120 Clemens Hall
UB North Campus

"Global Violence Against Women"
Andrea Parrot
Professor, Department of Policy Analysis and Management
Cornell University


Andrea Parrot is a researcher on violence against women, an a pioneer who documented the seriousness of rape on college campuses and the level of interpersonal violence between students in the 1980's and 1990's . Since 2001, she has been researching and lecturing in selected countries in Europe, Central and Eastern Asia, Africa, South America, and North America. Her research interests include women's health, human sexuality, violence against women, medical ethics, and the cultural and policy issues related to those areas. She has been a guest on numerous radio and television shows, including Face the Nation, Oprah, Good Morning America, and Larry King Live. Her work in sexual assault had required her to provide expert testimony at Congressional Hearings, and well as in civil and criminal cases. She was instrumental in developing the "Unheard Voices" exhibition of face castings and oral histories of sexual assault survivors. She has spoken at over 100 US and international colleges and universities on sexual assault and women's issues. She is a board member of the New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault, as well as the Foundation for the Scientific Study of Sexuality.

Sponsored by the Department of Women's Studies, University at Buffalo