Agnes (Aggie) Rieger

Hi!

I'm a second year student in the Clinical-Community Psychology PhD program; I work under the direction of Dr. Nicole Allen, on the Action Research & Collaboration team. My pronouns are she/her/hers. 

Gender-based violence can be understood, studied, and prevented - and I'm excited about how we can support community efforts. 

I'm most interested in research involving community and societal-level interventions to prevent and respond to domestic violence, sexual violence, and child maltreatment (including public health approaches, social norms, health communication, and systems change) and in provider experiences (including training, institutional support, and organizational structure).

Currently, I'm a research assistant for a statewide evaluation project that partners with the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault and the Illinois Department of Public Health to investigate sexual violence prevention efforts across Illinois. I'm also part of a study investigating experiences of incivility and harassment among STEM students, and I've been collaborating with Dr. Rachel Garthe on her work utilizing state surveillance surveys to investigate youth victimization. I'm leading a scoping review on mass messaging pertaining to sexual and domestic violence. 

Previously, I coordinated research at the Center for Psychotherapy Research (University of Pennsylvania) on depression treatment in the community mental health setting. I earned a B.A. in Psychology with honors from Wellesley College, where I was involved with research that partnered with a local girls' leadership camp and research on attitude change and creativity. Community engagement is very important to me and my work. My undergraduate mental health advocacy has been recognized by the Jordan Porco Foundation (Student Mental Health Advocate of the Year, 2017) and I was the Women Organized Against Rape Volunteer of the Year (2018).