Amy Ashcraft is a clinical social worker at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Within the Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program, she is working with a team to expand services to include treatment of sexual violence. Her research is focused on human trafficking identification in the community and healthcare setting.
Read MoreKatie Papke is a social worker with the Department of Veteran Affairs. Her team is implementing a human trafficking initiative. Katie is a Social Work Program Professor at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Katie has her own private practice and works with survivors of human trafficking.
Read MoreDr. Celia Williamson has been engaged in anti-trafficking work and research for 29 years and has numerous articles, books, and reports. She founded the first anti-trafficking program in Ohio and directly worked with victims. She serves as the Director of the University of Toledo Human Trafficking and Social Justice Institute.
Read MoreEinat Peled is a Full Professor at the Bob Shapell School of Social Work at Tel Aviv University. Her research aims to unpack the impact of social gendered constructions for both social workers and their clients, in the areas of sex trade, violence against women, and mothering and fathering.
Read MoreGuy Shilo is a Senior Lecturer at the Bob Shapell School of Social Work at Tel-Aviv University. His research focuses on societal stressors and their impact on mental and physical health, as well as policy practice, among sexual and gender minorities, including LGBTQ individuals, people in prostitution, and sex-workers.
Read MoreRoni Eyal-Lubling is a social worker-sociologist. Her PhD examines the contribution of mother-daughter relations to the occupational development of young women in marginal social locations. She is the founder and head of the Youth Studies Community in the Israeli Sociological Association.
Read MoreDanya Koren Shimshoni is a master's student at the Bob Shapell School of Social Work at Tel Aviv University and works at the school as a research and teaching assistant. Her research centers on help-seeking processes and experiences of commercially sexually exploited youth within their relationships.
Read MoreAyelet Prior is a doctoral student at the Bob Shapell School of Social Work at Tel Aviv University. Her research explores various aspects of the sex industry and the phenomenon of paying for sex. She focuses on social constructions of gendered identities, sexuality, and deviancy.
Read MoreDr. Natalya Timoshkina is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work, Lakehead University, Canada. Her main areas of expertise include human trafficking, sex work, and gender issues. She has conducted multiple research projects on human trafficking, and has published, presented, and consulted extensively on this topic since 1998.
Read MoreMatt Friedman is an international human trafficking expert with 35 years’ experience. He is CEO of The Mekong Club, an organization of Hong Kong’s leading businesses which have joined forces to help end modern slavery. Mr. Friedman previously worked for USAID and the United Nations in over 40 countries.
Read MoreAndrés Eduardo Buenaventura is an independent researcher with a master’s degree in international security. He has worked as an INTERPOL official for more than 10 years in diverse roles and is a strategy consultant and instructor for YourECHO, an NGO dedicated to educational and cultural development in Yemen.
Read MoreKristina Aiad-Toss is an Attorney at Babin Law representing human trafficking survivors in federal litigation against corporate hotel defendants. Kristina works with the American Bar Association and other non-profits on anti-sex and labor trafficking projects. Babin Law was the first firm to bring a human trafficking civil lawsuit against hotels.
Read MoreSamuel Jairaj is a social work graduate with professional experience in community empowerment of indigenous communities of South India. He has worked exclusively towards deriving indigenous people rights by lobbying with government officials, livelihood resource mobilization through multi-stakeholder collaboration, and disaster relief activities. His expertise lies in community mobilization.
Read MoreSharlin Sara Thomas is a social work graduate with work experience in indigenous and tribal people development during her academic years. She has worked exclusively with indigenous people of South India and various groups. Her roles included resource mobilization, participatory rural appraisal, research, fundraising, advocacy, and documentation.
Read MorePrince Solomon is currently a visiting scholar at the School of Social Work, University of Michigan, USA. With 21 years of teaching experience, he is the Fieldwork Coordinator and the Dean of Student Affairs for the college. His expertise includes Mezzo Practice Skills, Community Development Practice, and Tribal and Indigenous Development.
Read MoreMaryann O'Malloy has worked in the field of behavioral health for over 30 years. She has experience working directly with survivors of human trafficking and sex workers in clinical settings. She also developed a curriculum for working with survivors of human trafficking that addressed specific needs.
Read MoreRachel Johnson has worked in the field of mental health for 10 years and has worked directly with survivors of human trafficking in clinical settings, focusing her research on human trafficking, including clinical needs and effective responses with the population. She is a PhD candidate in Counselor Education and Supervision.
Read MoreDr. Emma George is an occupational therapist and public health researcher. Emma is the first alternate delegate for Occupational Therapy Australia to the World Federation of Occupational Therapists. She leads the occupational therapy program at the University of Adelaide in South Australia and is an advocate for rights and justice.
Read MoreLogan Knight is a doctoral candidate at the College of Social Work, The Ohio State University. As a survivor-researcher-advocate, she seeks to promote socially just, inclusive, and equitable research with survivors. Logan’s research interests include resilience and posttraumatic growth in survivors and grassroots, community-based, and spiritual interventions for human trafficking.
Read MoreSusan Kahan provides consultation and training for law enforcement, child protection agencies, disability agencies, and mental health professionals on disability-related topics including law enforcement and disability, sexual abuse, human trafficking, and trauma. Susan is a certified forensic interviewer and works as a clinical therapist at University of Illinois at Chicago.
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