Faculty Directory
Lisa Goodman
Program Director, Counseling Pyschology, Ph.D.
Professor
Lisa Goodman
Ph.D.
Contact
Campion Hall Room 310
Telephone: 617-552-1725
Email: lisa.goodman@bc.edu
ORCID 0000-0002-1195-952X
Education
- Ph.D., Boston University
- M.A., Boston University
- B.A., Wesleyan University
Research Interests
Intimate partner violence and community based participatory research
Expertise
- Equity and Social Justice
- Health and Well Being
Department
Profile
Lisa A. Goodman is a clinical-community psychologist and Professor in the Department of Counseling and Applied Developmental Psychology at Boston College. She uses a community-based participatory research approach to explore intimate partner violence, aiming to illuminate how survivors use their social networks for healing and safety, and how to improve systemic responses. Her research highlights the strengths and needs of marginalized survivors, including communities of color, and people who are unhoused. She has written over 120 articles and chapters on these topics and has received grants from the National Institute of Justice and the National Institute of Mental Health.
Dr. Goodman consults to national and local domestic violence organizations, and she is co-coordinator of the Domestic Violence Program Evaluation and Research Collaborative. Dr. Goodman is also interested in social justice pedagogy and mental health practices that extend beyond the 50-minute hour. She has received national awards for teaching and mentoring excellence, including the Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award.
Select Publications
- Goodman, L.A., Epstein, D., Nnawulezi, N., Zhang, E., Hailes, H., & Slocum, A. (2022). Informal help-seeking in moments of acute danger: Intimate partner violence survivors’ emergency outreach efforts and the forces that shape them. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 38, 5-6.
- Wilson, J. & Goodman, L.A. (2021). “A Community of Survivors”: A Grounded Theory Investigation of Organizational Support for Survivor-Advocates in Domestic Violence Agencies. Violence Against Women.
- Goodman, L.A. & Epstein, D. (2020). Covid-19 and the loneliness pandemic: Implications for intimate partner violence survivors. Journal of Family Violence.
- Goodman, L.A., Epstein, D., Hailes, H., Slocum, A. Wolff, J., Coyne, K., & McCraney, A. (2020). From isolation to connection: The practices and promise of open domestic violence shelters. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
- Goodman, L.A. & Fauci, J.E. (2020). The long shadow of family separation: A structural and historical introduction to mandated reporting in the domestic violence context. Journal of Family Violence, 35, 3, 217-223.
- Woulfe, J. & Goodman, L.A. (2020). Weaponized oppression: Identity abuse and mental health in the LGBTQ community. Psychology of Violence, 10, 100–109.
- Borges, A.M. & Goodman, L.A. (2019). Considering poverty in the therapeutic process: Experienced therapists’ adaptations. Counselling Psychology Quarterly.
- Epstein, D. & Goodman, L.A. (2019). Discounting credibility: Doubting the testimony and dismissing the experiences of domestic violence survivors and other women. University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 167, 399- 461.
- Goodman, L.A., Wilson, J.M., Helm, J.E., Greenstein, N, & Medzhitova, J. (2018). Becoming an advocate: Processes and outcomes of a relationship-centered advocacy training model. The Counseling Psychologist, 46, 2, 122-152.
- Goodman, L.A., Epstein, D., & Sullivan, C.M. (2018). Beyond the RCT: Integrating rigor and relevance to evaluate the outcomes of domestic violence programs. American Journal of Evaluation, 39, 58-70.
- Goodman, L.A., Thomas, K.A., Nnawulezi, N., Lippy, C., Serrata, J.V., Ghanbarpour, S. Sullivan, C. & Bair-Merritt, M.H. (2018). Bringing community based participatory research to domestic violence scholarship: An online toolkit. Journal of Family Violence. 33, 2, 103–107.