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Research and Contributions

Participation--National Treatment Center Study, NIDA, University of Georgia, 2008-2009

 

Contributor—Oxycontin, the Road to Heroin—City Weekly—2007

 

Participation—Spy-Hop Productions—Wine to Water—movie documentary-2006

 

Research Collection and Contribution-- The Personality and Behavioral Characteristics of Men Who Batter their Intimate Female Partner (Chiffriller & Heness, 2006)

 

Contributor—UDVC—domestic violence training, treatment section—2005-2006

 

Research Participation--Identifying Factors Predictive of Women Ending Domestic violence Relationships (Rodriguez, C., 2003)

 

Article Writer— SLADVC Children’s Newsletter—2000—2001

Articles; Victims and Trauma, and Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse

 

Participation & Research—Salt Lake Area Domestic Violence Council—1996—2000

Participated in a multi-agency study on domestic violence, using a pre-post model of perpetrators and victims to determine whether and how well existing treatment works.

 

Research Evaluator—SLADVC Multicultural Subcommittee—1999—2000

Compiled the data on a qualitative multicultural needs assessment of fifty local community agencies, and prepared it into both a written and PowerPoint presentation format.

 

Program Assistant—Univ. of Utah, Department of Health Sciences--1986 and 1988

Assisting with registration and grading of papers for the Annual School on Alcohol and Drugs

 

Research Assistant--University of Utah Arboretum--1987

Conducted interviews with visitors to the University’s Red-Butte Gardens Arboretum.

 

Research Contractor--Utah State Department of Corrections—1986

Conducted research on offender monitoring devices for the National Institute of Justice

 

Research Assistant--University of Utah, Department of Psychology—1986

Coded videotaped sessions for the use of humor as a measure of therapeutic warmth.