Julie Sriken, Ph.D.

Curriculum Vitae

Julie Sriken, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor · Department of Psychology and Neuroscience · Regis University

Current as of July 2026.

Academic Appointment

2023 – Present
Assistant ProfessorRegis University, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Denver, Colorado

Education

2023
Ph.D., Community Research and ActionVanderbilt University
2019
M.S., Community Research and ActionVanderbilt University
2015
M.A., Forensic PsychologyJohn Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
2001
B.A., AnthropologyHunter College, CUNY

Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

  • Sriken, J., Wise, H. A., Sherman, M. F., Erford, B. T., Smith, H. L., Zhou, W., & Johnsen, S. (under review). Psychometric analysis of scores on the Marlowe-Crown Social Desirability Scale (MCSDS) in a university sample.
  • Sweeting, E. L., Erford, B. T., Sherman, M. F., Bryant, I., Smith, H. L., & Sriken, J. (2026). Psychometric analysis of scores on the GAD-7 with university students. Journal of Counseling & Development, online.
    doi.org/10.1002/jcad.70053
  • Sriken, J. (2026). Women’s acknowledgement of intimate partner violence victimization: A systematic literature review. Journal of Family Violence, online.
    doi.org/10.1007/s10896-026-01072-7
  • Perkins, J. M., Nyakato, V., Kakuhikire, B., Sriken, J., Schember, C. O., Baguma, C., Namara, E., Ahereza, P., Ninsiima, I., Comfort, A. B., Audet, C., & Tsai, A. C. (2024). Misperception of norms about intimate partner violence as a driver of personal IPV attitudes and perpetration: A population-based study of men in rural Uganda. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 40(3–4), 803–827.
    doi.org/10.1177/08862605241254143
  • Smith, H. L., Sherman, M. F., Sriken, J., Erford, B. T., Kipper-Smith, A., & Niarhos, F. (2024). Testing for measurement invariance of the Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms-34 scores with a university sample. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 26(2), 171–187.
    doi.org/10.17744/mehc.46.2.05
  • Stetkevych, K., Sherman, M. F., Sriken, J., Erford, B. T., Smith, H. L., Kipper-Smith, A., & Niarhos, F. (2024). Longitudinal measurement invariance of CCAPS-34 scores with a large university sample. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 57(3), 276–286.
    doi.org/10.1080/07481756.2023.2257206
  • Hales, K., Sriken, J., Erford, B. T., Sherman, M. F., & Smith, H. (2023). Psychometric analysis of scores on the Social Justice Scale (SJS) with a human services university sample. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 56(4), 360–372.
    doi.org/10.1080/07481756.2023.2226877
  • Sriken, J., Erford, B. T., Sherman, M. F., Watson, K., & Smith, H. L. (2023). Measurement invariance and structure validity of scores on the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression – Revised (CESD-R) Scale with a large university sample. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 57(1), 57–71.
    doi.org/10.1080/07481756.2023.2215934

Book chapters & encyclopedia entries

  • Sriken, J., & Nadal, K. (2020). Sue, Derald Wing. The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences: Clinical, Applied, and Cross-Cultural Research, 689–693. John Wiley & Sons.
  • Horning, A., & Sriken, J. (2017). Pimps, bottoms, and the nexus of caring and cash in a Harlem sex market. In A. Horning & A. Marcus (Eds.), Third party sex work and pimps in the age of anti-trafficking, pp. 71–88. Springer.
  • Sriken, J., & Raghavan, C. (2012). Domestic violence. In D. Jones-Brown & B. D. Frazier (Eds.), African Americans and Criminal Justice: An Encyclopedia, Greenwood Press.

Newsletter articles

  • Mueller, C. O., Forber-Pratt, A. J., & Sriken, J. (2019). Disability: Missing from the conversation of violence. The Forward, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Winter 2019.

