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Penelope K. Trickett David Lawrence Stein/Violet Goldberg Sachs Professor of Mental Health Professor Ph.D. New School for Social Research, 1976 M.A. University of Denver, 1967 B.A. Bryn Mawr College, 1964 pennyt@usc.edu Download Curriculum Vitae |
| PENELOPE K. TRICKETT, Ph.D., is a professor of social work and psychology, as well as a developmental psychologist whose research, for the last 20 years, has focused on the developmental consequences of child abuse and/or neglect on children and adolescents and on the characteristics of families in which such abuse occurs. She has earned an Independent Scientist Award from the National Institute of Mental Health titled "The Developmental Consequences of Child Abuse and Violence." In addition, Dr. Trickett is conducting two longitudinal studies. One, now in its 15th year, concerns the psychobiological impact of familial sexual abuse on female adolescents and young adults. The second is a study of the impact of neglect, alone or in combination with other forms of maltreatment, on young adolescent development. Dr. Trickett also directs a university-wide interdisciplinary violence research initiative at the University of Southern California. | |
