Presentations:
  • Rai, A., Grossman, S. F., Perkins, N. H., & Saasa, S. (2022, March). Correlates of domestic violence victimization experiences among immigrants in the United States during COVID-19. Oral presentation at the 19th Annual Hawaii International Summit, Honululu, HI.

  • Rai, A., Perkins, N. H., & Grossman, S. F. (2022, March). The development of a domestic violence bystander awareness intervention (BRAKE) for South Asian immigrants in the United States. Oral presentation at the 19th Annual Hawaii International Summit, Honululu, HI.

  • Rai, A. (2021, May). Healthy relationships: a discussion. Oral presentation organized By Sanjeevani 4 u, Chicago. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChqR9oZ2718

  • Grossman, S.F., Lundy, M. & George, C.C. (2008, July). Shelter utilization by victims of domestic violence – Characteristics of shelter users and the role of shelter in the process of change. Presentation to the Family Violence Research Conference, Portsmouth, NH.

  • Grossman, S.F. & Lundy, M. (2007, September). Characteristics related to shelter use by victims of domestic violence. Presentation for the Illinois Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

  • Grossman, S.F. & Lundy, M. (2005, July). Race, ethnicity and domestic violence. Presentation to the Family Violence Research Conference, Portsmouth, NH.

  • Grossman, S.F. & Lundy, M. (2004, May). Domestic violence across race and ethnicity: Implications for social work practice and policy. Presentation at the Fourth International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

  • Rai, A., Perkins, N.H. & Grossman, S.F. (2023). The Development of a Domestic Violence Bystander Awareness Intervention (B.R.A.K.E., the cycle) for South Asian Immigrants in the United States. Poster to be presented at the 27th Annual Society for Social Work Research Conference, Washington, DC.

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Thank you to all community members, thought partners, students, who supported the research team, as we developed this intervention. We would also like to thank Tarun Aggarwal, Dr. Udayan Das for initial ideation and Nikki Malazarte for support in resource compilation

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