armand King

Adeleye Lewis Olatunji, PhD(c), MSc, MA & Olugbenga Oke-Samuel, PhD, LLM

Climate Migration and the Conundrum of the Rights of Migrants: An Analysis of Multiple Complexities in the Journey of African Migrants

Adeleye Lewis Olatunji, PhD(c), MSc, MA & Olugbenga Oke-Samuel, PhD, LLM

11:20 - 11:50

Breakout Session 2.1

Featured

Tashina Khabbaz, BA, MEd & Sinenhlanhla Zungu, MA, MS, PhD(c)

Educator Sex Trafficking Awareness & Racial Disparities

Tashina Khabbaz, BA, MEd & Sinenhlanhla Zungu, MA, MS, PhD(c)

Glenn Miles, PhD

Spirituality and Resilience: Lessons Learned from the Chab Dai Longitudinal Research Project

Glenn Miles, PhD

12:00 - 12:30

Breakout Session 2.2

Featured

Benjamin Thomas Greer, JD

Growing Awareness of the Interconnectivity Between Terrorism and Trafficking

Benjamin Thomas Greer, JD

Lara Gerassi, PhD, LCSW, MSW & Anna Pederson, MS

Addressing Patients' Sex Trafficking Risk in a High-Risk Healthcare Setting: Findings from a Collective Case Study in the Midwest

Lara Gerassi, PhD, LCSW, MSW & Anna Pederson, MS

12:45 - 1:15

Lunch Program

1:30 - 2:30

Breakout Session 3

Featured

Alexandra Stevenson, B.Soc.Sc

I Laugh in the Face of Trauma

Alexandra Stevenson, B.Soc.Sc

Mary Kent

Human Trafficking Investigations: Open Source Tools

Mary Kent

Rita Dhungel, PhD, BL, BSW, RSW

Photovoice and Street Dramas: Involvement of Trafficking Survivors Living with HIV in Educational and Advocacy Campaigns

Rita Dhungel, PhD, BL, BSW, RSW

Keri Black, MA

Human Trafficking Includes Sexual Violence: Why Rape Crisis and Domestic Violence Resource Centers have the Ability to Serve HT Survivors, and How to Use that Ability

Keri Black, MA

LaDonna Knabbs, MA; Margaret; Toshia & Rita

F.R.E.E. to Thrive

LaDonna Knabbs, MA; Margaret; Toshia & Rita

3:00 - 4:00

Breakout Session 4

Featured

Sarah Florman, MPA

Collaborating for Change: Responding to Sexually Exploited and Trafficked Youth

Sarah Florman, MPA

S. Michele Cohen, MA, PhD, LPC, LCPC & Ann Marie Babb

Practice Guidelines for Treatment of C-PTSD and Dissociative Disorders with Therapeutic Flexibility

S. Michele Cohen, MA, PhD, LPC, LCPC & Ann Marie Babb

Nicholas Oakley, JD & Laura Nagel

At the Margins, but not Beyond Our Reach: The Basics for Supporting LGBTQ+ Survivors of Trafficking

Nicholas Oakley, JD & Laura Nagel

2:50 - 3:20

Breakout Session 4.1

Featured

Mellissa Withers, PhD, MHS

How Agencies that Traditionally Serve Domestic Violence Survivors Can Better Serve Sex Trafficking Survivors

Mellissa Withers, PhD, MHS

Cherise Charleswell, MPH

Building a BRIDGE for Social Reintegration Through a Human Trafficking Continuum of Care Network

Cherise Charleswell, MPH

3:30 - 4:00

Breakout Session 4.2

Featured

Benjamin Thomas Greer, JD

Growing Awareness of the Interconnectivity Between Terrorism and Trafficking

Benjamin Thomas Greer, JD

Lara Gerassi, PhD, LCSW, MSW & Anna Pederson, MS

Addressing Patients' Sex Trafficking Risk in a High-Risk Healthcare Setting: Findings from a Collective Case Study in the Midwest

Lara Gerassi, PhD, LCSW, MSW & Anna Pederson, MS

4:30 - 5:00

Wrap-Up Session

Thursday, September 24, 2020

9:00 - 9:30

Morning Welcome

Featured

Harold D'Souza

The Scars Left by Labor Trafficking: Methods to Prevent this Crime

Harold D'Souza

Alexander Delgado, BA

Increasing Organizational Capacity to Better Serve and Reach LGBTQ+ Survivors of Human Trafficking

Alexander Delgado, BA

Allyson Cordoni, APRN, CNP, SANE-A, SANE-P

SANE Examination: What We Do and Why a Medical Examination is Important for Your Patient Who has been Trafficked

