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Vaughan, Stacy

Stacy Vaughan

DSW Student

Contact Information

Email: slvaughan2@crimson.ua.edu

Areas of Interest and Expertise

  • and leadership
  • Child Safety/Prevention Education
  • Community prevention initiatives
  • DSW Education
  • DSW-PhD collaboration
  • Implementation and dissemination science
  • Polyvictimization

Education

  • MSW, East Carolina University
  • MA, Psychology, East Carolina University

Bio

Stacy Vaughan, MSW, MA is a Prevention Specialist/Consultant and owner of Strategic Social Impact, providing consultation, training, content development, and strategic solutions to a variety of national organizations such as the Center for the Prevention of Violence Research, the National Coalition to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation, kNot Today, and Stop It Now! She has developed adult- and child-focused curricula and resources, managed a variety of projects related to child protection, helped organizations and communities establish prevention initiatives, and frequently provides professional trainings and presentations on abuse and exploitation prevention issues.

Her expertise in child victimization and prevention, her commitment to safeguarding at-risk populations and to social justice and equity, and a strong, expansive network allows her to support clients, foster collaboration and partnerships for growth, and maximize social impact in prevention and child safety. For more than eleven years, Ms. Vaughan was the Vice President of Programs at the Monique Burr Foundation for Children, a national nonprofit, where she was the primary author of multiple comprehensive, evidence-based, trauma-informed curricula and helped hundreds of schools, child advocacy centers, and other organizations around the country establish and expand community prevention initiatives.

Ms. Vaughan has received several awards for her work to protect children and stays current in the field as a member of the National Association of Social Workers, the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, and the Alliance of Social Work in Sport. She also serves on the Community Advisory Board of the First Coast Child Protection Team, as a proposal reviewer for the National Children’s Alliance, and as Secretary of the National Coalition to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation where she co-authored the revision of the National Plan to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation in 2021.

Her passion is protecting children and fostering new prevention leaders in the field. Additionally, she is interested in implementation and dissemination science and the collaboration of researchers and practitioners. Her capstone will focus on how current DSW programs are providing students with dissemination and implementation science education to engage in producing and disseminating practice-relevant knowledge with the goal of providing guidelines and recommendations for DSW programs and curriculum developers

Selected Publications/Presentations

Vaughan, S., Coleman, J. & Clasgens, P. (2023, March) A national plan to prevent child sexual abuse and exploitation [Conference Presentation]. 2023 International Symposium on Child Abuse, Huntsville, AL.

Lessons from the Field – Partners in Prevention: Engaging the Secondary School Community to Prevent Gender-Based Violence [Invited Panelist]. U.S. Department of Education webinar (2022, November 16). https://safesupportivelearning.ed.gov/events/webinar/lessons-field-partners-prevention-engaging-secondary-school-community-prevent-gender.

Coleman, J., Epps, N., Sawyer, T. & Vaughan, S. (2021). National Plan to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation. National Coalition to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation. Retrieved from https://preventtogether.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/Natonal%20Plan_2021_Final.pdf.

Weeks, E. A., Whitaker, D. J., *Pendarvis, S., Finkelhor, D., Neal-Rossi, C. & Rivers, D. (2021). Evaluation of the child safety matters curriculum for improving knowledge about victimization among elementary school children: A randomized trial. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2021.1960458

*Pendarvis, S. & Brewer, K. (2021, June). Building a partnership for impactful prevention work [Conference Presentation]. 2021 National Children’s Alliance Leadership Conference, Virtual Conference.

*Pendarvis, S. (2018, October). Understanding Research and Best Practices: How using adult-focused and child-focused prevention programs together can better protect children [Conference Presentation]. 2018 Ignite National Prevention Conference, Memphis, TN.

*Pendarvis, S. & Gorman, M. (2018, March). Starting or expanding a CAC community prevention initiative [Conference Presentation]. 2018 International Symposium on Child Abuse, Huntsville, AL.

*Pendarvis, S. (2017, November). Real World Safety: How we can really protect youth online and off in today’s society [Conference Presentation]. 2017 International Bullying Prevention Conference, Nashville, TN.

*Pendarvis, S. (2017, March). What’s New in Prevention? Using a collaborative, comprehensive, and evidence-informed approach to better protect children [Conference Presentation]. 2017 International Symposium on Child Abuse, Huntsville, AL.

*Former name – Stacy Pendarvis