Kimberly A. Lonsway, Ph.D.
Kimberly A. Lonsway, Ph.D.
EDUCATION
Ph.D.
October, 1996 (National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow)
Department of Psychology,
Dissertation Title:
Police training in sexual assault
response: Comparison of approaches
M.A.
January, 1994 (National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow)
Department of Psychology,
B.S.
May, 1992 (Magna Cum Laude, Distinction in Psychology, Departmental
Honors)
Department of Psychology,
EMPLOYMENT
End Violence Against Women,
International
February 2004 --
present
End
Violence Against Women (EVAW)
provides effective, victim centered, multi-disciplinary training and expert
consultation regarding crimes of sexual assault and domestic violence. EVAW
also seeks to identify and disseminate effective primary prevention programs for
men and risk reduction programs for women. As
the Director of Research for EVAW, I develop grant proposals, conduct original
research, review and compile existing research, and develop presentations for
multidisciplinary audiences of researchers and practitioners in law enforcement,
victim advocacy, health care, prosecution, and related disciplines.
I also serve on the Board of Directors.
Chief Penny Harrington &
Associates
December 2001 --
present
Harrington & Associates is a private
consulting firm specializing in employment discrimination and sexual harassment,
with particular emphasis on police organizations.
As Director of Research and Training, I am available to review policies
and procedures with respect to sexual harassment and other forms of employment
discrimination. I can also conduct
confidential, state-of-the-art employee surveys to investigate the prevalence of
potential problems sexual harassment and employment discrimination, determine
the impact on victims, and find out what employees think about the
organization’s policies and practices in this area. I am also
available to serve as an expert witness to testify to the common dynamics of
sexual harassment and retaliation, their impact on victims, and the appropriate
organizational response.
I also have particular expertise in curriculum
design, with a basis in psychological research and the principles of adult
education. I can therefore assist
organizations in creating, reviewing, implementing, and evaluating training
programs on a variety of topics, including the prevention and investigation of
sexual harassment complaints.
National Center for Women &
Policing
April 1999 – May
2003
I served as Research Director for the National
Center for Women & Policing, a division of the Feminist Majority Foundation.
Responsibilities included reviewing existing literature in the area of
law enforcement and criminal justice policy, writing and submitting grant
proposals, and conducting original research.
For example, I supervised the nationwide survey of law enforcement
agencies conducted annually to determine the number and rank of women in
policing. Other activities included
writing research reports for the organization and publishing research articles
in academic and professional journals. I
also consulted frequently with individuals across the country seeking
information and assistance in the area of women and policing, especially the
investigation of acquaintance sexual assault cases.
While at the NCWP, I also served as Project
Director on a grant awarded by the Violence Against Women Office of the U.S.
Department of Justice. The purpose
of this grant was to develop a law enforcement curriculum in sexual assault
investigation, with particular emphasis on cases involving known offenders.
After completing the curriculum, I then hosted a series of
“train-the-trainer” programs to certify individuals from around the country
to implement the program in their state or region.
Responsibilities for this position were myriad, and they included:
·
Developing the training content into a curriculum based on
principles of adult learning
·
Coordinating the contributions of experts to the curriculum
development process
·
Conducting a national search to recruit and select qualified
trainers
·
Hosting a 4-day “train-the-trainer" program in both Los
Angeles and Chicago
·
Managing a project team of several individuals
·
Administering a budget of over $280,000 and completing all federal
reporting requirements
Adjunct Professor, California
Polytechnic State University
September 1998 - present
I teach courses in psychology including: Introductory Psychology, Applied Social Psychology Personality Psychology, and Quantitative Research Methods. I also regularly supervise undergraduate research interns and students completing their senior project.
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow,
American Bar Foundation
August 1996 - July 1998
I conducted interdisciplinary research on the
topics of gender, policing, and the federal court system.
Adjunct Professor, DePaul
University College of Law
Winter 1998
I co-taught a course on the topic of
“Psychology in the Courtroom” with Professor Steve Landsman.
BOOK
IN PREPARATION
Harrington,
P.E. & Lonsway, K.A. (in preparation). Preventing
and Investigating Sexual Harassment in Law Enforcement Organizations. Under
contract for Prentice-Hall.
COMMISSIONED
DOCUMENT
Lonsway,
K.A. (in preparation). The use of expert
witnesses in sexual assault cases. Research
review commissioned by the Violence Against Women Online Resources, U.S.
