Religion, Disability, and Interpersonal Violence

Andy J. Johnson, Ph.D., teaches at Bethel University in the graduate program in counseling as well as the undergraduate programs in psychology and religious studies. His research interests are in the areas of gender violence prevention, religious predictors of domestic violence and rape myth acceptance, and trauma and resiliency. He earned an MA and Ph.D. in counseling psychology from the University of Notre Dame. A previous volume he edited, Religion and Men's Violence Against Women, is also available through Springer.

J. Ruth Nelson, Ph.D., co-directs the Academic & Enrichment Support Center and teaches at Bethel University in the undergraduate program in developmental psychology and disability studies. She is a nationally certified school psychologist whose research interests are in the areas of developmental disabilities, psychoeducational/psychosocial/community interventions for individuals with disabilities across the life span, and faith integration with disability studies.

Emily M. Lund, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Boston University. She has presented extensively at professional conferences and has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles. Her primary research interests are violence against people with disabilities across the lifespan; suicide and non-suicidal self-injury, particularly as it relates to trauma and disability; and the experiences of post-secondary and graduate students with disabilities.