Fall is a season of colors. Here in Colorado, the greens of summer give way to yellow aspens and cottonwoods. Grasses turn to auburn as trees across the front range offer majestic red and orange accents. By October, the fall color palette broadens to include many shades of purple — on pins and clothes asContinue reading “Put on Your Favorite Purple Clothes and Get to Know our Team!”
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Sharing New Research Findings, Just in Time for Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Just in time for October’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month (#DVAM), we’re excited to share new research findings with you on: Brain injury and intimate partner violence; Survivor-centered care; and Policy impacts on victim services. As you’ll see below, TSS Group team members developed posters that give background on the projects as well as describe resultsContinue reading “Sharing New Research Findings, Just in Time for Domestic Violence Awareness Month”
Sexual Violence in the Lives of Black Women: #SAAM2026
by Courtney McCrimmon, TSS Group Member During Sexual Assault Awareness Month, it’s important to recognize the impact of sexual violence in Black women’s lives. Consider that: Over two-thirds (68.5%) of Black women report contact sexual violence, such as unwanted sexual contact, penetration, sexual coercion, and/or rape in their lifetime (Chen et al., 2023). More than a quarter (28.7%) of Black women are raped in theirContinue reading “Sexual Violence in the Lives of Black Women: #SAAM2026”
Economic Costs of Sexual Violence: #SAAM2026
by Amber Fredrick, TSS Group Member Among the many burdens of sexual assault are the economic costs. For example: Sexual violence contributes to preventable healthcare costs, lost income, legal expenses, and housing instability (Wessells & Kostelny, 2022). The economic consequences of sexual violence can persist for years, often compounding trauma and stress (Peterson et al.,Continue reading “Economic Costs of Sexual Violence: #SAAM2026”
Survivor-Centered Care: New Research on the Horizon
by Amber Fredrick, TSS Group Member, 2nd Year Graduate Student In my time as an advocate, I have spent many long nights in emergency rooms and early mornings in court rooms working with survivors to get the care they need. In navigating these complicated systems that often leave survivors feeling confused, overwhelmed, and frustrated, IContinue reading “Survivor-Centered Care: New Research on the Horizon”
Sharing Research, Discovering Momentum
by Courtney McCrimmon, 4th Year Graduate Student From Bench to Bedside and Beyond: Advancing Translational Science in Traumatic Stress Studies — that was the theme for the 40th Annual International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) Meeting in Boston, MA this past September. The ISTSS Annual Meeting offers a forum for researchers to share evidence-basedContinue reading “Sharing Research, Discovering Momentum”
Looking for Change in All the Wrong Places
A lifetime or so ago, I sat around a conference table with folks from the Rocky Mountain Victim Law Center (RMvlc) and several community- and system-based agencies who worked with crime victims and survivors in Denver. The group was interested in responding to a solicitation from the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) to makeContinue reading “Looking for Change in All the Wrong Places”
Hearing My Words in Someone Else’s Voice
One day, shortly after hard copies of Every 90 Seconds arrived with their periwinkle covers to my doorstep, I rounded the corner into the office I share with my spouse and stopped short. I heard familiar words — words that sounded a lot like my words — in someone else’s voice. The voice was SusanContinue reading “Hearing My Words in Someone Else’s Voice”
Denim Day 2023
The Traumatic Stress Studies Group is proud to join the Colorado Coalition against Sexual Assault as well as survivors, allies, and providers from near and far for Denim Day 2023! Our team wears denim to show our commitment to using research to raise awareness and take action. Will you join us? After all, a worldContinue reading “Denim Day 2023”
Hope and the Radical Acknowledgment of the World As It Is
I woke up on that last Friday of June with to-do lists and half-memorized remarks running through my head. I was facing down a morning packed with meetings ahead of attending the Rose Andom Center‘s Summer Connections Gala where I was to receive their Building Hope Award. I’d been working on my remarks all week.Continue reading “Hope and the Radical Acknowledgment of the World As It Is”
