Meredith Bagwell-Gray

Meredith Bagwell-Gray
  • Associate Professor

Contact Info

785-864-4293
Twente Hall, Room 300A
Lawrence

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Biography —

Meredith Bagwell-Gray, MSW, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Welfare at the University of Kansas. She earned a PhD in Social Work from Arizona State University (ASU) in 2016, and in 2017 she completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the ASU Office of Gender Based Violence. With an emphasis on health equity research, Dr. Bagwell-Gray studies the intersections of race, gender, and age with environmental factors, like living in rural areas, and contextual factors, like experiencing intimate partner violence, on women’s health and safety. Her current research involves designing and testing a trauma-informed approach to promote sexual health and prevent cervical cancer among survivors of intimate partner violence, a project currently supported by an American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant through the University of Kansas Medical Center. Her work includes understanding, preventing and intervening to address sexual violence in intimate relationships. Dr. Bagwell-Gray received a Master of Science in Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin in 2009, and her research is informed by direct practice social work experiences as an advocate and therapist with survivors of partner violence.

Education —

Ph.D., Arizona State University

Research —

Reduce health disparities for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV); sexual safety planning intervention to address HIV/STI risk, substance use, and trauma.

Selected Publications —

Publications

Reviewed/Refereed

Journal Articles

  1. Bagwell-Gray, M. E., Loerzel, E., Sacco, G. D., Messing, J., Glass, N., Sabri, B., Jock, B. W., Arscott, J., Brockie, T., & Campbell, J. (2021). From myPlan to ourCircle: Adapting a web-based safety planning intervention for Native American women exposed to intimate partner violence. JOURNAL OF ETHNIC & CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN SOCIAL WORK, 30(1-2), 163-180. doi:10.1080/15313204.2020.1770651 
  1. Messing, J. T., Bagwell-Gray, M. E., Ward-Lasher, A., & Durfee, A. (2021). 'Not bullet proof': The complex choice not to seek a civil protection order for intimate partner violence. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF VICTIMOLOGY, 27(2), 173-195. doi:10.1177/0269758021993338 
  1. Salyer, C., Lipnicky, A., Bagwell-Gray, M., Cropsey, K., & Ramaswamy, M. (2021). Abnormal Pap Follow-Up among Criminal-Legal Involved Women in Three U.S. Cities.International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, (18(12)), 6556.
  1. Bagwell-Gray, M. E., & Bartholmey, E. (2020). Safety and Services for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: A Researcher-Practitioner Dialogue on the Impact of COVID-19. PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA-THEORY RESEARCH PRACTICE AND POLICY, 12, S205-S207. doi:10.1037/tra0000869 
  1. Bagwell-Gray, M. E., Jen, S., & Schuetz, N. (2020). How Intimate Partner Violence and Intersectional Identities Converge to Influence Women's Sexual Health across Environmental Contexts. SOCIAL WORK, 65(4), 349-357. doi:10.1093/sw/swaa031 
  1. Cheng, S.-Y., Wachter, K., Kappas, A., Brown, M. L., Messing, J. T., Bagwell-Gray, M., & Jiwatram-Negron, T. (2020). Patterns of Help-seeking Strategies in Response to Intimate Partner Violence: A Latent Class Analysis. JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE. doi:10.1177/0886260520966671 
  1. Messing, J., Bagwell-Gray, M., Brown, M. L., Kappas, A., & Durfee, A. (2020). Intersections of Stalking and Technology-Based Abuse: Emerging Definitions, Conceptualization, and Measurement. JOURNAL OF FAMILY VIOLENCE, 35(7), 693-704. doi:10.1007/s10896-019-00114-7 
  1. Thaller, J., Bagwell-Gray, M. E., Messing, J. T., & Durfee, A. (in press). Reproductive coercion and pregnancy avoidance among shelter-seeking survivors of intimate partner violence. Violence Against Women. 
  1. Bagwell-Gray, M. E. (2019). Women's Healing Journey From Intimate Partner Violence: Establishing Positive Sexuality. QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH, 29(6), 779-795. doi:10.1177/1049732318804302 
  1. Bagwell-Gray, M. E. (2019). Application of an intimate partner sexual violence taxonomy to women’s experiences of sexual violence in intimate relationships: New insights and understanding. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 
  1. Bagwell-Gray, M. E. (2018). Establishing positive sexuality and reducing HIV risk: Women’s healing journey from intimate partner violence. Qualitative Health Research. doi:10.1177/1049732318804302. 
  1. Rountree, M., Bagwell, M., Mancoske, R. J., & Deepak, A. C. (2017). Friendship and encouragement of safe-sex practices among African-American college women. Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services, 16(2), 154 – 169. doi:10.1080/15381501.2017.1300787 
  1. Bagwell-Gray, M. E. (2016). Intimate partner sexual violence as a risk factor for homicide. Family and Intimate Partner Violence Quarterly, 9(1), 41-51. 
  1. Rountree, M. A., Chen, L., & Bagwell-Gray, M. E. (2016). HIV testing rate and testing locations among women who have experienced intimate partner violence: Data from the Center for Disease Control Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2006. Violence Against Women, 22(4), 399 – 414. doi:10.1177/1077801215603487 
  1. Rountree, M. A., Granillo, T., & Bagwell-Gray, M. E. (2016). Promotion of Latina health: Intersectionality of IPV and risk for HIV/AIDS. Violence Against Women, 22(5), 545 – 564. doi:10.1177/1077801215607358 

