Madeline Stenersen, PhD

Affiliation: Saint Louis University, Department of Psychology

Dr. Madeline Stenersen is a researcher, evaluator, consultant, and current Assistant Professor of Psychology at Saint Louis University. She specializes in conducting community-based participatory research in close partnership with local and national organizations in the areas of sex trafficking, law enforcement, substance use, and health equity. In addition to scholarly publications and presentations, Dr. Stenersen’s work also emphasizes the dissemination of research findings to the larger community and society through online, op-ed, and policy-based materials. She has completed multiple evaluations of sex trafficking prevention and intervention programming with law enforcement, health care personnel, school children, and other community stake holders. Dr. Stenersen also has expertise advanced qualitative and quantitative methods and in using big and public data to combat violence and trafficking. As a result of her work, Dr. Stenersen has received multiple awards from the American Psychological Association including the Bridging the Gap Award for her work connecting research efforts to on-the-ground change and outcomes in local communities.

Research Interests:

• Program evaluation

• Violence prevention

• Health equity/disparities in program outcomes

• Community-based participatory research and evaluation

• Substance abuse

• Global mental health

• Mixed methodology research and evaluation (Qualitative and Quantitative analyses)

• Big data analysis and use of big data in community-based work