Sonya Crabtree-Nelson, PhD, LCSW is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work and Director of the Community Service Studies Program at DePaul University in Chicago. She received her Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work from Loyola University Chicago and her MSW from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Jane Addams College of Social Work. Dr. Crabtree-Nelson has over 20 years of direct practice experience. Her research is embedded in the community with the focus on gender-based violence, trauma, and resilience as well as social justice in community work and social work education. Dr. Crabtree-Nelson believes that research is best when driven by community, thus she has strong connections with local organizations. Dr. Crabtree-Nelson has presented at national and international conferences and published articles in peer-reviewed journals on these topics. She also was a guest editor for a two-volume special edition in the Journal of Maltreatment, Trauma, and Aggression on the topic of brain injury in survivors of intimate partner violence. Most recently, Dr. Crabtree-Nelson co-founded the Illinois Coalition to Address Intimate Partner Violence-Induced Brain Injury. She is working on several research projects related to this issue and partners with other like-minded researchers across the country as a member of global Neurological Epidemic in Abusive Trauma (gNEAT).