Featured Projects

The Violence Prevention Research Lab studies the development and prevention of dating violence/intimate partner violence, bullying, cyber-victimization, stalking, sexual violence, and other forms of violence during adolescence and young adulthood.

The Better Futures study is testing the effects of a postsecondary promotion intervention with foster youth between the ages of 16 and 20 who reside in six counties in the Central Illinois Region.

The Call to Action to Address Racism & Social Injustice Research Program will provide support for academic research and the expansion of community-based knowledge that advances the understanding of systemic racism and generationally embedded racial disparity.