Shawn Fitzpatrick, LCSW

Shawn Fitzpatrick has been conducting batterer’s groups with men for 9 years.  He is a State approved Batterer’s Intervention Program Facilitator and a State approved trainer for Batterer Intervention Programs and Substance Abuse Specific to Domestic Violence. He has practiced as a licensed clinical social worker for 12 years and has been a Florida certified addictions professional for 21 years.  He has worked in inpatient/outpatient chemical dependency programs and in inpatient/outpatient psychiatric settings.  He is presently employed as the Family Advocacy Representative at NAS Whiting Field.

Nancy S. Hagman, M Ed, LMHC

Ms. Hagman is the Program Coordinator for Lutheran Services Florida, Sexual and Physical Abuse Treatment Program (S/PATP). The S/PATP is focused on the healing of the child victims, their siblings and the non-offending parent.  Ms. Hagman has provided counseling with families of domestic violence and sexual violence for sixteen years. She is requested for expert testimony in criminal and dependency court cases to testify about the disclosure and impact of the sexual/physical abuse to the child and family system.

Rosemary Hays-Thomas, Ph.D., SPHR

Rosemary Hays-Thomas is Professor of Psychology at the University of West Florida and a licensed psychologist specializing in industrial/ organizational and social psychology.  She is also a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources and has taught a variety of graduate and undergraduate courses related to organizations and work behaviors for over 25 years.  Dr. Hays-Thomas earned her graduate degrees at the University of Illinois and completed post-doctoral work at Louisiana State University.  Her recent publications and teaching have dealt with the management of workplace diversity and with employment issues of special concern to women.  Her administrative experience includes service as Chair of the Psychology Department (now the School of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences) and as Administrative Officer for the Southeastern Psychological Association.

Jennifer Paveglio, MSW, LCSW

Ms. Paveglio has been working in Social Services for twenty years. She has provided counseling and developed programs for young adults that have been impacted by the Domestic and Sexual Violence in the family of origin. She has worked in the inner city of New York, Toronto, Houston and Wolverhampton, England.  She finds the same influences of Domestic Violence similar in all locations. Currently, Jenny is a program therapist at Lutheran Services Florida, Sexual and Physical Abuse Treatment Program.

Robert J. Rotunda, PhD

Dr. Rotunda received his Ph.D. in Clinical/Community Psychology from the University of South Carolina in 1993, and completed a clinical internship at the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System. He obtained postdoctoral training at the Harvard Families and Addiction Program and the Counseling for Alcoholics' Marriages Project before becoming a faculty member in the School of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences at the University of West Florida. He has been a licensed clinical psychologist in Florida since 1997, and has worked with batterers at Favor House where he has also served as a clinical consultant.  His research and clinical interests are in the areas of addictive behaviors, domestic violence, PTSD, and couples therapy.

Susan E. Walch, PhD

Dr. Walch was trained as a clinical psychologist, with a specialization in health psychology and a background in women’s health.  She has more than a decade of clinical practice experience working primarily with individual adults, as well as a background in community psychology and prevention.  In the past, Dr. Walch consulted with a non-profit domestic and sexual violence agency for a number of years, including training, supervision, and oversight of the 24 crisis hotline.  Dr. Walch has also been involved in research related to sexual violence. She is an Associate Professor in the School of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences at the University of West Florida.

Jacqueline W. White, PhD

Jacquelyn W. White, PhD is a Professor of Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her research focuses primarily on gender issues, aggression, and intimate partner violence. Dr. White has conducted research in the area of aggression and violence for over 30 years, publishing numerous articles and chapters. Recent publications reflect an ecological developmental perspective to aggression and violence. She has conducted one of the few longitudinal studies of sexual and physical dating violence among adolescents and college students, a five-year projected funded by NIMH and NIJ.  She has been a consultant on a project with the US Navy examining the impact of pre-military experiences with physical and sexual abuse on military experiences. She is a past editor of Psychology of Women Quarterly and is on the Board of Editors for Aggressive Behavior. She recently completed a term as director of Women’s Studies, is a past president of the Southeastern Psychological Association, past president of the Society for the Psychology of Women, and the 2008 recipient of the Carolyn Wood Sherif Award. She is co-editor with Mary P. Koss and Alan E. Kazdin of Violence Against Women and Children: Consensus, critical analysis, and emergent priorities, Volumes I and II (published by American Psychological Association) and co-founder and chair of the National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence.