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MSU’s Research Consortium on Gender-Based Violence (RCGV) provides a collaborative, multi-disciplinary vehicle for Michigan State University faculty, staff and students to use social action research to influence local, state, national and international practice and policy related to gender-based violence.

RCGV faculty and staff are dedicated to research and outreach initiatives related to ending and preventing gender-based violence and improving the community response to survivors. RCGV faculty are committed to mentoring the next generation of gender-based violence researchers by providing substantial educational and employment opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students.

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Paper to Practice

Evidence-based advocacy made simple.

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Paper to Practice (P2P) is a video series with the goal to provide easily accessible information covering recently completed research projects. These short-form videos highlight research findings from many RCGV members.

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Campus Sexual Culture
With Dr. Sarah Prior

In this season, we take a thorough look into campus sexual culture and the effects it has, as well as what we can do to create a more positive and supportive environment for survivors. Dr. Sarah Prior discusses the understanding IHE’s and its students have on their own campus sexual culture, as well as what we can do to combat IHE’s inaction and move towards a state of institutional courage. 

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Hotline Development and Training
with Dr. Carrie Moylan & Dr. Michelle Munro-Kramer

Hotlines provide immediate and anonymous access to resources and services that are imperative to survivors of trauma. In this season, we will learn about the benefits for both web and text based hotlines as well as the necessary training for each. Dr. Carrie Moylan, Dr. Michelle Munro-Kramer, Kathleen Miller and Logan Forrester of MSU’s Center for Survivors discuss how to develop a hotline and how to navigate inappropriate chatter.

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Economic Abuse & Coerced Debt
With Dr. Adrienne Adams

In this season, we will learn what economic abuse entails and about coerced debt, a specific type of economic abuse. Dr. Adrienne Adams discusses how to identify when someone is experiencing economic abuse and recommendations for how advocates can best serve survivors facing this type of abuse.

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Featured Projects

Research Consortium on Gender-Based Violence (RCGV) members engage in research, outreach and teaching dedicated to ending gender-based violence and supporting survivors. 

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Pranks, Obscene Chatters, & Ambiguous Content

This project address the lack of studies on inappropriate chatter within sexual assault hotlines. This study focuses on how responders are able to identify if a chat is inappropriate, as well as how responders navigated potential inappropriate chats.

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Campus Sexual Violence

This project features Sarah Prior and Brooke De Heers book Campus Sexual Violence: A State of Institutionalized Sexual Terrorism. It details their full research into campus sexual violence and the neoliberalization of education, as well as ways to combat the issue on campus and in broader culture.

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The Michigan Victim Advocacy Network (MiVAN)

The aim of MiVAN is to maximize the knowledge, skills and connections of advocates working with crime victims. We are guided by a vision of social justice: creating a world in which all individuals, families and communities share equitably in society’s knowledge and resources.

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Untested Sexual Assault Kits

A team of Michigan State University psychologists, led by Professor Rebecca Campbell and Assistant Professor Katie Gregory, recently concluded a major three-year study looking at the victim notification process for Detroit’s untested sexual assault kit survivors on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women.

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Coerced Debt & Domestic Violence Survivors

This study examines the frequency, nature, and effects of coerced debt, defined as non-consensual, credit-related transactions that occur in intimate relationships where one partner uses coercive control to dominate the other. It supports the need for policy reform and victim services aimed at addressing coerced debt, thereby mitigating a potentially significant economic barrier to safety.

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