Cynthia Fraga Rizo

Degrees and Licenses

MSW, Florida International University
BA, Florida International University

Primary Program

Research, MSW Education, and Doctoral Education

Certifications

Safe Zone Training

Research and Professional Interests

Intimate Partner Violence
Human Trafficking
Prevention and Intervention Research
Latinex Survivors

Principal Investigator

Feasibility Evaluation of a Parenting Intervention for Latinx Mothers who have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence (Co-PI)
UNC – Human Trafficking School-Based Programs – 2016 (PI)

Co-Investigator

School-Based Trafficking Program for High-Risk Youth, 2017 (Co-I)

Recent Publications

Nemeth, J. & Rizo, C. F. (in press). Estimating the prevalence of human trafficking: Progress made and future directions. American Journal of Public Health.

Rizo, C. F., Klein, L. B., Chesworth, B. R., O’Brien, J. E., Macy, R. J., Martin, S., L., Crews, M. E., & Love, B. L. (2019). Educating youth about commercial sexual exploitation of children: A systematic review. Global Social Welfare, 6, 29-39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40609-018-0119-7

Rizo, C. F., O’Brien, J., Macy, R. J., Ermentrout, D., & Lanier, P. (2019). Reporting maltreatment to child protective services in the context of intimate partner violence research. Violence Against Women, 25, 131-147. doi:10.1177/1077801218761604

Rizo, C. F., O’Brien, J. E., Wretman, C., & Givens, A., Kainz, K., & Chesworth, B. (2018). Investigating the complex relationship between intimate partner violence victimization and perpetration among system-involved women in heterosexual relationships: An exploratory analysis. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Advance online publication. doi:10.1177/0886260518780781

Rizo, C. F., Wretman, C. Macy, R. J., Guo, S., & Ermentrout, D. M. (2018). A novel intervention for system-involved female intimate partner violence survivors: Changes in mental health. Journal of Orthopsychiatry. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ort0000332

Presentations, Workshops and Media

Rizo, C. F. (2019, January). Applying stress and coping theory to intimate partner violence survivors’ coping and help-seeking experiences. In C. F. Rizo (Organizer), Coping, help-seeking, and service engagement in response to intimate partner violence: Survivor, perpetrator, and service provider perspectives. Symposium presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA.

Rizo, C. F., Martin, S. L., Crews, M., Franchino-Olsen, H., Love, B., Klein, L. B. (2018, August). Working in schools to teach students about sex trafficking and respond to students in need. Workshop presented at the Project NO REST Conference, New Bern, NC.

Rizo, C. F., Klein, L. B., Martin, S., Macy, R. J., Chesworth, B. R., Crews, M., Love, B., & O’Brien, J. (2018, July). Commercial sexual exploitation of children: Identifying and educating youth in schools. Paper presented at the International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference, Portsmouth, NH.

Rizo, C. F., Givens, A., & Chesworth, B. (2018, January). Factors associated with cultural competence and perceived barriers to providing culturally-appropriate services to Latina survivors of intimate partner violence. Poster presented at the Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Washington, DC.

Van Deinse, T, Rizo, C. F., & Macy, R. J. (summit organizers). (2018, November). Family Justice Center and co-location summit: Evaluation and research summit. Greensboro, NC.