Amy Bonomi, Ph.D., M.P.H. is Professor and Associate Dean of Strategic Initiatives in the College of Health and Human Services at Northern Arizona University, founder of Social Justice Associates, faculty affiliate at the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, and consultant for the U.S. Department of Justice. Dr. Bonomi’s career as an award-winning professor at The Ohio State University and Michigan State University includes widely cited research on domestic violence, recantation, and long-term health impacts.
Amy and her research team (including David Martin) published the five-stage model of how domestic abusers tamper with and coerce victims to recant. The five-stage model (along with the team’s subsequent publications) has been used to train professionals globally. Dr. Bonomi continues the practice of expert testimony work to describe the dynamics of recantation. As a result of her work in recantation and broader domestic violence topics, Dr. Bonomi received the Distinguished Scholar Award from The Ohio State University and was named Diversity Champion in the College of Social Science at Michigan State University.
Dr. Bonomi is appointed by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary as chair of the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control and serves as an elected peer reviewer (for violence prevention research) for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute of Justice.