Allyson Cordoni, APRN, CNP, SANE-A, SANE-P

Heather Evans, DSW, LCSW

From the Voices of Domestic Sex Trafficking Survivors: Experiences of Complex Trauma and Posttraumatic Growth

Heather Evans, DSW, LCSW

10:00 - 11:00

Breakout Session 1

9:50 - 10:20

Breakout Session 1.1

Featured

Jovitta Xavier, PhD & Jaba Prince MSW, MBA

Trends Seen in Bonded Labor Cases of South India

Jovitta Xavier, PhD & Jaba Prince MSW, MBA

10:30 - 11:00

Breakout Session 1.2

Featured

Michelle Alvarado, PhD; Mostafa Reisi, PhD & Meserret Karaca

Using Advanced Technology to Detect and Monitor Labor Trafficking in Florida

Michelle Alvarado, PhD; Mostafa Reisi, PhD & Meserret Karaca

Featured

Celia Williamson, LSW, PhD

Emancipation Nation Network: Social Justice through Online Connection and Education

Celia Williamson, LSW, PhD

Rochelle Dalla, PhD, CFLE

Familial Sex Trafficking among the Bedia of India: Defying the Dominant Human Trafficking Discourse

Rochelle Dalla, PhD, CFLE

Jarrod Sadulski, PhD

The Problem of Human Trafficking in Colombia, South America

Jarrod Sadulski, PhD

11:30 - 12:30

Breakout Session 2

11:20 - 11:50

Breakout Session 2.1

Featured

Michelle Alvarado, PhD; Mostafa Reisi, PhD & Meserret Karaca

Using Advanced Technology to Detect and Monitor Labor Trafficking in Florida

Michelle Alvarado, PhD; Mostafa Reisi, PhD & Meserret Karaca

12:00 - 12:30

Breakout Session 2.2

Featured

Michelle Alvarado, PhD; Mostafa Reisi, PhD & Meserret Karaca

Using Advanced Technology to Detect and Monitor Labor Trafficking in Florida

Michelle Alvarado, PhD; Mostafa Reisi, PhD & Meserret Karaca

Lunch Program

12:45 - 1:15

Featured

Jenny Almquist & John Pulley

New Approaches to Stopping Demand

Jenny Almquist & John Pulley

Nicholas Oakley, JD & Laura Nagel

Better Relationships, Better Data: Why You Should Be Collecting Information on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression (SOGIE) and How to Do It

Nicholas Oakley, JD & Laura Nagel

Ann Carrellas, PhD, LMSW

Sexual Victimization Among Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities Involved in Child Welfare Services

Ann Carrellas, PhD, LMSW

David Corliss, PhD

From Analytics to Action: Leveraging Research and Analysis in the Fight Against Human Trafficking

David Corliss, PhD

1:30 - 2:30

Breakout Session 3

Featured

Samantha Searls, MSW & Em Joy, BFA

Words Matter: Language, Imagery and Storytelling in Human Trafficking Awareness

Samantha Searls, MSW & Em Joy, BFA

Jeanne L. Allert, MEd, MACM

The Landscape of Care for Victims of Domestic Human Trafficking

Jeanne L. Allert, MEd, MACM

Amanda Colegrove, MA & Terry Forliti, BA

The Minnesota Youth Human Trafficking and Exploitation Identification Tool and Guide

Amanda Colegrove, MA & Terry Forliti, BA

Nancy Hardcastle, MA

Is Your Delivery Hijacking the Impact of Your Presentation?

Nancy Hardcastle, MA

3:00 - 4:00

Breakout Session 4

2:50 - 3:20

Breakout Session 4.1

Featured

Jessica Donohue-Dioh, PhD, MSW-LISW

Understanding how Survivors of Sex Trafficking Conceptualize Prevention

Jessica Donohue-Dioh, PhD, MSW-LISW

3:30 - 4:00

Breakout Session 4.2

Featured

Victor Hsiao, BA & Mellissa Withers, PhD, MHS

Lessons Learned from a Community-Based Participatory Research Study with At-Risk Youth in Taiwan

Victor Hsiao, BA & Mellissa Withers, PhD, MHS

4:30 - 5:00

Wrap-Up Session

Friday, September 25, 2020

9:00 - 9:30

Morning Welcome

10:00 - 11:00

Breakout Session 1

Featured

Katherine Yoder, MS, CFI; Adonna Wilson-Baney, CFI & Susan Kahan, MA, LCPC

An Inclusive and Individualized Response for Victims of Crime with Disabilities: The Adult Advocacy Center Model

Katherine Yoder, MS, CFI; Adonna Wilson-Baney, CFI & Susan Kahan, MA, LCPC

Renee Jones, MS

Sex Trafficking, Mental Health, and Addiction: A Survivor Story

Renee Jones, MS

Marissa Marie Gray, MSEd, LPC

No More Night: A Novel Trauma-Informed Approach to Engaging Sexually Exploited Youth in Treatment