Department of Justice. Anticipated
date of completion: June, 2004.
GOVERNMENT
PUBLICATIONS
Lonsway, K.A.,
Archambault, J., Berger, R.D., et al. (2000). Successfully
investigating acquaintance sexual assault: A national training manual for law
enforcement. Developed by the
National Center for Women & Policing, with support provided by the Violence
Against Women Office, Office of Justice Programs (Grant #97-WE-VX-K004).
Available at the Violence Against Women Office Online Resources at www.vaw.umn.edu
Harrington,
P.E. et al. (2000). Recruiting and
Retaining Women: A Self-Assessment Guide for Law Enforcement.
Developed by the National Center for Women & Policing, with support
provided by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (Grant #99-LD-VX-0003).
Available at the National Criminal Justice Reference Service at www.ncjrs.org
TEXTBOOK
CHAPTER
Harrington,
P.E. & Lonsway, K.A. (2004). Current barriers and future promise for women
in policing. In B.R. Price &
N.J. Sokoloff (Eds.), The Criminal Justice
System and Women (3rd ed.). McGraw-Hill.
ACADEMIC
RESEARCH ARTICLES
Lonsway, K.A., Cortina, L.M.
& Magley, V.J. (under review). Sexual
harassment mythology: An emerging theoretical framework and measurement
instrument. Manuscript submitted to Journal
of Personality and Social Psychology.
Lonsway, K.A.
(under review). The prevalence and
specific provisions of policies on police officer domestic violence.
Manuscript submitted to Police
Quarterly.
Lonsway, K.A.
& Welch (in press) Witnessing an accidental shooting at the police training
academy: Professional and psychological outcomes.
Article to appear in Women & Criminal Justice.
Klaw, E. L., Lonsway, K. A., Berg, D. R., Waldo, C.R.,
Kothari, C., Mazurek, C. J. & Hegeman, K. E. (in press). Challenging rape
culture: Awareness, emotion and action through Campus Acquaintance Rape
Education. Article to appear in Women
and Therapy, 28 (2), scheduled for
publication in March of 2005.
Cassidy, M., Nicholl, C.G.,
Ross, C.R. & Lonsway, K.A. (2004). The
victim’s view: Domestic violence and police response.
Law Enforcement Executive Forum, 4
(1), 135-151.
Lonsway, K.A.
(2003). Tearing down the wall: Problems
with consistency, validity, and adverse impact of physical agility testing in
police selection. Police
Quarterly, 6 (3), 237-277.
Lonsway, K.A., Freeman, L.V.,
Cortina, L.M., Magley, V.L., & Fitzgerald, L.F. (2002). Understanding the
judicial role in addressing gender bias: A view from the Eighth Circuit federal
court system. Law & Social Inquiry, 27,
205-233.
Cortina, L.M.,
Lonsway, K.A., Magley, V.J., Freeman, L.V., Collinsworth, L.L., Hunter, M. &
Fitzgerald, L.F. (2002). What’s
gender got to do with it? Incivility in the federal courts. Law
& Social Inquiry, 27, 235-270.
Lonsway, K.A.,
Welch, S., & Fitzgerald, L.F. (2001). Police training in sexual assault
response: Process, outcomes, and elements of change. Criminal
Justice & Behavior, 28, 695-730.
Lonsway, K.A.
& Kothari, C. (2000). First Year Campus Acquaintance Rape Education:
Evaluating the impact of a mandatory intervention. Psychology
of Women Quarterly, 24, 220-232.
Payne, D.L.,
Lonsway, K.A., & Fitzgerald, L.F. (1999). Rape myth acceptance: Exploration
of its structure and its measurement using the Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance
Scale. Journal
of Research in Personality, 33, 27-68.
Berg, D.R.,
Lonsway, K.A., & Fitzgerald, L.F. (1999).
Rape prevention education for men: The effectiveness of empathy induction
techniques. Journal of College Student
Development, 40, 219-233.
Mertz, E.
& Lonsway, K.A. (1998). The
power of denial: Individual and cultural constructions of child sexual abuse. Northwestern Law Review, 92, 1415-1458.