Presentations

Peer-reviewed presentations

  • Nov 2026

    Acknowledgment of Intimate Partner Violence Victimization among Unhoused Women and Gender Diverse People

    Lightning talk (accepted). 81st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, Illinois

  • Nov 2026

    Let’s Talk About Sex: How does Sexuality Framing Influence Social Constructions of Sex Trafficking Trials?

    Poster (accepted), with B. J. Petrie, E. Lenox, M. J. Bradley, N. Flores Robles, K. C. Moon & K. K. Rogers. 81st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, Illinois

  • Feb 2026

    “He was the ring leader”: Constructions of the ‘ideal victim’ in Diddy’s criminal trial

    Poster, with G. H. Vigil, N. Flores Robles, B. J. Petrie, I. Reyes, I. Holtzinger, K. Johnson, C. Montoya, R. Thayer, M. Finley-James & K. K. Rogers. Western Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado

  • Nov 2025

    Intimate partner violence in Muslim communities in the USA and Canada

    Paper presentation, with A. Asfari & M. R. Ozgurer. 80th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C.

  • Aug 2025

    Discourse analysis of constructions of intimate partner violence among TikTok users

    Poster, with K. Archer & E. Boxley. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, Colorado

  • Nov 2024

    Discourse analysis of constructions of intimate partner violence among social media users

    Paper presentation. 79th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, California

  • Apr 2024

    Constructions of intimate partner violence in youth-oriented social media

    Paper presentation, with E. Boxley & I. Reyes. 94th Annual Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver, Colorado

  • Jun 2021

    Misperceived attitudinal and behavioral norms about intimate partner violence as determinants of violence: A whole-population study of men in rural Uganda

    Paper presentation, with J. M. Perkins and colleagues. Society for Prevention Research Annual Conference (virtual)

  • Nov 2019

    Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and help-seeking behaviors among women victims of intimate partner violence

    Poster. 75th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, California

  • Nov 2018

    Prevalence and correlates of intimate partner violence among at-risk men who have sex with men

    Poster, with C. Raghavan. 74th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, Georgia

  • Apr 2018

    Missing from the conversation of violence: Disability

    Paper presentation, with A. J. Forber-Pratt & C. O. Mueller. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, New York, New York

  • Nov 2016

    Third parties’ perspectives of the nexus of intimacy and economy in a Harlem sex market

    Symposium presentation, with A. Horning. 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, New Orleans, Louisiana

  • Nov 2015

    Media portrayals of ‘villain pimps’ and constructions of danger

    Symposium presentation, with A. Horning. 71st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C.

  • Nov 2014

    Young ‘pimps’ and the political economy: Playing at their own risk

    Symposium presentation, with A. Horning & C. Thomas. 70th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, California

  • Jun 2012

    Pimps’ management styles in an informal economy and the changing game

    Poster, with A. Horning and colleagues. John Jay College 10th Biennial International Conference, New York, New York

  • Nov 2010

    ‘Wanna get dirrty’: The internalization of sexual and racial objectification

    Symposium presentation, with C. Raghavan. 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, California

  • Nov 2010

    Client violence during male sex work: Hidden and unknown violence among men who have sex with men

    Poster, with A. S. Duro & C. Raghavan. 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, California

  • Nov 2009

    Risk of intimate partner homicide among marginalized men who have sex with men

    Poster, with A. Tuller & C. Raghavan. 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Invited presentations

  • Nov 2023

    Clients in the Criminal Justice System

    Invited panel. Department of Applied Psychology and Counselor Education, University of Northern Colorado (virtual)

  • Jan 2023

    Women’s Self-Acknowledgement of Intimate Partner Violence Victimization: A Systematic Literature Review

    Invited presentation. Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Regis University, Denver, Colorado

Two accepted presentations were subsequently canceled and appear in the PDF CV.

