Anne Dufault

Anne (she/her) is a fourth year doctoral candidate at Suffolk University in applied developmental psychology. Her research examines how sexual violence prevention efforts can address power and oppression, and how using a power-conscious lens in sexual violence prevention can promote positive development for young people who show warning signs they may cause harm, who are engaged in preventing harm, and who are survivors of sexual violence.

Anne’s work is shaped by a decade as a sexual violence prevention educator with the company Catharsis Productions, where she traveled the US educating college students and US military service members, and trained new educators how to facilitate interactive and engaging conversations about sexual violence.

Prior to her doctoral studies, Anne completed a masters in instructional leadership: educational studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she was a member of the DREAM (Developing Racial Equity for and with Adolescents and in Mentoring) Research Group, under the direction of Dr. Bernadette Sánchez. Anne is also a graduate of Skidmore College, with a BS in theater.

Anne is an affiliated researcher with the McCluskey Center for Violence Prevention Research & Education. She was a doctoral intern at Our Bodies Ourselves Today during the 2022-2023 academic year, and served as their interim director of program operations during summer 2023.

I see Our Bodies Ourselves Today as playing a key role in fighting misinformation about women and gender expansive people's health and sexuality needs, especially around issues of gender-based violence.