Lonsway, K.A.,
Klaw, E.L., Berg, D.R., Waldo, C.R., Kothari, C., Mazurek, C.J., & Hegeman,
K.E. (1998). Beyond no means no: Outcomes of an intensive program to train peer
facilitators for campus acquaintance rape education.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence,
13, 73-92.
Lonsway, K.A.
(1996). Preventing acquaintance rape through education: What do we know? Psychology of Women Quarterly, 20, 229-265.
Muir, G.,
Lonsway, K.A., & Payne, D.L., (1996). Rape myth acceptance among Scottish
and American students. Journal
of Social Psychology, 136, 261-262.
Lonsway, K.A.
& Fitzgerald, L.F. (1995). Attitudinal antecedents of rape myth acceptance:
A theoretical and empirical reexamination. Journal
of Personality and Social Psychology, 68, 704-711.
Lonsway, K.A.
& Fitzgerald, L.F. (1994). Rape myths: In review.
Psychology of Women Quarterly, 18, 133-164
ARTICLES IN
PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS
Lonsway,
K.A. (in press). Preventing and responding to police sexual misconduct.
Law & Order.
Lonsway, K.A.
(in press). Failing grade: Physical
agility tests in police selection. Women
Police.
Lonsway, K.A.
& Cassidy, M. (in press). Investigating sexual assault. Law
& Order.
Lonsway,
K.A. & Conis, P. (2003, October). Officer domestic violence. Law
& Order, 51 (10), 133-140.
Lonsway, K.A.
& Harrington, P.E. (2003, October). Model policy for officer domestic
violence. Law
& Order, 51 (10), 141-149.
Lonsway, K.A.,
Wood, M. & Spillar, K. (2002, December). Officer gender and excessive force.
Law & Order, Vol. 50 (12), 60-66.
Lonsway, K.A.
& Jones, S. (2002, May). Recruiting and selecting women officers.
Law & Order, Vol. 50 (50),
95-99.
Lonsway, K.A.
& Campbell, D. (2002, May). Retaining women officers.
Law & Order, Vol. 50 (50),
107-111.
Prussel, D.
& Lonsway, K.A. (2001, July). Recruiting women police officers.
Law & Order, Vol. 49 (7), 91-96.
Prussel, D.
& Lonsway, K.A. (2001, July). Women and policing conference.
Law & Order, Vol. 49 (7), 99-100.
Law &
Order Staff & Lonsway, K.A. (2001, July). Law and Order roundtable
discussions: Police women and the use-of-force. Law
& Order, Vol. 49 (7), 109-114.
Lonsway, K.A.
(2001, September). Dismantling the warrior image: The role of women in community
policing. Community Links: Magazine of the
Community Policing Consortium. Community
Policing Consortium: Washington, DC.
Lonsway, K.A.
& Welch, S. (1999, September). Sexual assault response: Innovative research
and training initiatives. Police Chief,
66, 31-35.
TECHNICAL
REPORTS
Lonsway, K.A.
et al. (2003). Under
Scrutiny: The Effect of Consent Decrees on the Representation of Women in Sworn
Law Enforcement. Research report prepared and distributed by the National
Center for Women & Policing, a division of the Feminist Majority Foundation.
Available at www.womenandpolicing.org
Lonsway, K.A.
et al. (2001, 2000). Equality Denied:
Status of Women in Policing. Annual
report conducted by the National Center for Women and Policing, a division of
the Feminist Majority Foundation. Available
at www.womenandpolicing.org
Lonsway, K.A.
(2000). Final results of the Work
Environment Survey. Confidential
technical report submitted to a large law enforcement agency.
Lonsway, K.A. et al. (2001, 2002). National Clinic Violence Survey Report 2001, 2002. Research report prepared and distributed by the Feminist Majority Foundation. Available at www.feminist.org
Lonsway, K.A.
(2000, Summer). Hiring
& Retaining More Women: The Advantages to Law Enforcement Agencies.
Document prepared and distributed by the National Center for Women
& Policing, a division of the Feminist Majority Foundation.
Available at www.womenandpolicing.org
Fitzgerald,
L.F., Lonsway, K.A., et al. (1997). Final
Report of the Eighth Circuit Gender Fairness Task Force Judge Survey.
Technical report submitted to the Eighth Circuit Gender Fairness Task
Force. Available from the authors.
SELECTED
PRESENTATIONS
Lonsway, KA.
