Dr. Heather R. Hlavka

Dr. Heather R. HlavkaMarquette University

Lalumiere Hall, 416

MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America(414) 288-6846heather.hlavka@marquette.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Professor

Social and Cultural Sciences

https://heatherhlavka.wixsite.com/website

Education

Ph.D., 2008, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Courses Taught

Research Methods; Sexual Offenses and Offenders; Juvenile Justice; Transformative Justice.

Research Interests

Sexual violence and trauma; Law and society; Narrative/discourse and feminist embodied methods; Legal subjectivity; Intersectionality; Sex, gender, race, and science.

Professional Experience

Crisis intervention, education, and rape crisis advocacy; Research consultant; Expert witness.

Publications

• 2023.  Understanding Domestic Abuse Restraining Order Processes in Milwaukee County’s Courts After COVID-19: When Safer-at-Home Isn’t Safe.(with Sameena Mulla, Andrea Schneider, Erin Schubert) Institute for Women's Leadership, Marquette University 
• 2022.  Researching Gender-Based Violence: Embodied and Intersectional Approaches. New York University Press. (Pp. 1-206). (co-ed with April D.J. Petillo)

• 2021. Bodies in Evidence: Race, Gender, and Science in Sexual Assault Adjudication.  New York University Press. (Pp. 1-299). (with Sameena Mulla)

  • Winner of 2022 American Ethnological Society (AES) Senior Book Award

  • 2022 Association of Feminist Anthropology (AFA) Senior Book Award, Honorable Mention

  •  2022 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
• 2019.  “Regulating Bodies: Children and Sexual Violence.” Violence Against Women,25(6): 1956-1979.
• 2018.  “That’s How She Talks”: Animating Text Message Evidence in the Sexual Assault Trial.” Law & Society Review,52(2): 401-435 (with Sameena Mulla)
• 2017.  “Speaking of Stigma and the Silence of Shame: Young Men and Sexual Victimization.” Men and Masculinities, 20(4): 482-505. 
• 2017.  “Intersectionality and Credibility in Child Sexual Assault Trials.” Gender & Society,31(4): 457-480 (with Amber Powell and Sameena Mulla).
• 2014.  “Normalizing Sexual Violence: Young Women Account for Harassment and Abuse.” Gender & Society, 28:337-358. 
• 2013.  “Legal Subjectivity among Youth Victims of Sexual Abuse.” Law & Social Inquiry, 39:31-61.

Affiliated Positions

• On-call Advocate  Marquette University Sexual Assault Advocacy Network 
• Mentor and Member, Marquette's First-Generation College Student Network
• Research Fellow Institute for Women's Leadership (IWL) 
• Co-Chair Social Action Committee, Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) 
• Associate Research Fellow Sexual Harm and Medical Encounters  (SHaME), University of London
• Affiliated Faculty & Advisory Board  Institute for Women's Leadership (IWL) 
• Faculty Advisory Board Center for Urban Research, Teaching, and Outreach (CURTO)