Dr. Voith, an Assistant Professor, has worked over the last decade to address violence against girls and women through counseling, agency- and community-based coordination efforts, and research.
Her research focuses on the prevention and intervention of violence against girls and women by working with boys and men to uncover the etiology of violence using trauma-focused and health disparities lenses. Her research shows that exposure to adversity and violence in family- and community-settings in childhood and adolescence are significant factors that, if gone unaddressed, can lead men to perpetrate violence in adulthood. Dr. Voith’s research aims to inform the development and evaluation of violence prevention programs with at-risk youth, and improve batterer intervention programming with men.
Teaching Information
Teaching Interests
Doctoral Student Mentoring
Dr. Voith is committed to the development of the Mandel School’s doctoral and masters-level students. Her mentoring philosophy is grounded in the basic tenet that through scaffolded, collaborative, and experiential learning opportunities, students will develop the requisite skills to launch their careers as independent scholars. Working with Dr. Voith, students will have the opportunities to learn the processes of grant writing and manuscript development, co-author manuscripts, and present at national conferences. She also welcomes the opportunity for doctoral students to complete a teaching mentorship in one of her current courses.
Courses Taught
Research Information
Research Interests
- Intimate partner violence
- Boys and men’s mental health and wellbeing
- Adverse childhood experiences
- Violence prevention and intervention
Research Projects
Stemming from her macro and direct practice work with domestic violence and sexual assault survivors, Dr. Voith’s program of research is designed to address the prevention and intervention of intimate partner violence with youth and adults at risk for violent perpetration. Applying trauma-focused and health disparities lenses with a developmental framework, Dr. Voith examines how individual and ecological risk and protective factors influence violence-related risky and resilient outcomes, with special attention given to the development of boys and men.
She also examines how the interaction between environments, such as neighborhoods, and individuals can exacerbate or buffer violence between intimate partners. This research will develop and improve upon violence prevention and intervention programs, particularly programs with at-risk youth and batterer intervention programs with men.
Publications
Recent Publications
Carlson, J., Voith, L.A., Holmes, M.R., & *Brown, J. (Accepted). Applying a Developmental, Social Ecological, and Survivor Lens to Children’s Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence: The Current State, Challenges, and Future Directions. Violence Against Women.
Yoon, S., Voith, L. A., & Kobulsky, J. (2018). Gender Differences in Pathways from Child Physical Abuse to Adolescent Risky Sexual Behavior in a High-Risk Sample. Journal of Adolescence, 64, 89-97.
Voith, L.A., Holmes, M.R., & Duda-Banwar, J. (2018) Clicking toward Better Grades: The use of Student Response Systems in Social Work Education. Journal of Social Work Education, 1-11. doi: 10.1080/10437797.2017.1283268
Voith, L.A. & Brondino, M.J. (2017 Epub ahead of print) Neighborhood Predictors of Intimate Partner Violence: A Theory-Informed Analysis using Hierarchical Linear Modeling. American Journal of Community Psychology. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajcp.12163/full doi:10.1002/ajcp.12163
Voith, L.A. (2017 Epub ahead of print). Understanding the Relation between Neighborhood and Intimate Partner Violence: An Integrative Review. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse. http://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/D7btJzDWeHuEIbaRNzqB/full doi: 10.1177/1524838017717744
Voith, L.A., Anderson, R.E., & Cahill, S.P. (2017 Epub ahead of print) Extending the ACEs Framework: Examining the Relations Between Childhood Abuse and Later Victimization and Perpetration With College Men. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. http://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/hp56Zxnq53ZrwnTJ3Dda/full
Voith, L.A. & Blakey, J.M. (2016 Epub ahead of print) Restoring and Empowering Traumatized Girls in a Philippines-Based Independent Living Program: An Exploratory Study. Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, 1-12. Available online at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40653-016-0116-x
Voith, L.A., Topitzes, J., & Reynolds, A.J. (2016). Violent Victimization among Disadvantaged Young Adults Exposed to Early Family Conflict and Abuse: A 24-year Prospective Study of the Victimization Cycle across Gender. Violence and Victims, 31(4), 767-784. doi: 10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-14-00090
Yoon, S., Kobulsky, J., Voith, L.A., Steigerwald, S., & Holmes, M. R. (2015). Gender differences in caregiver-child relationship mediation of the association between violence exposure severity and adolescent behavior problems. Child Abuse & Neglect, 50, 104–15. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.10.012
Holmes, M.R., Yoon, S., Voith, L.A., Kobulsky, J. & Steigerwald, S. (2015). Resilience in Physically Abused Children: Protective Factors for Aggression. Behavioral Sciences, 5(2), 176-189. doi: 10.3390/bs5020176
Presentations
Recent Presentations
Francis, M.*, Prince, D. & Voith, L. (2018, November). Post-It Up: Invoking Social Justice within a Social Work School. Oral paper presented at the Council on Social Work Education 64th Annual Program Meeting, Orlando, FL.
Yoon, S., Voith, L., & Kobulsky, J. (2018, January). Gender Differences in Pathways from Child Physical and Sexual Abuse to Adolescent Risky Sexual Behavior. Oral paper presented at the 22nd Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work Research, Washington, DC.
Voith, L.A. & Brondino, M.J. (2017, January). Neighborhood Predictors of Intimate Partner Violence: A Theory-Informed Analysis using Hierarchical Linear Modeling. An ePoster presented at the 21st Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work Research, New Orleans, LA.
Voith, L.A. (2017, January). How Neighborhoods Influence Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Inquiry with Men in Batterer Intervention Programs. An oral paper presented at the 21st Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work Research, New Orleans, LA.
Voith, L.A., Topitzes, J., Yoon, S., & Brondino, M.J. (2016, October). Peace Program: Findings from an Evaluation of a School-Based Violence Prevention Program. Oral paper presented at American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition, Denver, CO.
Voith, L.A. (2015, October). Exploring the Relationship between Neighborhoods and Intimate Partner Violence: An Integrative Review. Interactive Poster presented at Council for Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Denver, CO.
Yoon, S., Kobulsky, J., Voith, L.A., Steigerwald, S., & Holmes, M.R. (2015, October). Violence Exposure and Adolescent Behavior Problems: Parent-child Relationships as a Mediator. Interactive Poster presented at Council for Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Denver, CO
Education
Additional Information
Concentration:
- Children, Youth, and Families
Affiliations:
- Center for Reducing Health Disparities
- Center on Trauma and Adversity, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
- Institute for Child and Family Well-Being
- Schubert Center for Child Studies
In the News
Mandel School in the Media: March 2019
March 29, 2019
October Is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. See How the Mandel School Is Approaching the Topic
by Mandel School on October 22, 2018
Laura Voith Weighs-In On Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Adolescence on Cleveland.com
by Mandel School on May 23, 2018
Trauma Center Launches at the Mandel School
by Mandel School on April 17, 2018
Laura Voith Is Talking About Research!
by Mandel School Calendar on January 25, 2018