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Chitra Raghavan

Chitra Raghavan is a clinical psychologist in New York City, specializing in domestic violence, sex trafficking, sexual harassment, rape, and other types of violent acts against humans. Raghavan focuses her research on both the tactics used by the perpetrators and the traumatic outcomes it causes the survivors.

Raghavan is a tenured Professor of Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the CUNY Graduate Center. She has served as Director of the Forensic Mental Health Counseling Program and Coordinator of Victimology Studies in Forensic Psychology at John Jay. She believes research should only be conducted if it has value that leads to activism, change, and or improves the lives of others. She shares this belief to help her students conduct research that has positive real world application. Her own advances in advocacy and human rights and human trafficking research earned her the title of "New York's New Abolitionists" in 2014 by the New York State Anti-Trafficking Coalition. Provided by Wikipedia