White Speaks about Violence against Women, Children Nov. 4

By Dan Nonte, University Relations

Contact: (336) 334-4314
Posted 10-12-09

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Dr. Jacquelyn W. White, a psychology professor at UNCG, will give a lecture – “Violence against Women and Children: Public Health and Human Rights Perspectives” – at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, at the Central Library in downtown Greensboro.

The event, free and open to the public, will be held in the library’s Nussbaum Room and is sponsored by the UNCG Child and Family Research Network. The library is located at 219 N. Church Street.

White has conducted research on gender issues, aggression and intimate partner violence for more than 30 years, publishing numerous articles and chapters. That research includes one of the few longitudinal studies of sexual and physical dating violence among adolescents and college students, a five-year project funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute of Justice.

Her recent publications reflect her interest in the life experiences of people involved in aggression and violence from infancy through adulthood. In addition to serving as interim associate dean for research in UNCG’s College of Arts & Sciences, she is working on a project on trauma and substance use funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Co-chair of the National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence, she is editor of “Clashing Views in Gender” and co-editor of a two-volume series “Violence against Women and Children: Consensus, Critical Analysis, and Emergent Priorities.”

She is a past editor of Psychology of Women Quarterly and on the board of editors for the journal Aggressive Behavior. In 2008, the Society for the Psychology of Women presented her with the Carolyn Wood Sherif Award.