Intimate Partner Violence

Assistant Professor Karen Trister Grace shares eight forms intimate partner violence, sometimes called domestic violence, can take. Some are commonly known and others are less visible.

How a university failed a student allegedly killed by her ex-boyfriend.

Faculty in the College of Health and Human Services share insight on the public health implications of the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 23, 2022, decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision protecting a woman's liberty to choose to have an abortion.  

Intimate partner violence expert Denise Hines discusses the prevalence of bidirectional violence and other lesser known facts about intimate partner violence (IPV) in wake of a high-profile defamation trial.

And the Winner of the Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard Trial Is…Men.

Expert addresses common misconceptions about men who experience intimate partner violence. 

Leading expert on male victims of domestic violence and false allegations against them is at George Mason University, located two miles from Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial. 

Daphne King, EdD, associate professor in the Department of Social Work, shares teen dating violence warning signs and tips for parents during Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (February).

Drawing on 20 years of practice as a nurse-midwife, Dr. Karen Trister Grace’s research interests are in reproductive coercion, intimate partner violence (IPV), pregnancy intention and health disparities. Dr. Grace recently conducted research addressing solutions to housing instability for IPV survivors, as well as a mixed methods study exploring reproductive coercion in Latina women. She has an interest in birth outcomes related to IPV and reproductive coercion, and the intersection with unintended pregnancy. Dr. Grace is the lead editor of the 3rd edition of the “Prenatal & Postnatal Care: A Person-Centered Approach” textbook.