Schedule - International Coercive Control Conference

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April 10, 2026

April 11, 2026

11:15 AM ET-
12:15 PM ET

Advancing Justice Through Enhanced Assessment: Tools and Frameworks for Identifying Coercive Control (Session 1)

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Track 1

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Diana Griffin

Tracy Schoberg

Laura June

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11:15 AM ET-
12:15 PM ET

Protecting Children: Evidence Management and Comparative Court Responses (Session 1)

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Track 2

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Dr. Elizabeth Dalgarno

Jenny Lohner

Lisa Fontes

1:00 PM ET-
1:45 PM ET

Misogyny, State Failure, and the Family Court Crisis: Pathways to Survivor-Centered Justice (Session 2: Featured Speaker)

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Track 1 Track 2

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Reem Alsalem

2:00 PM ET-
3:00 PM ET

Academic and Religious Contexts: Understanding Coercive Control in Institutional Settings (Session 3)

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Track 1

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Melissa Kwon

Liat Wexler

Michael J. Broyde

2:00 PM ET-
3:00 PM ET

Legal Innovation and Implementation: Translating Coercive Control Theory into Practice (Session 3)

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Track 2

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Cassandra Wiener

Dr. Andreea Gruev-Vintila

Dr. Heather Douglas AM

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3:15 PM ET-
4:15 PM ET

Risk and Harm: Post-Separation Abuse, Perpetrator Suicide, and Ongoing Threats to Women and Children (Session 4)

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Track 1

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Silke Meyer

Fatima Le Griguer Atig

Ellie Hutchinson

10:00 AM ET-
11:00 AM ET

Transforming Justice: Police Response and Legal System Reform (Kickoff Session)

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Track 2

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Leighann Burns

Bronwyn Blake

Amanda Elkanick Oder

10:00 AM ET-
11:00 AM ET

Too Grim to Print: How Journalism Silences Coercive Control and How We Broke Through (Kickoff Session)

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Track 1

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Ena Miller

Amy Burrell

Natalie Queiroz

And More

3:15 PM ET-
4:15 PM ET

Mechanisms of Power: Expanding the Coercive Control Framework to Courts, Cults, Trafficking, and Queer Intimacies (Session 4)

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Track 2

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Nicole Lashley-Simms

Alexander Legg

Molly Kalmus

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3:15 PM ET-
4:15 PM ET

Constitutional Rights and Criminal Justice Reform: Advancing Women's and Children's Legal Protections in Domestic Violence Cases (Keynote–Session 8)

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Track 1 Track 2

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Wendy Murphy

10:00 AM ET-
11:00 AM ET

Recantation as a Form of Coercive Control (Keynote)

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Track 1 Track 2

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David Martin

11:00 AM ET-
12:00 PM ET

Healing Pathways: Trauma-Informed Approaches to Recovery and Reintegration (Session 5)

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Track 1

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Saira Khan

Cathy Press

Christine M. Cocchiola, DSW, LCSW

1:00 PM ET-
1:45 PM ET

Media and Storytelling: Film as a Tool for Understanding Coercive Control (Session 6)

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Track 1 Track 2

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Adam Joel

2:00 PM ET-
3:00 PM ET

Faith, Law, and Technology: Multi-Dimensional Approaches to Identifying Coercive Control (Session 7)

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Track 1

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Leighann Burns

Bethany Jantzi

Lauri Jensen-Campbell

2:00 PM ET-
3:00 PM ET

Systemic Responses: Family Courts, Peer Support, and Institutional Reform (Session 7)

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Track 2

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Ruth Darlene, M.A.

Carrie McManus

Lisa Fischel-Wolovick

11:15 AM ET-
12:15 PM ET

Breaking the Silence: Sexual Abuse as a Weapon of Coercive Control (Session 5)

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Track 2

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Lisa Fontes

Patti Feuereisen