Facilitator
Dr. Tyffani Monford is a licensed psychologist. Her primary areas of interests are sexual violence prevention and intervention on the continuum, the role of intersectionality in the lives of Black and Brown girls/women, racial trauma & radical healing, social justice work within the mental health profession, and culturally informed work with adolescents and Emerging Adults.
Dr. Monford has served as a consultant and trainer under various federal and state grants in the areas of sexual violence in juvenile correctional systems, human trafficking, and prevention/response to campus sexual assault. She serves as a federal grant reviewer through SAMHSA, the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention and the Office of Violence Against Women. Dr. Monford has provided mental health trainings and served as a panelist at conferences throughout the United States focused on culturally informed mental health services, gender-responsive treatment, the school-to-prison pipeline and Black girls, educating Black girls in white spaces, intersectionality, and social justice work. Dr. Monford has served on several state, national, and international boards addressing issues of mental health, sexual violence prevention and intervention, and human trafficking. She is a member of the Ohio Women of Color Caucus, an organization that brings together Women of Color working in the fields of domestic and sexual violence. Dr. Monford is the immediate past International President of the Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse (ATSA), an organization with over 2000 diverse members representing over 5 countries.