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Megan Greeson
Department: Ecological Community Psychology

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My broad research interest is the spectrum of violence against women, particularly sexual assault and intimate partner violence. More specifically, I am interested in how individuals, organizations, and communities address and respond to violence against women in our society.

Research and Consulting Experience
Project Director
Adolescent Sexual Assault Victims' Experiences with SANE-SARTs and the Criminal Justice System, National Institute of Justice, Dr. Rebecca Campbell, P. I.
Research Assistant
A Systems Change Analysis of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Programs: Identifying the Mediating Mechanisms of Criminal Justice System Impact, National Institute of Justice, Dr. Rebecca Campbell, P. I.
Research Assistant/Evaluation Consultant
National Evaluation of the Department of Defense Domestic (DoD) Abuse Victim Advocacy Pilot Project, U.S. Department of Defense, with Dr. Cris Sullivan.
Research Assistant
The Development of the Scale of Economic Abuse, Master's Thesis by Adrienne Adams.
Senior Honors Thesis
The Relationship between Economic Abuse and Depression for Domestic Abuse Survivors
Student Editor
American Journal of Evaluation
Community Involvement
Practicum
I am working with a community to facilitate the development of a county-wide protocol for the medical and criminal justice system response to sexual assault.
Medical Advocate/Crisis Intervention Counselor
Michigan State University Sexual Assault Program
Publications
Campbell, R., Greeson, M., & Patterson, D. (in press).
Defining the boundaries: How sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) balance patient care and law enforcement collaboration. Accepted to Journal of Forensic Nursing.
Kennedy, A. C., Bybee, D., Sullivan, C. M., & Greeson, M. (2010).
The impact of family and community violence on children’s depression trajectories: Examining the interactions of violence exposure, family social support, and gender. Journal of Family Psychology.
Patterson, D., Greeson, M. R., & Campbell, R. (2009).
Protect thyself: Understanding rape survivors' decisions not to seek help from social systems. Submitted to Health & Social Work.
Kennedy, A. C., Bybee, D., Sullivan, C. M., & Greeson, M. R. (2009).
The Effects of Community and Family Violence Exposure on Anxiety Trajectories during Middle Childhood: The Role of Family Social Support as a Moderator. Submitted to Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
Adams, A.E., Sullivan, C.M., Bybee, D.I., and Greeson, M. (2008).
Development of the Scale of Economic Abuse. Violence Against Women, 14, 563-588.
Campbell, R., Greeson, M. R., Bybee, D., & Raja, S. (2008).
The co-occurrence of childhood sexual abuse, adult sexual assault, intimate partner violence, and sexual harassment: a mediational model of PTSD and physical health outcomes. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76, 194-207.
Conference Presentations
Campbell, R., Greeson, M., & Van-Order, P. (2011, May).
Invited Talk: Adolescent Sexual Assault Victim Experiences with SART/SANE.
To be presented at the Sixth National SART Training Conference.
Campbell, R., Greeson, M., & Fehler-Cabral, G. (2011, April).
Responding to the Medical and Legal Needs of Adolescent Sexual Assault Survivors.
Workshop to be presented at the End Violence Against Women International Conference, Chicago, IL.
Greeson, M. R., Campbell, R., Fehler-Cabral, Diegel, R., & Van-Order, P. (2010, October).
Adolescent Sexual Assault Victims: Disclosure, Help-seeking, and Medical and Legal System Experiences.
To be presented at the International Forensic Nursing Scientific Assembly, Washington, D.C.
Fehler-Cabral, G., Campbell, R., & Greeson, M. (2010, September).
Adolescent sexual assault: How teen survivors disclose and seek help.
Poster to be presented at the International Conference on Violence, Abuse, & Trauma, San Diego, CA.
Campbell, R., Greeson, M., & Fehler-Cabral, G. (2010, June).
Invited Talk: Improving criminal justice outcomes by focusing on victims.
National Institute of Justice Research Conference, Washington, DC.
Greeson, M. R. (2010, January).
Invited Talk: Dynamics of intimate partner sexual violence.
Macomb County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council, Chesterfield Township, MI.
Campbell, R., Greeson, M., Cabral, G., & Bothne, N. (2009, June).
Community-based feminist interviewing: Research with traumatized populations across the lifespan.
Roundtable presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Community Research and Action, Montclair, NJ.
Campbell, R., Greeson, M., & Cabral, G. (2009 June).
Invited Talk: Adolescent sexual assault victims’ experiences with the criminal justice system.
National Institute of Justice Research Conference, Washington, DC.
Patterson, D., Greeson, M. R., & Campbell, R. (2009, January).
Protect Thyself: Understanding Rape Survivors' Decisions Not to Seek Help from Social Systems.
Oral Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, New Orleans, LA.
Campbell, R., Greeson, M., Bybee, D., & Raja, S. (2008, November).
The health impact of lifetime trauma and violence in a diverse sample of female veterans.
Symposium accepted by the Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Chicago, IL.
Adams, A., Greeson, M., Campbell, R., Sullivan, C. M., & Patterson, D. (2008, November).
Strategies for Conducting Evaluation with Hard-to-Find, Traumatized, and Vulnerable Populations.
Roundtable presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Denver, CO.
Sprague, H., Greeson, M. R., Cabral, G., Droege, E., & Campbell, C. (2007, June).
First-year practicum in community psychology: Graduate student perspectives.
Town Hall presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Community Research and Action, Pasadena, CA.
Patterson, D. & Campbell, R., Lichty, L.F., Adams, A.E. & Greeson, M. (2005, September).
Planning and implementing program evaluation for Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Programs.
International Forensic Nursing Scientific Assembly, Arlington, Virginia.
Adams, A.E., Greeson, M., and Sullivan, C.M. (2005, July).
The Development of the Scale of Economic Abuse.
Poster session presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Community Research and Action, Champaign, IL.
Technical Reports & Manuals
Greeson, M. R., Campbell, R., Kobes, S. K. E. (2008).
A Step-by-Step Practitioner Toolkit for Evaluating the Work of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Programs in the Criminal Justice System.
National Institute of Justice Award 2005-WG-BX-0003, Dr. Rebecca Campbell, P. I.
Adams, A. E. & Greeson, M. (2006).
Economic Abuse in the Lives of Women with Abusive Partners: Report for Domestic Violence Service Providers.
East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University.
Sullivan, C. M., Adams, A. E., Erwin, P. E., Greeson, M., and Valenti, M. (2005).
Evaluation of the Department of Defense Domestic Abuse Victim Advocacy Pilot
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Defense's Family Violence Policy Office.