Sexual Assault Awareness Symposium Agenda

Sexual Assault Awareness Symposium
 April 6, 2023 | 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. EST | Virtual | 5.75 CEUs

  

8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.  Welcome Remarks
Dean Kilpatrick, Ph.D., Distinguished University Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director, National Crime Victims Research & Treatment Center (NCVC), Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC

Christine Hahn, Ph.D
., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Program Director, National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center

 

8:45 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. The Voice of a Victim/Survivor
Lyn Maples,
Outreach Coordinator, Tri-County SPEAKS

Chanler Abarta
,
Survivor Speaker

 

9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Dynamics of Sexual Assault: The clinical and the personal
Christine Hahn, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Program Director, National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center

Emily Tilstra-Ferrell
, Postdoctoral Fellow, National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC 

Angel Brown, LMSW
, Clinical/Coordinator II, National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC

 

10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Break 



10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.  Responses to Sexual Assault
Aurelia Sands-Belle, M.Ed., Research Instructor, National Mass Violence Victimization Resource Center, Institute of Psychiatry, MUSC

Sonya Jenkins, LISW-CP
, Substance Use Program Manager, Naval Consolidated Brig, Charleston, SC

 

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Lunch  on own



12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Advocacy, Resources and Support Services: A Panel Discussion
Moderator: Katie Mai, LMSW, National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC    

Speakers: Lyn Maples, Outreach Coordinator, Tri-County SPEAKS

Dan Glenn,
Education & Training Specialist, My Sisters House

 

1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Medical and Forensic Care of Survivors
Moderator: Meg Wallance, LISW-CP, National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC

Speakers: Karen Hughes, BSN, RN, SANE-A, Forensic Nurse, MUSC

Major Patrick Kelly
, Department of Public Safety, MUSC

 

2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Break 



2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Law Enforcement & Judicial System: A Panel Discussion
Moderator: Daniela Harris, JD, Title IX Coordinator & Director of Civil Rights Compliance, MUSC

Speakers: Catherine Fries, Assistant Solicitor for the Ninth Circuit Solicitor’s Office

Kamila Szymczynska-Sas, Esq
., Assistant Solicitor for the Ninth Circuit Solicitor’s Office

Catherine Johnson
, Assist Director of Investigations, US Center for SafeSport

Catrice Smalls
, Law Enforcement Victim Advocate (LEVA), City of Charleston 

Lieutenant Kelly Freshman
, Charleston Police Department



4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Q and A and Closing Remarks
Aurelia Sands-Belle, M.Ed., Research Instructor, National Mass Violence Victimization Resource Center, Institute of Psychiatry, MUSC

Christine Hahn, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Program Director, National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center