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Lisa Fedina

Associate Professor of Social Work

Lisa Fedina

Dr. Lisa Fedina (she/her) is an associate professor at the School of Social Work. Her research investigates the connections between forms of violence across the lifespan (e.g., child maltreatment, intimate partner violence, sexual assault), health and mental health outcomes. Her current studies examine risk and protective factors for campus sexual assault and profiles of victimization and suicide risk among emerging adults. She is particularly interested in understanding how social policies and structural factors lead to inequalities in violence and health, and improving the criminal justice and healthcare system's response to gender-based violence. Fedina's research has been funded by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the National Institute on Aging, and the National Institute of Justice at the U.S. Department of Justice. Her research has been published in top peer-reviewed journals (e.g., American Journal of Public Health, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology) and has been featured in outlets such as USA Today and Psychology Today. Fedina has served on local and federal task forces to develop policy guidance on issues related to violence, including the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault. Her social work practice background is in community organizing, policy advocacy and direct services to survivors of sexual assault, intimate partner violence and human trafficking.

Research Interests/Focus

Sexual violence, intimate partner violence; suicide risk; criminal justice; policy research and analysis

Continuing Education

Contact Information

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(734) 615-2957[email protected]3833 SSWBUniversity of Michigan
School of Social Work
1080 S. University Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Education

Year Degree   School
2018 PhD Social Work University of Maryland, Baltimore
2009 MSW Child and Family Welfare University of Toledo
2008 BSW Social Work University of Toledo

