Bonomi, Amy E. Ph.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Amy E. