2024 Fellows
Megan Greeson
Associate Professor of Community Psychology and Program Director of the Ph.D. in Community Psychology
DePaul University
Megan Greeson, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Community Psychology and Program Director of the Ph.D. in Community Psychology at DePaul University. They partner with communities on research to improve the response of formal community systems to survivors of sexual assault. In doing so, they highlight the importance of attention to systemic change and marginalized groups of survivors. Their most recent work has examined multidisciplinary collaboration and the response of civil legal, medical, and advocacy systems to survivors.
DePaul University
Megan Greeson, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Community Psychology and Program Director of the Ph.D. in Community Psychology at DePaul University. They partner with communities on research to improve the response of formal community systems to survivors of sexual assault. In doing so, they highlight the importance of attention to systemic change and marginalized groups of survivors. Their most recent work has examined multidisciplinary collaboration and the response of civil legal, medical, and advocacy systems to survivors.
Janelle M. Silva
Professor of Psychology in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
University of Washington
Janelle M. Silva received her PhD in Social Psychology with an emphasis in Feminist Studies from the University of California Santa Cruz in 2010. She joined the University of Washington, Bothell campus in 2011, where she is a Professor of Psychology in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences. An ethnographer by training, her research examines how schools can be possible spaces of individual and collective transformation for students of color and the campus community. She has published her research in Urban Education, the American Journal of Community Psychology, the Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice, The Feminist Teacher, and The Urban Review.
University of Washington
Janelle M. Silva received her PhD in Social Psychology with an emphasis in Feminist Studies from the University of California Santa Cruz in 2010. She joined the University of Washington, Bothell campus in 2011, where she is a Professor of Psychology in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences. An ethnographer by training, her research examines how schools can be possible spaces of individual and collective transformation for students of color and the campus community. She has published her research in Urban Education, the American Journal of Community Psychology, the Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice, The Feminist Teacher, and The Urban Review.
Sharon M. Wasco
SMW Consulting, LLC
Sharon M. Wasco practices community psychology as a consultant within the U.S. movements to end sexual violence. She partners with movement leaders to guide evaluative thinking and co-create practice-based evidence. Her methods include curating leadership summits, facilitating learning opportunities, designing evaluation projects, and visualizing data to highlight action opportunities. In recent years, Sharon has led evaluations of policy and social change initiatives at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center and the U.S. Center for SafeSport. Sharon was a faculty member at the University of Massachusetts Lowell from 2004-2010, where she taught, advised, and mentored undergraduate and graduate students on community psychology and research methods.
Sharon M. Wasco practices community psychology as a consultant within the U.S. movements to end sexual violence. She partners with movement leaders to guide evaluative thinking and co-create practice-based evidence. Her methods include curating leadership summits, facilitating learning opportunities, designing evaluation projects, and visualizing data to highlight action opportunities. In recent years, Sharon has led evaluations of policy and social change initiatives at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center and the U.S. Center for SafeSport. Sharon was a faculty member at the University of Massachusetts Lowell from 2004-2010, where she taught, advised, and mentored undergraduate and graduate students on community psychology and research methods.