Clinical/Community Division

Broadly speaking, Dr. Allen's interests include the processes and outcomes associated with community collaboration and the antecedents of safety for survivors of domestic violence. Her current research examines the role of coordinating councils and other collaborative settings in the development of a coordinated community response to domestic violence. In particular, she is focusing on 1) what aspects of the council climate, characteristics and setting facilitate their collective efforts; 2) how power relationships are negotiated and how conflicts are effectively resolved within these settings; 3) the conditions under which collaborative efforts promote social change; and 4) the effects of the community response to domestic violence on survivors' lives.

Representative Publications:

• Lehrner, A., & Allen, N. E. (2009). Still a movement after all these years? Current tensions in the domestic violence movement. Violence Against Women ,15, 656-677.
• Allen, N. E., Watt, K., & Hess, J. Z. (2008). The outcomes and activities of domestic violence coordinating councils. American Journal of Community Psychology, 41 (1 - 2), 63 - 73.
• Allen, N. E., Lehrner, A., Mattison, E., Miles, T. & Russell, A. (2007). Promoting systems change in the health care response to domestic violence. Journal of Community Psychology, 35 (1), 103 - 120.
• Allen, N. E. (2006). An examination of the effectiveness of domestic violence coordinating councils. Violence Against Women.
• Allen, N. E. (2005). A multilevel analysis of community coordinating councils. American Journal of Community Psychology, 35 (1/2), 49 - 63.