RESEARCH INTERESTS
Psychiatric/mental health response patterns of crime victims; internet crimes against children

BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Ann Wolbert Burgess is an internationally recognized pioneer in the assessment and treatment of victims of trauma and abuse. She has received numerous honors including the Sigma Theta Tau International Audrey Hepburn Award, the American Nurses’ Association Hildegard Peplau Award, and the Sigma Theta Tau International Episteme Laureate Award. Her courtroom testimony has been described as “groundbreaking,” and she has been called a “nursing pathfinder.”

Her research with victims began when she co-founded, with Boston College sociologist Lynda Lytle Holmstrom, one of the first hospital-based crisis counseling programs at Boston City Hospital. She then worked with FBI Academy special agents to study serial offenders, and the links between child abuse, juvenile delinquency, and subsequent perpetration. Her work with Boston College nursing colleague Carol Hartman led to the study of very young victims and the impact of trauma on their growth and development, their families and communities. Her work continues in the study of elder abuse in nursing homes, cyberstalking, and Internet sex crimes. She teaches courses in Victimology, Forensic Science, Forensic Mental Health, Case Studies in Forensics and Forensic Science Lab.

SELECTED APPOINTMENTS & AWARDS

• Sigma Theta Tau Hall of Fame, Sigma Theta Tau International, July 2010
• Inductee, Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame, May 2010
• Inaurural Ann Burgess Forensic Nursing Award, International Association of Forensic Nurses, October 2009
• Interim Editor, Victims & Offenders, 2008
• Editorial Board: Journal of Family Violence

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Burgess, A.W., & Harner, H. (2011). Using Trauma-Informed Framework to care for Incarcerated Women. Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, (appearing online first). 
• Burgess, A. W. (2011). Online Social Networking Patterns Among Adolescents, Young Adults, and Sexual Offenders. American Journal of Nursing, 11(7), 28-36.
• Burgess, A.W., Piatell, M.J., & Pasqualone, G. (2011). Criminalistics and the Forensic Nursing Process. Journal of Forensic Nursing, 7(2), 97-104.
• Burgess, A., Welner, M. & Willis, D. G. (2010). Educator Sexual Abuse: Two Case Reports. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 19(4), 387-402. doi:10.1080/10538712.2010.495045
• Burgess, A.W., Regehr, C., & Roberts, A. (2010). Victimology: Theories and Apllications. Sudbury, Massachusetts: Jones & Bartlett.

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