Psychological Perspectives on Human Trafficking: Theory, Research, Prevention, and Intervention

About

Laura Dryjanska PhD is a psychology professor at Asbury University in Wilmore Kentucky United States and Cardinal Stefan Wyszyn´ski University in Warsaw Poland. Since 2009 she has been active on the Shadow Children Committee in Italy which is dedicated to raising funds for shelters for street children in different countries and organizing conferences on this topic. In addition to publishing articles and book chapters on the topic of sex trafficking objectification and dehumanization she has implemented a number of human trafficking awareness-raising initiatives at Biola University and in service organizations in Italy and Southern California. She has presented on the topic of human trafficking during scientific and advocacy-oriented events including the European Association of Social Psychology meeting in Trento (Italy) in 2015 the APA Convention in Toronto in 2015 the APA Convention in Washington DC. in 2017 the APA Convention in San Francisco in 2018 and APA Convention in San Diego in 2020 as well as networked with other scientists and activists during the Freedom from Slavery Forum in Palo Alto in 2017 and regular meetings of the Orange Country Human Trafficking Task Force. She has developed two courses on human trafficking for psychology undergraduate and graduate students as well as an online lifelong learning course.   Elizabeth K. Hopper PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist with a focus on human trafficking and traumatic stress. She is codirector of the National Center on Child Trafficking (NCCT) a federally funded program focused on improving care for trafficked and commercially sexually exploited children and their families. Dr. Hopper is also Project Director of the Metropolitan Boston Complex Trauma Treatment Initiative a mobile service network delivering evidence-based trauma interventions to high-risk and underserved complex trauma-exposed children and youth and families. She was previously the director of Project REACH a national anti-trafficking direct services and T/TA program and director of the New England Coalition Against Trafficking. Dr. Hopper serves as an expert consultant for nonprofits and federal agencies including the Department of Health and Human Services (NHTTAC) and the Department of Justice (OVCTTAC) and has collaborated with multiple agencies and organizations in developing trauma-informed care systems. She is coauthor of Treating Adult Survivors of Childhood Emotional Abuse and Neglect: Component-Based Psychotherapy and Overcoming Trauma Through Yoga: Reclaiming Your Body and has written numerous scholarly articles and book chapters on developmental trauma trauma-informed care and human trafficking. Hanni Stoklosa MD MPH is the founding CEO of HEAL Trafficking and an emergency physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) with appointments at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. Dr. Stoklosa is an internationally recognized expert advocate researcher and speaker on the wellbeing of trafficking survivors in the United States and internationally using a public health lens. She has advised the United Nations International Organization for Migration U.S. Department of Health and Human Services U.S. Department of Labor U.S. Department of State and the National Academy of Medicine on issues of human trafficking and has testified as an expert witness multiple times before the U.S. Congress. Moreover she has conducted research on trafficking and persons facing the most significant social economic and health challenges in a diversity of settings including Australia China Egypt Guatemala India Liberia Nepal Kazakhstan the Philippines South Sudan Taiwan and Thailand. Among other accolades Dr. Stoklosa has been honored with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Women's Health Emerging Leader award the Harvard Medical School Dean's Faculty Community Service award has been named as an Aspen Health Innovator and National Academy of Medicine Emerging Leader. Her anti-trafficking work has been featured by CNN The New York Times National Public Radio Fortune Glamour Canadian Broadcasting Corporation STAT News and Marketplace. Dr. Stoklosa published the first textbook addressing the public health response to trafficking Human Trafficking Is a Public Health Issue A Paradigm Expansion in the United States.