Kristen Bracy, MA, MSW

Affiliation: Arizona State University

Kristen Bracy is the Associate Director of the Office of Sex Trafficking Intervention Research (STIR) at Arizona State University in the School of Social Work. Kristen is an adjunct faculty member for the online MSW Program at Fordham University. She has provided weekly clinical intervention groups for victims and survivors of sex trafficking, co-directed bi-annual drop-in centers for prostituted or sex trafficked persons, has co-authored reports and peer-reviewed publications on sex and labor trafficking research, and has presented at local, national, and international conferences on intervention strategies for sex and labor trafficked youth and adults. Kristen has a Master's degree in Social Justice and Human Rights and a Master's degree in Social Work. Since relocating to Florida, Kristen founded the nonprofit, I Rise FL, Inc., which supports survivors of violence and exploitation through creating supportive partnerships and a pathway to financial independence and upward mobility.

Research Interests:

• Sex trafficking

• Labor trafficking

• Economic impact of violence and exploitation

• Economic and social justice