Speakers

Sandra Graham-Bermann, Ph.D., Professor

Department of Psychology
University of Michigan
(Ann Arbor, MI)

Sandra Graham-Bermann, is professor of clinical psychology and women's studies, and a consultant to national research centers, as well as women's shelters, including the SAFEHouse Center of Ann Arbor, and the Better Homes Fund Homeless Program. Dr. Graham-Berman’s research focuses on documenting traumatic effects, resilience, and gender paradigms in children exposed to family violence. With funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention she studied the efficacy of a brief intervention program for children and their mothers in woman-abusing families. The program was effective in changing attitudes and beliefs about violence as well as improving children's social and emotional adjustment. She has given national presentations and published her research on the social relationships and adjustment of children in homeless families, woman-abusing families, and high-risk families. She is co-editor of Domestic Violence in the Lives of Children: The Future of Research, Intervention and Social Policy (2001).