2023 Human Trafficking

Episode 258 | Just School-Based Trafficking Prevention

Original Release Date: September 1, 2023   In episode four of our Human Trafficking Policy and Research Analyses Project mini season, Just Science sat down with Drs. Lilly Yu and Josh Hendrix, research scientists at RTI International, to discuss a project which documents the implementation of school-based human trafficking safety and prevention programs.  For decades, school […]

Episode 257 | Just Estimating Labor Trafficking in Houston

Original Release Date: August 25, 2023   In episode three of our Human Trafficking Policy and Research Analyses Project mini season, Just Science sat down with Dr. Kelle Barrick, Dr. Rebecca Pfeffer, and Natasha Aranguren, research scientists at RTI International, to discuss a study which estimates the prevalence of labor trafficking in Houston as a part […]

Episode 256 | Just Economic Empowerment After Human Trafficking

Original Release Date: August 18, 2023   In episode two of our Human Trafficking Policy and Research Analyses Project mini season, we sat down with Samantha Charm, Christina Melander, Lauren Vollinger, and Brianna D’Arcangelo, research public health analysts at RTI International, to discuss a project which focuses on economic empowerment for those who have experienced human […]

Episode 255 | Just Response to Human Trafficking in Native Communities

Original Release Date: August 11, 2023   In episode one of our Human Trafficking Policy and Research Analyses Project mini season, we sat down with Elizabeth Tibaduiza and Christina Melander, research public health analysts from RTI, as well as Ada Pecos Melton and Rita Martinez, President and Vice President of American Indian Development Associates, to discuss […]