Presentations
NOW AVAILABLE: 2009 Conference Schedule
*Note the Conference Schedule is subject to change. The Conference Committee will post updates as they become available.
Confirmed presenters and topics:
A Policing Perspective on the Investigation of Child Trafficking in South Africa .
Juanida Horne, University of South Africa
Prostitution is a World Apart but SOLWODI has an Impact on it.
Sister Dagmar Plum, SOLWODI Program, Germany
Northwest Ohio Innocence Lost Task Force.
Jake Hardie, FBI & Pete Swartz, Toledo Police Department
Opening a Safe House for Trafficked Youth.
Mary Schmidbauer, Second Chance, Toledo, Ohio
Trafficking in Women in Nigeria: Interventions through the Various Legislations and Law Enforcement Agencies.
Uwadiegwu Dickson Chukwu, Department of Government and Public Administration, Nigeria, Africa
Child/Youth Homelessness, Teenage Pregnancy and Sex Trafficking.
Beamie Moses Seiwoh, University of Sierra Leone, Africa
Program Recommendations & Medical Implications of Trafficking Victims: Important Issues to Consider.
Theresa Flores, Director of Development-Gracehaven House. Columbus, Ohio
Why Do They Come?
Alana Hall, Safe Choices Project Manager, Detroit, Michigan
How Street-Level Prostitution Affected My Life.
Lorraine Edwards, Survivor, Marrero, Louisiana
Prediction of Dissociation Experiences Among Prostituted Women.
Dominique Roe-Sepowitz, MSW, Ph.d & Kristine Hickle, MSW, Doctoral Student, Arizona State University
Organizing Crime: Why Transnational Sex Trafficking Networks are Succeeding in the 21st Century.
Peter Mameli, Ph.d., John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York
Who am I: The Construction of Identity in Prostituted Women.
Donna Sabella, M.Ed., MSN, Ph.d. ( c ), RN, Kutztown U. of Pennsylvania
Teaching the Harms of Pornography and Prostitution to University Students. Patricia Willis, Ph.d., & Shannon Gilreath, Ph.d, Wake Forest University
The Role of ICE in Human TraffickingInvestigations.
Dennis M. Davidson, & Amy S. Allen, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Detroit, Michigan
The Illinois Rescue and Restore Campaign Coalition’s Awareness of and Involvement with Human Trafficking.
Charles Hounmenou, Phd Candidate, Chicago, Illinois
Dallas Police Department: The Prostitution Diversion Initiative.
Martha Felini, Ph.d University of North Texas Health Science Center
Data from Work on the Human Trafficking Program.
Bridgette Carr, University of Michigan Law School
Employment Law Violations and Human Rights Violations in a Legal Nevada Brothel.
Candice Seppa Arroyo and Amanda Brooks, Las Vegas, Nevada
Latinos, Prostitution and HIV Prevention: A Counseling Framework.
Sarita Sankey, Ph.d Candidate, Ohio University
The Love Bomb.
Brad Dennis, Director of Search Operations, KlaasKIDS Foundation, Pensacola, Florida
Understanding and Supporting the Needs of Sexually Exploited Girls Involved in Child Protection Services: The More You Know, The Harder It Is.
Ellen Calhoun, Melissa Geoffroy, Dominique Gutierrez & Elspeth Slayter, Massachusetts
GIFT: A New Research-Based Probation Approach to Prostitution.
Lauren Martin, Ph.d., U. of Minnesota & Julie Rud, Hennepin County Community Corrections, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sexual Trafficking in Rural Nepal.
Niva Niroula, MSW Candidate, Ohio University
Sex Workers Anonymous.
Jody Williams, Survivor, Tonopah, Nevada
From Jekyll to Hyde: How the Porn Industry Grooms Male Consumers.
Rebecca Whisnant, Ph.d, University of Dayton
Establishing Trust Between NGOs and Law Enforcement Agencies in the Fight Against Domestic Sex Trafficking.
Gary Levvis, Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Efforts at Seeking Appropriate Preventive Strategies for Various Forms of Child Abuse in Nigeria.
Egbo Festus Afam, Ph.d., Nigeria
Serving Trafficking Survivors through Business Enterprises, A Proven Model.
Jane Tafel, Executive Director, Hagar USA, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Italy’s Sex Trade.
Nadia Lucchin, State Director, Not For Sale Campaign, Columbus, Ohio
Assessing Canadian Court Cases on Human Trafficking: The Trafficking in Persons (s.279.01) Legislation on Trial.
Olga Marques, Ph.d Candidate, University of Ottawa
Selling Body in Bath Centers: A Qualitative Investigation of Bath Centers Prostituted Women in Kaili, China.
Fangfang Wen, Candidate to Ed.M., Boston College
Social Knowledge vs. Power of Traffickers: An Alternative Means to Combat Trafficking in Bangladesh.
Jamila Chowdhury, Lecturer Dept. of Law, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. PhD student, School of Law, University of Sydney.
Getting ready for 2010.
Arlynn Revell, DISA Sexual and Reproductive Health Care, South Africa
Human Trafficking 101.
Celia Williamson, Ph.d., Tasha Perdue, & Mark Ohashi, University of Toledo
The Second Chance Program for Prostituted Women and Trafficked Youth.
Mary Schmidbauer, Second Chance Toledo, Ohio