Marissa Marie Gray, MSEd, LPC

Steven Procopio, ACSW, LICSW

The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Boys, Adolescent Males, and Young Men

Steven Procopio, ACSW, LICSW

Mesele Mengsteab Habtu, PhD, MSW & Jessica Donohue-Dioh, PhD, MSW-LISW

Relationships Matter: Women in the Scene of Street Prostitution in Ethiopia

Mesele Mengsteab Habtu, PhD, MSW & Jessica Donohue-Dioh, PhD, MSW-LISW

11:30 - 12:30

Breakout Session 2

Featured

Jesse Bach, PhD & George Tsagaris, PhD

Control and Autonomy in Sex Trafficking: A Theoretical View of Three Case Examples

Jesse Bach, PhD & George Tsagaris, PhD

Alinka Gearon, PhD, MRes, LSW

Participatory Child Trafficking Research: Trust and Empowerment

Alinka Gearon, PhD, MRes, LSW

Amy Rouleau, BSW, MPA

Childhood Sexual Abuse, Trafficking, Trauma Implications, and Recovery

Amy Rouleau, BSW, MPA

11:20 - 11:50

Breakout Session 2.1

Featured

Celia Williamson, LSW, PhD & Lisa Belton, MSW

Mixed Messages: How to Create Healthy and Self Positive Biracial Youth

Celia Williamson, LSW, PhD & Lisa Belton, MSW

12:00 - 12:30

Breakout Session 2.2

Featured

Renee Kae Adams

Becoming Vulnerable with Myself Was A Blessing

Renee Kae Adams

Neely Mahapatra, PhD, MSSW & Kirsten Havig, MSW, PhD

Health Care Providers’ Knowledge of Human Trafficking: Implications for Building Service Capacity in a Frontier State

Neely Mahapatra, PhD, MSSW & Kirsten Havig, MSW, PhD

12:45 - 1:15

Lunch Program

1:30 - 2:30

Breakout Session 3

Featured

Artika Tyner, JD, EdD & Darlene Fry, EdD

Mass Incarceration and Collateral Consequences

Artika Tyner, JD, EdD & Darlene Fry, EdD

Pat Stephens, MEd & Steve Mentrek, MA

Sex and Labor Trafficking of the Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) Population

Pat Stephens, MEd & Steve Mentrek, MA

Christa Lynn, LMHC, CCTP & Marianne Thomas, PhD

Relational Trauma Common to Exploited Persons

Christa Lynn, LMHC, CCTP & Marianne Thomas, PhD

3:00 - 4:00

Breakout Session 4

Featured

Nazmia Comrie; Terence “Terry” Coonan; Luis C.deBaca; et. al.

Life Cycle of a Labor Trafficking Case

Nazmia Comrie; Terence “Terry” Coonan; Luis C.deBaca; et. al.

Allyson Cordoni, APRN, CNP, SANE-A, SANE-P

When Sex Trafficking Meets Asphyxiation: What to Look for and What to Do

Allyson Cordoni, APRN, CNP, SANE-A, SANE-P

Edee Franklin, BS, MEd

Creating a Safe Space for Survivors of Human Trafficking

Edee Franklin, BS, MEd

Beth Bullock, CTP, QBHS

The Influence of Trauma on Vulnerability

Beth Bullock, CTP, QBHS

4:30 - 5:00

Wrap-Up Session

Art Exhibits, September 23-25, 2020

Featured

I Want You to See Me: Narrative Performance

Art Immersion and Relaxation

Seeing Me: Experiences of the Next Generation

Seeing Me: Mental Health and Art Experience

Seeing Me: Thriver Art Experience

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2020 Schedule

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

9:00 - 9:30

10:00 - 11:00

11:30 - 12:30

11:20 - 11:50

12:00 - 12:30

12:45 - 1:15

1:30 - 2:30

3:00 - 4:00

2:50 - 3:20

3:30 - 4:00

4:30 - 5:00

Thursday, September 24, 2020

9:00 - 9:30

10:00 - 11:00

9:50 - 10:20

10:30 - 11:00

11:30 - 12:30

11:20 - 11:50

12:00 - 12:30

12:45 - 1:15

1:30 - 2:30

3:00 - 4:00

2:50 - 3:20

3:30 - 4:00

4:30 - 5:00

Friday, September 25, 2020

9:00 - 9:30

10:00 - 11:00

11:30 - 12:30

11:20 - 11:50

12:00 - 12:30

12:45 - 1:15

1:30 - 2:30

3:00 - 4:00

4:30 - 5:00

Art Exhibits, September 23-25, 2020