Cris Sullivan
Delivered on January 28, 1999, by Cris Sullivan, PhD, Michigan State University
Cris Sullivan, Ph. D., is Associate Professor of Ecological Psychology at Michigan State University, Director of the Center for Social Action Research on Violence Against Women (C-SAR) at MSU, and Director of Evaluation for the Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence. Dr. Sullivan has been an advocate and researcher in the movement to end violence against women since 1982. She has received research grants from the National Institute of Justice, National Institute of Mental Health, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to examine the long-term effects of community-based interventions for battered women and their children. Her community involvement has included facilitating support groups for women with abusive partners, providing direct advocacy for women with abusive partners, grant writing, serving on the board of directors of a domestic violence shelter program, and serving on the advisory board of Michigan State University's on-campus domestic violence shelter program. She is also a member of the Capital Area Family Violence Coordinating Council, the Michigan Violence Against Women Project Advisory Council, and Michigan State University's Violence Against Women Research and Outreach Initiative.
Other areas of expertise include evaluating victim services, and developing and evaluating coordinated community responses for survivors of domestic violence. Dr. Sullivan has served as a consultant for numerous local, state and federal organizations and initiatives, including the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the Department of Justice¹s Violence Against Women Office, the Institute for Law and Justice, the Urban Institute, the National Research Council, and the Battered Women¹s Justice Project.