Non-Reviewed/Refereed

Book Chapters

  1. Bagwell-Gray, M. (in press). Sexual Violence Perpetrated by Men against Women in Intimate Relationships. In Handbook of Domestic Violence. SAGE Publications. 

Selected Presentations —

Presentations/Lectures

Reviewed/Refereed

  1. Bagwell-Gray, M. E. Trauma-informed sexual safety planning for survivors of intimate partner violence. 2020 National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence, Chicago, IL.
  1. Bagwell-Gray, M. E., & Jen, S. (2020, April). Lost time and time left: Survivors’ experiences of time when healing from intimate partner violence. 2020 National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence, Chicago, IL.
  1. Bagwell-Gray, M. E., Akin, B., Carlson, J., Rose, J., Taggart, S., & Davis, L. (2020, April). Junctions of domestic violence and child welfare: Exploring diverse stakeholders' perspectives. 2020 National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence, Chicago, IL.
  1. Cheng, S.-Y., Karin, W., Andrea, K., Jill, M., Tina, J.-N., Meredith, B.-G., & Saltanat, C. (2020, January 19). Patterns of strategies and actions survivors employ to address violence in intimate relationships. Social for Social Work and Research 24th Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.
  1. Bagwell-Gray, M. E., Schuetz, N., & Jen, S. (2020, January 18). Women's sexual health in the context of intimate partner violence: The intersections of gender, race, class, and age. The Society for Social Work and Research, 24th Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.
  1. Bagwell-Gray, M. E., Holmes, C., White Starr, Z., & Banda, L. (2019, August). Responding to domestic violence among child welfare involved families: Lessons learned in evaluating a novel child welfare approach. National Child Welfare Evaluation Summit, Washington, D.C.
  1. Bagwell-Gray, M., Burnette, C., Danna-Sacco, G., Messing, J., & Campbell, J. (2019, January). Culturally Tailoring a Web-based Intervention for Native American Women. Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA.
  1. Kappas, A., Bagwell-Gray, M., Messing, J., & Brown, M. (2019, January). Increasing Access to Evidenced-Based Care for Survivors of Domestic Violence: Year One. Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA.
  1. Bagwell-Gray, M. E. (2017, September). Establishing positive sexuality and reducing HIV risk: Women’s healing journey from intimate partner violence. Poster presentation at the Future’s Without Violence National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence, San Francisco, CA.
  1. Campbell, J. C., Brocke, T., Dana-Socco, G., & Bagwell-Gray, M. E. (2017, September). The danger assessment with indigenous populations (Danger-Assessment Circle): A cases study in adapting assessment tools and interventions to specific cultural groups. Symposium presentation at the Future’s Without Violence National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence, San Francisco, CA.
  1. Bagwell-Gray, M. E. (2017, January). Contextualizing Sexual Violence in Intimate Relationships: The Taxonomy of Sexual Control. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, New Orleans, LA.
  1. Bagwell-Gray, M. E. (2017, January). Overcoming Sexual Health Challenges in the Context of Intimate Partner Sexual Violence: Implications for Women-Centered Interventions. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, New Orleans, LA.
  1. Bagwell-Gray, M. E. (2016, June). Women’s Sexual Safety Strategies in the Context of Intimate Partner Violence: Towards Survivor-Informed Intervention Tools. Presentation at the Society for Prevention Research Conference, San Francisco, CA.
  1. Bagwell-Gray, M. E. (2016, January). A Qualitative Description of Women's Sexual Health During and After Violent Relationships. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC.

