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Emily Edwards, M.Ed.
Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences
Research Program Manager
School of Public Health and Information Sciences
485 E Gray St., Room 208
Louisville, KY 40202
emily.edwards@louisville.edu
Education
PhD in progress - University of Louisville, Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences
M.Ed. - University of Louisville (2020), Counseling Psychology
BS - Indiana University Columbus (2018), Psychology
Background
Emily Edwards, M.Ed. is a Research Program Manager on the Mobile Crisis Intervention Services evaluation team, leading the qualitative research arm of the project. With research, teaching, and clinical training from psychology, social work, and public health fields, Edwards has a multidisciplinary and systems science lens guiding her approach to promoting thriving and liberation for all people. She joined the SPHIS in 2020 and for multiple teams has been managing complex, multi-level datasets, engaging community, and utilizing mixed research methods to tell larger stories of violence and inequities and to drive social change.
Research Interests
Edwards' research has focused on child trafficking and sexual violence, community and structural violence, and improving behavioral health systems. More recently, her research has developed into arts-based, healing-centered, and community-engaged approaches, specifically in examining critical consciousness and its positive impacts on health and liberation for minoritized and marginalized groups.
Publications
Edwards, E. E., Middleton, J., Crosby, S., Vides, B., Goggin, R., Pasquale, L. (2023). “Change is always hard”: A qualitative exploration of the Trauma Resilient Communities (TRC) Model implementation process. Children and Youth Services Review, 149, 106948. DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.106948
Vides, B., Middleton, J., Edwards, E. E., McCorkle, D., Crosby, S., Loftis, B., & Goggin, R. (2022). The Trauma Resilient Communities (TRC) Model: A theoretical framework for disrupting structural violence and healing communities. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma, pp. 1-20. DOI: 10.1080/10926771.2022.2112344
Edwards, E. E., Middleton, J., & Cole, J. (2022). Family-controlled trafficking in the United States: Victim characteristics, system response, and case outcomes. Journal of Human Trafficking, pp. 1-19. DOI: 10.1080/23322705.2022.2039866
Middleton, J., Edwards, E. E., Roe-Sepowitz, D., Inman, N., Frey, L, & Gattis, M. (2022). Adverse childhood experiences as predictors of sex trafficking among homeless youth in Kentuckiana. Journal of Human Trafficking, pp. 1-14. DOI: 10.1080/23322705.2021.2020061
Middleton, J., & Edwards, E. E. (2021). Detecting child trafficking within the child welfare system: Recommendations and best practices for screening and identification protocols in the United States. Forensic Research & Criminology International Journal, 9(1):1‒10. DOI: 10.15406/frcij.2021.09.00335.
Blanco, K. T., McNeill, B. W., McCubbin, L. D., Hewlett, N. E., Edwards, E. E., Untalan, A., & King, S. (2021) Mexican migrant farmworkers’ narratives on adversity and coping. In Cervantes, J. M. & McNeill, B. (Eds), Latinx healing practices: Psychospiritual counseling interventions. Cognella Academic Publishing.
Middleton, J. & Edwards, E. E. (2020). A five-year analysis of child trafficking in the United States: Exploring case characteristics and outcomes to inform child welfare system response. Forensic Research & Criminology International Journal, 8(5), 192‒203. DOI: 10.15406/frcij.2020.08.00328
Whiteman, G., Edwards, E. E., Savelle, A., & Whiteman, K. (2020). How do missionaries become resilient?: Preliminary findings from the resilient missionary study. In Hill, G. J. (Ed.), Relentless love: Living out integral mission to combat poverty, injustice, and conflict. Langham Global Library.
