Projects per year
Personal profile
About
Annah Bender is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She earned her MSW from the University of Michigan in 2008, her PhD from the Brown School at Washington University in 2015, and a postdoctoral fellowship at Washington University's Department of Psychiatry (Alcohol Research Lab) in 2016. Substantive research topics include intimate partner violence, trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder, and the intersection of trauma and substance use disorders. Methodological interests include person-centered analyses and mixed/multiple method designs.
New UMSL faculty member 2019.
Education/Academic qualification
BA, Missouri State University
MSW, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
PhD, Washington University in St. Louis
Research Interests
- Advanced Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
- Intimate Partner Violence
- Trauma and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Mixed / Multiple Methods Research Designs
- Person-Centered Analyses
- Substance Use Disorders
Disciplines
- Social Work
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Rural Primary Healthcare Providers' Response to Intimate Partner Violence and Survivors' Perceptions of Helpfulness
Bender, A. (PI)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (NIH)
1/1/14 → 1/1/15
Project: Research project
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Teaching health disparities on the road: An experiential educational intervention for doctor of nursing practice students
Vandermause, R. K., Fish, A. F., Bender, A., Kuensting, L., Murphy, N. L. & Lavin, R. P., Nov 2024, In: Nurse Education in Practice. 81, 104168.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Migration, Exploitation, and Human Trafficking Among High-Risk Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Individuals in Cape Town: A Case Study
Koegler, E., Vickerman, S. A., Bender, A. K. & Rich, E. G., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Human Trafficking.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Police behaviors and procedural justice: Testing predictors of police-initiated post-traumatic stress symptoms
Gearhart, M. C., Berg, K., Barnhart, S., Bender, A. & Jones, C., Jan 2023, In: Children and Youth Services Review. 144, 106740.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring Police-Initiated Post-Traumatic Stress Symptomatology, Depression, and Anxiety Using Factor Analysis
Gearhart, M. C., Bender, A., Barnhart, S. & Berg, K., 2022, In: Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work (United States). 19, 2, p. 147-160 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on older adults in 12-step programs
Bender, A. K., Pickard, J. & Webster, M., 2022, In: Journal of Social Work Practice in The Addictions.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review