(March, 2004). Status
of women in policing. Invited
presentation to the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Las Vegas.
Lonsway, K.A.
(June, 2003). Women
in policing. Invited
presentation to the international conference on police studies hosted by Eastern
Kentucky University, Richmond, KY.
Lonsway, K.A.
(April, 2003). Women
and policing international research summit.
Hosted an international research summit in the area of women and policing
at the annual leadership conference of the National Center for Women &
Policing, a division of the Feminist Majority Foundation, Los Angeles, CA.
Lonsway,
K.A. & Welch, S. (2002, December). Successfully investigating acquaintance sexual assault. Invited
presentation to the 4th Ending Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence:
Planting the Seeds of Peace Conference, Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault
Programs, Lexington, KY.
Lonsway, K.A.
& Welch, S. (2001, April). Successfully investigating acquaintance sexual assault.
Day-long workshop presented at the annual leadership conference of the
National Center for Women & Policing, a division of the Feminist Majority
Foundation. Palm Springs, CA.
Lonsway, K.A.
& Whitmore, E. (2000, April). Successfully investigating acquaintance sexual assault.
Day-long workshop at the annual leadership conference of the National
Center for Women & Policing, a division of the Feminist Majority Foundation.
Baltimore, MD.
Lonsway, K.A.
(1999, April). Training
the police to respond to sexual assault: A social psychology investigation.
Presentation to the campus of California Polytechnic State University,
coordinated by the Women’s Studies Department, San Luis Obispo, CA.
Lonsway, K.A.
& Kothari, C. (1998, August). First Year Campus Acquaintance Rape Education (FYCARE): Evaluating the
impact on knowledge, ideology, and behavior.
Presentation to the annual meeting of the American Psychological
Association,
Lonsway, K.A.
& Freeman, L.V. (1998, June). Judicial intervention and gender fairness: Perceptions of attorneys and
judges in one federal circuit. Presentation
to the annual meeting of the Law and Society association,
Lonsway, K.A.
(1997, May). Police
training in sexual assault response. Presentation
to the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association,
Lonsway, K.A.
& Payne, D.L. (1997, May). Cultural
mythology of sexual harassment and assault: Definitions and measurement.
Presentation to the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association,
Lonsway, K.A.
(1996, August). Police
training in sexual assault response.
Presentation to the annual meeting of the American Psychological
Association,
Lonsway,
K.A. (1996, May). Acquaintance rape
prevention through education: What
do we know? Presentation to the
annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Lonsway, K.A.
& Fitzgerald, L.F. (1995, May). Attitudinal
antecedents of rape myth acceptance: A theoretical and empirical re-examination.
Presentation to the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association,
MEDIA
INTERVIEWS
Interview on
the Law Show on National Public Radio, hosted by Jim Horne of WAMC
Northeast Public Radio. Discussion
focused on rape myth research (air date 31 March 1997).
Blum, A.
(2004, February 11). A question of
rape. Maryland Gazette.
Teichroeb,
R. (2003, October 22). Lawmakers want to require domestic-violence policies. Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Curry, L.
(2003, July 4) Recruiting women calls for fresh campaigns with special appeals, Crime Control Digest,Vol 37, No. 26, p. 1-2.
Tascio, L.
(2003, March 16). Women recruits
meet high standard. Contra
Costa Times.
ACADEMIC
PEER REVIEW ACTIVITIES
Psychology of Women Quarterly, Consulting Editor
(2000-2001)
National Institute of Justice, Peer Review
Panels and Technical Report Reviews
Violence Against Women Office Online Resources,
National Advisory Board
National Science Foundation, Proposal Review
Peer reviews for various empirical journals:
Sex Roles, Violence Against Women
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Social Cognition
Basic and Applied Social Psychology
Law and Human Behavior
Police Quarterly
Law & Social Inquiry
Psychological Reports
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
FELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS
American Bar Foundation Post-Doctoral Research
Fellowship
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
Graduate College Thesis/Project Grant,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Graduate College Dissertation Research Grant,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Fellowship
to participate in a seminar on interpersonal violence research at the
Inter-University Consortium on Social and Political Research, at the University
of Michigan, in conjunction with the National Institute of Justice (June, 1996)
HONORS/AWARDS
Best Dissertation Prize from APA Division 41
(Psychology and Law)
Marianne Ferber Award for Best Dissertation
Proposal in Women's Studies (
American Psychological Association Dissertation
Research Award
1996 Volunteer of the Year, Rape Crisis
Services of Champaign (Illinois) County
Sharpshooter Badge in Illinois Basic Law
Enforcement Training, Police Training Institute (Illinois)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Society for Human Resource Management
National Center for Women & Policing
RELEVANT TRAINING
Harassment:
Prevention and Correction in the Gray Areas (2003, October 28).