Professional Experience

Sep – Dec 2023
ConsultantWilderwood, Inc., Peralta, New Mexico. Consultation to the Executive Director on survey design.
2014 – 2016
CounselorSEEK Program, Lehman College, CUNY, Bronx, New York.
2013 – 2016
Counselor AdvocateTRiO Pathways to Success Program, Lehman College, CUNY.
2003 – 2004
Crisis CounselorVictim Assistance Program & Rape Crisis Program, CAMBA, Brooklyn, New York.
2002 – 2003
Client Advocate & Rape and Sexual Assault SpecialistHotlines Program, Safe Horizon, New York.

Courses Taught

Undergraduate
General Psychology · Forensic Psychology · Community Psychology · Research Methods and Behavioral Statistics · Small Group Behavior · Applied Human Development · SEEK Seminar · Institutional Treatment of the Offender
Graduate
Certificate in College Teaching Seminar · Graduate Research & Design

Mentoring

2025 – 2026
Thesis Reader: Claire Jimenez“The Magic of Melodies”
2024 – 2025
Thesis Advisor: Aleena Gilette“The Danger isn’t Strangers”
2023 – 2024
Thesis Advisor: Rebekah Jensen“The Development of Homicidal Behavior in Relation to Life-Course Theory”
2024 – Present
Research AssistantsKate Archer · Elan Boxley · Trinity Boyer · Mariah Bradley · Ramses Diaz · Maddiana Finley-James · Nalleli Flores Robles · Ivy Holtzinger · Kaliyah Johnson · Evie Lennox · Caleigh Montoya · Kelly Moon · Bradley Petrie · Jailene Picazo · Itsayana Reyes · Roxanne Thayer · Grace Vigil

Service

2026
Ad Hoc ReviewerJournal of Interpersonal Violence
2025 – Present
ResearcherCJCARE
2025 – 2029
Director of Social Media and MembershipWestern Society of Criminology
2025 – 2026
Counselor-at-LargeWestern Society of Criminology
2025 – Present
Board Member, URISERegis University
2025 – Present
Faculty AdvisorSociety for Asian Scientists and Engineers, Regis University
2025 – 2026
Member, Provost Advisory CouncilRegis University
2024 – 2025
Faculty AdvisorPsychology and Neuroscience Club, Regis University
2024 – 2025
Ignatian Fellow for Diversity and InclusionRegis College
2023 – 2024
Member, Conference Planning CommitteeAJCU Diversity & Equity Network Conference 2024
2023 – 2024
Member, Diversity CouncilRegis University
Spring 2024
External ReviewerFaculty promotion application
Spring 2024
Moderator94th Annual Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association
2019 – 2020
Co-AdvisorChi Sigma Iota-Eta Delta Chi, Vanderbilt University
Fall 2008
Assistant Conference CoordinatorThird Annual Domestic Violence Conference, John Jay College, CUNY

Grants & Fellowships

2026
Scholar Professional Development FundUniversity of Minnesota
2025
Faculty Development Convention and Travel GrantRegis University
2024 – 2025
NSF 22-611: Improving Undergraduate STEM Education for HSIsNational Science Foundation. Role: Project Evaluator.
2024
Faculty Development Convention and Travel GrantRegis University
2024
First Year Cohort GrantRegis University
2022
Peabody PhD Student RGH Summer Dissertation StipendVanderbilt University
2022 – 2023
Graduate Teaching FellowCenter for Teaching, Vanderbilt University
2020
Graduate Leadership Institute GrantVanderbilt University
2019
Russell G. Hamilton Graduate Research FundVanderbilt University
2017
Peabody Dean’s FellowshipVanderbilt University
2017 – 2022
Graduate Honor ScholarshipVanderbilt University
2017 – 2022
Graduate AssistantshipVanderbilt University

Certification

2020
Certificate in College TeachingCenter for Teaching, Vanderbilt University
2008
Certified Danger AssessorCampbell Danger Assessment, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.

Professional Development

2024 – Present
Catalyzing the Early Career STEM Workforce in Developmental ScienceUniversity of Minnesota
Spring 2025
Institute on Teaching Social ActionTeaching Social Action