Research Assistant Professor
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL
Dr. Candice Selwyn is a Research Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing at the University of South Alabama and Project Director of the OVC-funded “Establishing a Multi-pronged, Trauma-Informed Campus-Based SANE Program at the University of South Alabama” (i.e., The HEART Project). She received her PhD in Clinical-Counseling Psychology from the University of South Alabama in 2016, during which she completed an American Psychological Association-accredited internship in Clinical Psychology at the Medical College of Georgia/Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center in Augusta, GA. During internship, Dr. Selwyn received emphasis training on the Psychology of Women, with a particular focus on working with women who had experienced interpersonal trauma, such as sexual assault and intimate partner violence. She went on to complete a postdoctoral fellowship in Resiliency and Integrative Care Initiatives at the Gulf Coast Behavioral Health and Resiliency Center (GCBHRC) in Mobile, AL. Following fellowship, Dr. Selwyn accepted a position as Women's Mental Health and Trauma Services Coordinator at the GCBHRC where she developed, implemented, and supervised trauma-informed initiatives within the greater Mobile community.
Dr. Selwyn’s research interests continue to focus on conditions that are over-represented among women, including risk for and recovery from gender-based violence and interpersonal trauma (i.e., intimate partner violence, sexual assault, childhood abuse and neglect). Her current work specifically focuses on the ways in which healthcare delivery can minimize or potentiate impacts of interpersonal trauma on women's health, especially among frequently oppressed populations such as racial/ethnic minorities and women with low socioeconomic status.
As a native of Mobile, AL, Dr. Selwyn is passionate about improving healthcare services within the Gulf Coast region, particularly among under-served, disadvantaged, and trauma-exposed populations. Ultimately, she hopes to promote healing among local survivors of gender-based violence and interpersonal trauma by improving access to and quality of empirically-supported, trauma-informed services within the Gulf Coast region.
(Code 31) Preliminary Findings and Lessons Learned from a Pediatric SANE Clinical Skills Lab
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM US CT
