Margret Bell, PhD

Director for Education & Training, National Military Sexual Trauma Support Team

Women's Health Sciences Division

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Academic Appointment

• Boston University School of Medicine, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Education

• Boston Consortium in Clinical Psychology, VA Boston Healthcare System, Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2006
• Boston College, Counseling Psychology, PhD, 2005
• University of Maryland, College Park, Clinical/Counseling Psychology, MA, 2000
• Yale University, Psychology, BA, 1998

Expertise and Interests

• Systemic, community, and institutional responses to trauma survivors
• Trauma survivors’ experiences in interacting with systems
• Non-mental health providers’ knowledge and work with trauma survivors
• Recovery from military sexual trauma and other forms of interpersonal trauma

Membership in Professional Societies

• International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
• Association for Psychological Science

Awards and Honors

• Award for Psychological Research on Women and Gender, The Association for Women in Psychology and Division 35, American Psychological Association
• Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year Award, The Council for Counseling Psychology Training Programs
• Student Research Award, Division 12, American Psychological Association
• Grants-in-Aid Award, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues and Division 9, American Psychological Association
• Hyde Graduate Student Research Grant, Division 35, American Psychological Association

Selected Publications

Bell, M.E., Bennett Cattaneo, L., Goodman, L.A., & Dutton, M.A. (In press). Criminal case outcomes, incarceration, and subsequent intimate partner violence. Journal of Family Violence.

Bell, M.E., Larsen, S.E., Goodman, L.A., & Dutton, M.A. (In press). Comparison of victims’ reports and court records of intimate partner violence perpetrators’ criminal case outcomes. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

Bell, M.E., Perez, S., Goodman, L.A., & Dutton, M.A. (2011). Battered women’s perceptions of civil and criminal court helpfulness: The role of court outcome and process. Violence Against Women, 17(1), 71-88.

Bell, M.E. & Reardon, A. (2011). Experiences of sexual harassment and sexual assault in the military among OEF/OIF Veterans: Implications for healthcare providers. Social Work in Healthcare, 50, 1-17.

Street, A.E., Kimerling, R., Bell, M.E., & Pavao, J. (2011). Sexual harassment and sexual assault during military service. In J. Ruzek, P. Schnurr, J. Vasterling, & M. Friedman (Eds.), Caring for Veterans with deployment-related stress disorders: Iraq, Afghanistan, and beyond (pp.131-150). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association Press.

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