Presentations

Ann Wayson Locher, MSN, RN, ACRN
University: University of Toledo, Ryan White Program Coordinator
Location: Toledo, OH
Title of Presentation: HIV and Prostitution: The review of the literature is a call to action.

Carol Jacobsen, MFA, BFA
University: University of Michigan, Professor, School of Art and Design, Women’s Studies, American Culture, Human Rights
Organization:Michigan Women’s Justice and Clemency Project, Director
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Title of Presentation: Street Sex: Criminalization and Censorship

Celia Williamson, Ph.D.
University: University of Toledo, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work
Organization:Chair, Second Chance Advisory Board
Location: Toledo, OH
Title of Presentation: How Domestic Trafficking Works and How to Intervene: The Experiences of 20 Trafficked Children in Toledo.

Claudine O’Leary, B.A.
Organization: Rethink Resources, Community Educator and Consultant
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Title of Presentation: Changing policies and systems to really help youth in the sex trade

Connie Cameron, RN, MSN, CNS, Program Director and Nurse Psychotherapist and Charlotte Alexander, MSW, LISW, Clinical Therapist
Organization: St. Vincent Mercy Family Care Center
Location: Toledo, OH
Title of Presentation: Emotional Health, Needs, and Barriers to Service for Women and Adolescents Involved in Commercial Sex Work and Human Trafficking

Sr. Dagmar Plum, Medical Mission Sister, Theology, Philosophy and Romance Philology
Organization: SOLWODI (Solidarity with Women in Distress)
Location: Koblenz, Germany
Title of Presentation: SOLWODI (Solidarity with Women in Distress) – 22 Years of Fighting Trafficking of Women and Forced Prostitution

Donna Sabella, M.Ed., MSN, Ph.D. ( c ), RN
University: Kutztown University, Department of Nursing
Location: Kutztown, PA
Title of Presentation: Health Risks, Problems and Needs among Prostituted and Trafficked Women

Dennis M. Davidson, Special Agent
Organization: Department of Homeland Security, Immigration Customs Enforcement
Location: Detroit, MI
Title of Presentation: Role of ICE in Human Trafficking Investigations

Dominque Roe-Sepowitz, MSW, PhD, Assistant Professor School of Social Work and Kristine Hickle, MSW, PhD Candidate, and Andrea Cimino, MSW
University: Arizona State University
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Title of Presentation: Predictors of Early Program Completion: Prostituted Women in a Residential Exiting Program

Elise Marie Elzinga, BA
Organization: Hagar
Location: Washington, D.C. and Cambodia
Title of Presentation: Human Trafficking at Home and Abroad

Jennifer Apple, B.A, Women’s Studies and Sociology, M.A. Candidate, Graduate Teaching Associate
University: Ohio State University, Women’s Studies Department
Location: Columbus, OH
Title of Presentation: The Problems with Decriminalization: Surveillance and Stigma in Nevada Brothels

Jennifer Kimball, BA Candidate in Women’s Studies
University: University of Missouri
Organization: Stop Traffic, Co-Founder and Student Advisor at the University of Missouri and Central Missouri Human Trafficking Coalition, Co-Founder
Location: Columbia, MO
Title of Presentation: Stopping Traffic: Community Anti-Human Trafficking Efforts

Jessica Trease, MSW and Lisa Fedina, MSW Candidate
Organization:Polaris Project and Second Chance
Location: Washington DC and Toledo, OH
Title of Presentation: Sex Trafficking 101: The Basics of Trafficking, International and Domestic

Jewel Woods, MSW, MA, PhD Candidate
Organization: The University of Michigan, School of Social Work and The Renaissance Male Project, Inc
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Title of Presentation: Sex Tourism in The Development of Transnational Identities Among Men

Joelle Ruby Ryan, MA Women’s Studies, MA English Literature, PhD Candidate American Culture Studies
University: Bowling Green University, Women’s Studies Program
Location: Bowling Green, OH
Title of Presentation: Abolishing Gender: The Key to Ending Sexual Exploitation?

