Offerings to the Gender-Based Violence Movement

"What I appreciate most about Dr. Nnawulezi’s community-based participatory research approach is how deeply she involved staff and survivors in the evaluation process of our model. She completely and fully enmeshed herself in [the organization’s] culture through extensive one-on-one interviews with survivors and staff, followed by rich discussions she facilitated with our community to validate the themes she identified in her research. As a result of her work, staff developed a heightened awareness of our practice and clearly could identify areas they needed to strengthen to better support the implementation of our model."

Her findings have tremendous implications for the field broadly, as more and more housing programs seek to incorporate trauma-informed practice. This entails an organizational management shift whereby staff are empowered to use critical thinking as opposed to relying on one-size-fits all program rules, a trend in safe housing services nationwide that Dr. Nnawulezi’s work has helped to facilitate.

"We are indeed fortunate to have Dr. Nnawulezi as an advisor, a project partner, and a key informant in so many aspects of our work. She brings a high levels of expertise, critical analysis, integrity and vision to her work with us and is consistently thoughtful, responsive, and respectfully collaborative. We hope to continue our partnership with Dr. Nnawulezi for many years to come."

"She has been an invaluable partner in our efforts to inform, shape and advance domestic violence intervention and prevention policy, practice and research. She brings a high level of expertise, knowledge, critical analysis, insight and commitment to her community- engaged research and evaluation."