Catie interviews Dr. Kaitlin Boyle, Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal

Justice and the University of South Carolina, who uses social psychology and sociological perspectives to

study how social inequalities and power dynamics shape the socialization processes that enable

environments in which violence occurs. She and Catie discuss her approach to research as looking at

violence as both a reflection of and reinforcer of inequality and its influence on her varied research

interests, including looking at the role gender plays in mass gun violence. And finally, Dr. Boyle shares

more about the process of moving her Violence and (In)justice Lecture Series to a working group,

thereby building professional networks across the many fields addressing interpersonal violence and

encouraging interdisciplinary research collaborations.

Content/Trigger Warning: Please note, content discussed in these conversations are related to

violence, abuse, and victimization. Episodes often contain content that may be alarming to

some listeners.