News

Year Description
2024 Fedina, L., Tolman, R., & Herrenkohl, T. (2024, April). Preventing sexual and relationship violence among college students. National Institute of Justice Sexual Assault Awareness Month Virtual Webinar.
2024 Fedina, L., Backes, B., Reckdenwald, A., Toohy, K., & Franke, N. (2024, November). Health and helps-seeking outcomes associated with IPV, sexual violence, and stalking polyvictimization. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
2024 Fedina, L., Shyrokonis, Y., Backes, B., DeVylder, J. (2024, November). Police violence against cisgender women and transgender young adults: Findings from a nationally representative sample. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
2023 Fedina, L. (2023, May). Differences in prevalence of campus sexual assault among student subgroups: Implications for prevention and intervention). National Institute of Justice Research Conference. Washington, D.C.
2023 Anglin, D., DeVylder, J., Munson, M., Oh, H., & Fedina, L. (2023, January). Socioenvironmental factors underlying racial/ethnic inequities in psychosis risk. Paper presented at the Society for Social Work and Research 27th Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ
2023 Chen, Z. Fedina, L., DeVylder, J., Lemieux, C., & King, C. (2023, January). Financial hardships and mental health crises: An examination of young adults’ COVID-19 pandemic experiences. Poster presented at the Society for Social Work and Research 27th Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
2023 DeVylder, J. & Fedina, L. (2023, January). Writing a publishable paper, from start to finish. Workshop presented at the Society for Social Work and Research 27th Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
2023 Fedina, L., Tolman, R., Ashwell, A. & Herrenkohl, T. (2023, January). Prevalence and demographic correlates of campus sexual assault victimization: Findings from a national sample. Paper presented at the Society for Social Work and Research 27th Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
2022 Fedina, L., Peitzmeier, S., Ashwell, L., Herrenkohl, T., & Tolman, R. (2022, January). Intimate partner violence and economic insecurity during COVID-19. Virtual poster presented at the Society of Social Work and Research Annual Conference.
2022 Fedina, L. (2022, February). Characteristics of stalking victimization among college students. Sponsored by the University of Maryland, Baltimore and the Rugers University Violence Against Women Research Consortium.
2022 Fedina, L., Tolman, R., Ashwell, L. (2022, April). Prevalence and sub-population differences in sexual assault victimization among college students. Sponsored by the National Institute of Justice and the Rutgers University Violence Against Women Research Consortium.
2022 Fedina, L., Peitzmeier, S., Ashwell, L., Ward, M., Herrenkohl, T., & Tolman, R. (2022, January). Experiences of help-seeking among IPV victims during the COVID-19 pandemic. Virtual poster presented at the Society of Social Work and Research Annual Conference.
2022 Fedina, L., Peitzmeier, S., Ashwell, L., Herrenkohl, T., & Tolman, R. (2022, January). Intimate partner violence and economic insecurity during COVID-19. Virtual poster presented at the Society of Social Work and Research Annual Conference.
2022 Fedina, L., King, C., & DeVylder, J. (2022, January). Violence exposure and suicide risk: Findings from a national survey of emerging adults. Virtual poster presented at the Society of Social Work and Research Annual Conference.
2022 Fedina, L., King, C., DeVylder, J., & Herrenkohl, T. (2022, May). Violence exposure and suicide risk: Findings from a national survey of emerging adults. Paper presented at the Society of for Prevention Research Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
2022 Fedina, L., Peitzmeier, S., Ashwell, L., Herrenkohl, T., & Tolman, R. (2022, May). Intimate partner violence and economic insecurity during COVID-19. Paper presented at the Society of for Prevention Research Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
2022 Fedina, L., King, C., DeVylder, J., & Herrenkohl, T. (2022, June). Latent class profiles of victimization and suicide risk among emerging adults. Virtual presentation at the Suicide Research Symposium.
2022 Fedina, L., Ashwell, A., Tolman, R., & Herrenkohl, T. (2022, June). Prevalence and demographic correlates of campus sexual assault victimization: Attending to marginalized student experiences and needs. Paper presented at the 24th Nursing Network on Violence Against Women International Conference, Durham, NC.
2022 Fedina, L., Backes, B., Shyrokonis, Y. & DeVylder, J. (2022, June). Police violence against women and transgender adults and associations with intimate partner violence: Findings from a nationally representative U.S. sample. Paper presented at the 24th Nursing Network on Violence Against Women International Conference, Durham, NC.
2021 Fedina, L. & Jackson, A. (2021, April). State of the research on police violence: Implications for social work. University of Minnesota, School of Social Work.
2021 Fedina, L. (2021, June). Interpersonal violence, state-sanctioned violence, and health outcomes among women. Virtual Forum on Anti-Racism & Intersectionality in Feminist Criminology (& Academia). Sponsored by American Society of Criminology, Division of Women and Crime.
2021 Fedina, L., Peitzmeier, S., & Ashwell, L. (2021, September). Prevalence and demographic correlates of selling sex during the COVID-19 pandemic. Virtual paper presentation presented at the International Human Trafficking and Social Justice Conference
2021 Fedina, L., King, C., DeVylder, J., & Herrenkohl, T. (2021, October). Violence exposure and suicide risk in a national sample of emerging adults. Virtual paper presentation presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting Expo.
2021 Fedina, L., Peitzmeier, S., Ashwell, L., Herrenkohl, T., & Tolman, R. (2021, October). Intimate partner violence and economic insecurity during COVID-19. Paper presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting Expo, Denver, CO.
2021 Fedina, L., Chen, Z., King, C., DeVylder, J. (2021, October). Financial hardships and mental health: An examination of young adults’ COVID-19 Pandemic Experiences. Virtual poster presentation presented at IASR/AFSP International Summit on Suicide Research.
2021 Fedina, L., King, C., & DeVylder, J. (2021, October). Violence exposure and suicide risk: Findings from a national survey of emerging adults. Virtual poster presentation presented at IASR/AFSP International Summit on Suicide Research.
2021 Price, D., Davis, L., Gutierrez, L., & Fedina, L. (2021, November). A model for organizing to undo racism in Schools of Social Work. Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Orlando, FL.
2021 Fedina, L., King, C., DeVylder, J., & Herrenkohl, T. (2021, March). Poly-victimization and suicide risk in a national sample of emerging adults. University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center Science of Suicide Prevention Virtual Summit.
2021 Fedina, L., Backes, B., & Ashwell, L. (2021, April). Associations between intimate partner violence, sexual violence, stalking and economic insecurity. National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence (virtual).
2021 Fedina, L., Hong, S., Rousson, A., Lee, J.O., & Herrenkohl, T. I. (2021, June). Trajectories of child maltreatment and intimate partner violence. Society for Prevention Research Annual Virtual Meeting.
2020 Fedina, L. (2020, October). Police violence and intimate partner violence among women. University of Rhode Island, Department of Psychology.
2020 Ashwell, L., Fedina, L., Backes, B., Hafner, S., & Rosay, A. (2020, October). Associations between intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and economic insecurity among women. American Public Health Association Annual Virtual Meeting and Expo.
2020 Fedina, L., Hafner, S., Schultz, K., Backes, B., Ashwell, L., & Rosay, A. (2020, October). Interpersonal violence, economic insecurity, and health among American Indian and Alaska Native men and women. American Public Health Association Annual Virtual Meeting and Expo.
2020 McCarty-Caplan, D., Paez, J., Gutiérrez, L., & Fedina, L. (2020, November). Deconstructing white supremacy in social work classrooms. Council on Social Work Education Annual Virtual Meeting.
2020 Fedina, L., Peitzmeier, S., Ashwell, L. Tolman, R., & Herrenkohl, T. (2020, November). Intimate partner violence and economic insecurity during the Covid-19 crisis. University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center Inaugural Research Symposium.
2020 Smith, M., Fedina, L., Lee, K., Sharpe, T., Pahwa, R., Barrio, C., DeVylder, J. (2020, January). The impact of secondary exposure to gun violence fatality on hallucination- and delusion-like experiences among three racial/ethnic groups. Paper presented at the Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.
2020 Jackson, A., Fedina, L., DeVylder, J., & Barth, R. (2020, January). Associations between public perceptions of law enforcement and experiences of police violence. Paper presented at the Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.
2020 Fedina, L., Jackson, A., Backes, B., Jun, H., DeVylder, J., Barth, R. (2020, January). Prevalence and sociodemographic differences in Poly-Victimization Exposure in a General Population Sample. Paper presented at the Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.
2020 Fedina, L., Moss, L., DeVylder, J., & Barth, R. (2020, January). Mental health effects of joint exposure to Adverse Childhood Experiences and intimate partner violence among men and women. Paper presented at the Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.
2019 Bessaha, M.L., Mushonga, D., & Fedina, L. (2019, October). College student perceptions of institutional responses to sexual assault reporting and general help-seeking intentions. Paper presented at the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood 9th Conference, Toronto, ON.
2019 DeVylder, J., Jun, H., Fedina, L., & Barth, R. (2019, January). Mental health correlates of police violence exposure in Baltimore and New York City. Paper presented at the Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.
2019 Jun, J., DeVylder, J., Fedina, L., & Barth, R. (2019, January). Police victimization exposure among adults diagnosed with mental illness. Poster presentation at the Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.
2019 Fedina, L., Backes, B., Sulley, C., Wood, L., & Busch, N. (2019, January). Characteristics of stalking victimization among college students in the U.S. Paper presented at the Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.
2019 Fedina, L., Backes, B., Jun, H., & DeVylder, J. (2019, January). Correlates of police reporting and responses to IPV: Do victims’ perceived police legitimacy and trustworthiness matter? Paper presented at the Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.

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