Heidi Miller, MSA
Organizations: CMU Chapter of Campus Coalition against Human Trafficking and Michigan Human Trafficking Collaboration Task Force
Location: Michigan
Title of Presentation: Activism: Best Practices

Katie Johnson, BSW, LD Candidate, and Alysha Rooks, BA, LD Candidate
University: University of Michigan (Rooks) and University of Pennsylvania (Johnson)
Location: Ann Arbor, MI and Philadelphia, PA
Title of Presentation: A Bridge Too PEPFAR: The President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief as Global Panacea

Lauren Martin, PhD, Research Associate
University: University of Minnesota, Center for Early Education and Development
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Title of Presentation: Community-Driven Research Project on Prostitution in North Minneapolis: Methods and Learnings

LeeAnn Campbell
Organization: Outreach Worker, Second Chance Program, survivor
Location: Toledo, OH
Title of Presentation: Survivor’s Panel: The Experiences of Street Based Survivors.

Mahesh Bhagwat IPS
Organization: Project Aasara Nalgonda District Police
Location: Andhra Pradesh, India
Title of Presentation: Project Aasara

Martin McCombs, PhD, Executive Director and Diane Amato, Program Director
Organization: The Mary Magdalene Project
Location: Van Nuys, CA
Title of Presentation: Contemporary Case Studies in a 30-year old Treatment Program in Transition; The Mary Magdalene Project

Margaret Kikuvi, MSW Candidate
University: University of Nairobi
Organization: International Partners in Mission, Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Coordinator
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Title of Presentation: “The Bride Rescue Project”: The Empowerment of Maasai Girls and Women

Mary Carol Melton, BLA, Executive Vice President and Keri Kester, BS, MCJ, Program Manager
Organization: Cincinnati Union Bethel: Off the Streets
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Title of Presentation: Cincinnati Union Bethel/Off The Streets: A Success Story in Community Collaboration

Mary Huiquan Zhou, MSW, Ed. M Special Education, PhD Welfare Policy Candidate
University: University of Pennslyvania, School of Social Policy and Practice
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Title of Presentation: Sex Trafficking in the U.S.: 100 Year Problems and Response

Michael Rekart, MD, DTM&H, Clinical Professor of Medicine and Director STI/HIV Prevention and Control, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control
University: University of British Columbia School of Medicine
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Title of Presentation: Sex Work Harm Reduction

Michelle Hannan, MSW, LISW-S and Tiana Brown, MSW
Organization: The Salvation Army in Central Ohio
Location: Columbus, OH
Title of Presentation: A Community Responds to Human Trafficking: The Central Ohio Rescue and Restore Coalition

Mohamed Mattar, S.J.D.
University: Research Professor of Law, John Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies
Organization: The Protection Project, Executive Director
Location: Washington, D.C.
Title of Presentation: Human Trafficking for the Purpose of Prostitution

Raymond Bechard
Organization: Ahava Kids
Location: Old Saybrook, CT
Title of Presentation: “The Burning House": Human Trafficking in the United States – An Immediate Response: A Comprehensive Approach to Intervention, Care, and Prevention

Rebecca Whisnant, PhD, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of Women’s and Gender Studies Department
University: University of Dayton
Location: Dayton, OH
Title of Presentation: It’s Easy Out Here for a Pimp: How a Porn Culture Grooms Kids for Prostitution

Richard Lotspeich, PhD
University: Indiana State University, Department of Economics
Location: Indiana
Title: New Research on the Economies of Commercial Sex Markets

Sienna Baskin, JD, and Maryse Mitchell-Brody, MSW Candidate
Organization: Urban Justice Center, Sex Workers Project
Location: New York, NY
Title of Presentation: What is the “Harm?;” New Approaches to Harm Reduction and Sex Work

Sharon L. Barnes, PhD
University: University of Toledo, Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary and Special Programs
Location: Toledo, OH
Title: Against Pornography: The Feminism of Andrea Dworkin: Film Presentation and Discussion

Stephanie Billingsley-Traylor, BA
Organization: Off the Streets
Location: Kentucky
Title of Presentation: Understanding Why Women Begin Prostitution

Susan Stafford
Organization: Susan Stafford Ministries
Location: Huntington, IN
Title of Presentation: Beneath the Stain of Time as an Escort, the High Class Call Girl Truth

Tanvir Ahsan, PhD
University: Bangladesh Open University, School of Social Science, Humanities and Language
Location: Gazipur, Bangladesh
Title of Presentation: Nature of Human Trafficking in Bangladesh

Theresa Flores, LSW, MSE
Organization: Trafficking Survivor and Author
Location: Columbus, OH
Title of Presentation: Human Trafficking in Ohio: An American Teen’s Story of Sexual Slavery

Tiantian Zheng, Ph.D.
University: State University of New York, Cortland, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Location: Cortland, NY
Title of Presentation: Anti-Trafficking Campaign and Karaoke Bar Hostesses in Urban China