Anne DePrince, Ph.D.

Anne P. DePrince is a nationally recognized expert in violence against women who has worked in close collaboration with victim service providers, police, prosecutors, and policy makers for more than two decades. As Professor of Psychology at the University of Denver (DU) and Director of DU’s Center for Community Engagement to Advance Scholarship and Learning, she has studied the impact of multiple forms of violence against women (such as sexual assault, domestic violence, sex trafficking, teen dating violence) and how it relates to physical and mental health, economic and educational impacts, safety and revictimization. In 2015, Attorney General Loretta Lynch and the Department of Justice Office of Victims of Crimes recognized her “contributions to the nation’s understanding of crime victims’ issues” with the Vision 21 Crime Victims Research Award and she has had continuous grant funding for research from federal and state agencies since 2004, including the Department of Justice and National Institutes of Health.

DePrince has authored more than 100 professional articles and book chapters on violence and trauma and is co-editor of the Concise Guides on Trauma Care Books Series, published by the American Psychological Association. Since the early 2000s, she has written about her research for victim service providers, policy makers, and survivors on her Trauma Research Notes blog, as well as in opinion pieces for The Colorado Sun, Denver Post, The Conversation, Scientific American blog, and RealClear Politics. DePrince is also the recipient of the 2005 Public Advocacy Award from The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, which recognized her “outstanding and fundamental contributions to advancing social understanding of trauma,” the 2015 Carolyn Hamil-Henderson Award from SafeHouse Denver, a victim service agency. DePrince is a frequent speaker at conferences for diverse audiences, from victim service providers and law enforcement to survivors.

Additional expertise:

Executive Function
Memory
Trauma
Intimate Partner Violence
Mindfulness-based Intervention