On-line course offered by the Society for Human Resource Management.
Expert
Witness Work in Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Cases (2001,
June 18-21). Hosted by the National
Training Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, Austin, Texas.
National
Non-Stranger Sexual Assault Symposium.
(1999, September 15-17). Invited
participant in a symposium hosted by the Sexual Assault Interagency Council,
Estes Park, Colorado.
Improving
teaching effectiveness
(1996, September). Quarter-long
intensive seminar on teaching effectiveness offered by the College of Education
at California Polytechnic State University.
TEACHING
California
Polytechnic State University, Department of Psychology and Human Development
·
Introductory Psychology (Fall 1998, Winter 1999)
·
Personality Psychology (Fall 1998)
·
Quantitative Research Methods (Spring 2000)
·
Applied Social Psychology (Winter 1999, Winter 2001, Spring 2003,
Spring 2004)
DePaul
University, School of Law
·
Psychology in the Courtroom (Winter 1998)
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Psychology
·
Community Health
Practicum on Acquaintance Sexual Assault (Fall 1993, Spring 1994)
NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARDS
End Violence Against Women,
International (2003 – present)
·
Member of the Board of Directors for Sgt. Joanne Archambault,
Founding Director
Sexual Assault Training and
Investigations, Inc. (2003 – present)
·
Member of the Board of Directors for Sgt. Joanne Archambault,
National Training Director
Violence Against Women Office,
Online Resources (2001 -- present)
·
Member of the National Advisory Board, responsible for reviewing
submitted documents
The Advocate Program in Miami,
Florida (2002 – present)
·
Member of the National
Advisory Board, The
Advocate Center for Training and Treatment
Violence Against Women Office,
Police Officer Domestic Violence Grant (2002 – present)
·
Member of the National Advisory Board to provide technical
assistance to VAWO grantees
·
Responsible for reviewing training curriculum and other materials
created as part of the grant
CONSULTATION/SERVICE
Sexual Assault Recovery and
Prevention Center, San Luis Obispo County (2002 – present)
·
Service as a hotline volunteer, medical/legal advocate, and
community educator
San Luis Obispo Citizens for
Justice Oversight (2003 – present)
·
Member of a community organization working for oversight of county
law enforcement
California Commission on Peace
Officer Standards and Training (1999 -- 2000)
·
Certified to provide statewide instruction in sexual assault
investigation
·
Consulted throughout the curriculum development process for both
patrol and investigations
Gender Fairness Task Force of the
Eighth Circuit Federal Courts (1995 -- 1998)
·
Designed data collection and analysis with federal judges,
attorneys, and court employees
·
Served as project director for research conducted with all judges
in the circuit
·
Conducted analysis and prepared reports for the Eighth Circuit
Gender Fairness Task Force
Illinois Law Enforcement Executive
Institute (1996 -- 1998)
·
Consulted with the curriculum development process in sexual
assault investigation
·
Conducted process and impact evaluation of a statewide
train-the-trainer program
·
Certified to provide statewide training in sexual assault
investigation
Police Training Institute (1994
--1998)
·
Provided course instruction in sexual assault investigation
·
Coordinated practical training and served as a roleplayer for the
sexual assault interview
·
Conducted in-depth process and impact evaluation for training in
sexual assault investigation
Champaign County Rape Crisis
Services (1989 -- 1996)
·
Served as volunteer on the 24-hour hotline and on-call
medical/legal advocate for victims
·
Provided training for new volunteers and conducted community
education programs
·
Testified to the state committee on use of Violence Against Women
Act (VAWA) funds
Campus Acquaintance Rape Education
Program (1989 -- 1996)
·
Facilitated educational workshops in rape prevention in numerous
campus settings
·
Provided course instruction to train other peer facilitators
·
Consulted with the curriculum development process and program
administration
·
Conducted extensive evaluation research
· Co-facilitated support group for rape survivors (two semesters)