Dr. Rebecca Campbell is a Professor of Psychology at Michigan State University. She holds a Ph.D. in community psychology with a concentration in statistics, also from Michigan State University. For the past 25 years, she has been conducting community-based research on violence against women and children, with an emphasis on sexual assault. Dr. Campbell’s research examines how contact with the legal and medical systems affects adult, adolescent, and pediatric victims’ psychological and physical health. Most recently, she was the lead researcher for the National Institute of Justice-funded Detroit Sexual Assault Kit Action Research Project, which was a four-year multidisciplinary study of Detroit’s untested rape kits. Dr. Campbell also conducts training for law enforcement and multidisciplinary practitioners in civilian, military, and campus community settings on the neurobiology of trauma. In 2015, Dr. Campbell received the Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime, Vision 21 Crime Victims Research Award.
Selected Publications
- Campbell, R., Gregory, K., Engleton, J., Javorka, M., & Goodman-Williams, R. (2024). “This Time It Was Different:” Creating a Multidisciplinary, Trauma-Informed, Victim-Centered Approach to Sexual Assault Cold Case Investigations and Prosecutions. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 08862605241284068.
- Campbell, R., Gregory, K., PettyJohn, M. E., Moylan, C. A., Buchanan, N. T., Wiklund, L., … & Nason, J. (2024). Building a culture of support: The use of a social norms campaign to create a trauma-informed campus community. Journal of American College Health, 1-5.
- Campbell, R., Markowitz, J., Fedewa, T., Shareef, S., Fenton, D., & Southard, K. (2023). Improving access to postassault healthcare for college students: Creating a campus-based sexual assault nurse examiner program. Journal of forensic nursing, 19(1), 50-59.
- Campbell, R., Javorka, M., Engleton, J., Fishwick, K., Gregory, K., & Goodman-Williams, R. (2023). Open-Science guidance for qualitative research: An empirically validated approach for de-identifying sensitive narrative data. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 6(4), 25152459231205832.
- Campbell, R., Gregory, K., Goodman-Williams, R., Engleton, J., & Javorka, M. (2024). Community-based advocacy in “cold case” sexual assault prosecutions: A qualitative exploration of survivors’ and advocates’ experiences. Qualitative Social Work, 23(1), 126-144.