Awards & Honors —

Individual Honor/Award

Graduate Education Dissertation Fellowship, Arizona State University. (2016)

$9,500

University Graduate Fellowship, Arizona State University. (2016)

$10,000

Grants & Other Funded Activity —

University of Kansas

Externally-Funded Grant/Contract

Funded

  1. Carlson, J. (Principal), Akin, B. (Co-Principal), & Bagwell-Gray, M. (Co-Principal). Evaluation for the Quality Improvement Center on Child Welfare Involved Children and Families Experiencing Domestic Violence. HHS-2016-ACF-ACYF-CA-1184, US DHHS, Administration for Children and Families $2,677,745, Submitted July 2016 (October 2016 - September 2021).
  1. Bagwell-Gray, M. E. (Principal). Assessing the Acceptability, Feasibility, and Efficacy of a Novel Intervention to Reduce Cervical Cancer Risk Among Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence. American Cancer Society $31,784, Submitted January 2019 (June 2019 - June 2020). (Institutional Award)

Proposal Submitted

  1. Bagwell-Gray, M. E. (Principal). Cervical Cancer Prevention among Survivors of Partner Violence: Technological Innovations for a Trauma-Informed Approach. National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program., National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Loan Repayment Program, Submitted November 2019.

Not Funded

  1. Bagwell-Gray, M. (Principal), Mendenhall, A. (Co-Principal), & Carlson, J. (Co-Principal). Estimating the Cost of Domestic Violence in the State of Kansas and Greater Kansas City Area., The Jamie Kimball Foundation for Courage $34,784, Submitted August 2019.

New Faculty General Research Fund

Funded

  1. Bagwell-Gray, M. E. Cervical Cancer Prevention among Survivors of Partner Violence: Technological Innovations for a Trauma-Informed Approach. $20,000, Submitted February 21, 2020 (July 2020 - July 2022). Women who experience partner violence are more likely to develop cervical cancer compared to women without such victimization history. In this community-engaged research project, I am collaborating with relevant stakeholders to develop and test web-based intervention modules to increase cervical health literacy among survivors of partner violence. Then, using a pre-experimental pretest posttest design, I will assess the impact of the modules among survivors of partner violence (N=40). This proposal reflects a continuation of my current research funded by the American Cancer Society (ACS) in which I am piloting a face-to-face, psychosocial behavioral health intervention to improve the cervical health of survivors of partner violence in Kansas and Greater Kansas City. Preliminary results indicate high acceptability of intervention activities and positive trends for women’s cervical health; yet, trends also indicate a need to expand the reach of the intervention to younger women and women in rural areas. The development of web-based intervention modules responds to this need.

Arizona State University

Internal Award

Funded

  1. Bagwell-Gray, M. (Principal). Assessing Measures of Sexual Health and Safety Among Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence. Institute for Social Science Research $6,250 (July 2017 - July 2018).
  1. Bagwell-Gray, M. (Principal). A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Women’s Sexual Health in the Context of Violent Relationships. Graduate College $9,500 (Spring 2016).

Memberships —

Professional Service

National

Other Professional Service

Reviewer

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Sexuality Research and Social Policy

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

Violence & Victims

University Service

University of Kansas

University

Member

Faculty Senate Research Council (Fall 2020 - Present)

School Service

University of Kansas

Member

Awards Committee (Fall 2019 - Present)

Faculty Search Committee (Fall 2019 - Present)

School of Social Welfare, Research Council (Spring 2019 - Present)

Public Service

Local

Douglas County Resiliency Coalition, Member, KS, US. (October 2018 - Present)

Professional Memberships

Arizona Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (ACDVSA)

Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV)

Society for Social Work Research (SSWR)