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Rachel M. Barczak

Biography:

Rachel earned her B.A. in psychology and sociology, summa cum laude, at the University of Kentucky, which is where her sociological imagination developed and continues to grow in her present Ph.D. studies. In 2021, she earned her M.A. in sociology. Rachel's research interests lie within social psychology and criminology, and she is currently the project manager for a collaborative evaluation assessing the impact of a Therapeutic Horticulture program at a local domestic violence shelter. 

 

Research Interests:
Sociological Social Psychology
Criminology
Violence Against Women
Therapeutic Horticulture
Selected Publications:

Follingstad, D. R., Barczak, R. M., & Kistler, L. C. (2022). The Red Zone Risk for College Sexual Assault: A Critical Review of the Literature. Trauma, violence & abuse, 15248380221134293. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380221134293

Love, T.P., Davis, J.L., Davis, R.E., Fisher, W., and Barczak, R.M. (2023) Assessing Collective Identity (Non)Verification with Social Media Data through Web Scraping, Sentiment Analysis, and Qualitative Coding in Handbook of Research Methods for Studying Identity In and Around Organizations.