Catie interviews Dr. Lisa Fedina, Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of
Michigan, whose research focuses on understanding the social, economic, and health consequences of
violence experienced across the lifespan, particularly in historically oppressed and underserved
communities. Dr. Fedina shares how a person-centered approach to her research impacts survivor
outcomes by encouraging specified approaches to community response and prevention. The pair also
discuss how response systems are influenced by power and the ways structural power imbalances
contribute to the root causes of violence.