Jennifer Freyd, Department of Psychology

Jennifer Freyd

Jennifer Freyd

Professor Emerit
Practice Areas: Campus Sexual Violence, Domestic Violence, Minority Discrimination, Physical and Mental Health, Betrayal Trauma, Institutional Betrayal, DARVO

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Jennifer Freyd is an academic expert in sexual harassment, campus sexual violence, betrayal trauma, and institutional betrayal. Jennifer researches the causes and impacts of interpersonal violence. She is currently studying betrayal trauma as it relates to child abuse, sexual harassment, campus sexual violence, institutional betrayal, and institutional courage. Jennifer coined the term DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender), which refers to how perpetrators may respond to a wrong doing.

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