2027 Symposium Program and Agenda

8:30AM - 9:00AM

Registration & Refreshments 

Regency Suite 

9:00AM – 9:30AM

Welcome & Opening Remarks 

Opening remarks from Dr. Rich Wiener & Dr. Rochelle Dalla

L-NU Swanson Auditorium

9:30AM – 10:15AM

Realizing, Recognizing, and Responding to Human Trafficking

Anna Brewer, Nebraska Attorney General’s Office 

L-NU Swanson Auditorium

10:15AM – 10:30AM

Questions/Discussion

L-NU Swanson Auditorium

10:30AM – 10:45AM

Morning Break – Refreshments available

Regency Suite

10:45AM – 11:30AM

The Recognition-Response Gap: From Human Trafficking Identification to Hospital-Based Case Management and Care

Dr. Temilola Salami, Prairie View A&M University

L-NU Swanson Auditorium

11:30AM - 11:45AM

Questions/Discussion

L-NU Swanson Auditorium

11:45AM – 12:45PM

Using Surveys of the General Population to Measure Sex Trafficking Victimization

Dr. Teresa Kulig, University of Nebraska, Omaha

L-NU Swanson Auditorium

12:45PM – 1:00PM

Questions/Discussion 

L-NU Swanson Auditorium

1:00PM – 2:30PM

LUNCH BREAK

2:30PM - 3:15PM

How to Identify and Address Vicarious Trauma when working with highly Vulnerable Populations 

Dr. Meridith Dank, New York University, Marron Institute  

L-NU Swanson Auditorium

3:15PM - 3:30PM

Questions/Discussion 

L-NU Swanson Auditorium

3:30PM – 4:00PM  

Break and Set up for Poster Session

4:00PM - 6:00PM

Harvey Perlman Poster Session and Reception

Regency Suite

8:30AM - 9:00AM

Registration & Refreshments                                  

Heritage Suite 

9:00AM – 9:15AM

Introductory Remarks 

Heritage Suite

9:15AM – 10:15AM

Barriers to prosecution of child sexual abuse and child sex trafficking

Dr. Tom Lyon, The University of Southern California, Gould School of Law

L-NU Swanson Auditorium

10:15AM – 10:30AM   

Questions/Discussion

L-NU Swanson Auditorium

10:30AM - 11:15AM

Understanding the Changing Ecology of Child Sexual Exploitation: Implications for Identification and Intervention

Dr. Jodi Quas, The University of California Davis 

L-NU Swanson Auditorium

11:15AM - 11:30AM

 Questions/Discussion

L-NU Swanson Auditorium

11:30AM – 1:00PM

LUNCH BREAK                              

1:00PM – 1:45PM

Why People Act—and Why Systems Must Listen: Motivation, Social Context, and Lived Experience in Trafficking Response.

Laura Dryjanska, University of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński Institute of Psychology, Poland 

L-NU Swanson Auditorium

1:45PM – 2:00PM

Questions/Discussion

L-NU Swanson Auditorium

2:00PM – 2:30PM

Afternoon Break – Refreshments available

Heritage Suite

2:30PM – 3:15PM

Human Trafficking: From Understanding to Action—Advancing Research, Practice, and Prevention. 

Dr. Nancy Sidun, Honolulu County, Private Practice 

L-NU Swanson Auditorium

3:15PM – 3:30PM

Questions/Discussion

L-NU Swanson Auditorium

3:30PM – 4:30PM

Summary and Reflections

Dr. Richard Wiener & Dr. Rochelle Dalla, University of Nebraska - Lincoln 

L-NU Swanson Auditorium

Closing