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.