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Associate Professor
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas
Jocelyn Anderson, PhD, RN, SANE-A is an Associate Professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Dr. Anderson is originally from the middle-of-nowhere, Minnesota where she completed her undergraduate degree in nursing in 2008 at St. Cloud State University. Since then she has trained at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, earning her MSN (Clinical Nurse Specialist, Forensic Nursing Focus) and PhD; and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine completing postdoctoral fellowship training focused on adolescent research in community settings. She is a certified Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner providing medical forensic care for patients who have experienced physical or sexual violence. Dr. Anderson’s research has focused on a variety of physical and mental health outcomes of violence, and interventions to prevent and respond to violence. She is particularly interested in using technology-based interventions to improve health and justice outcomes at the intersections of violence, trauma, substance use, and mental health issues.
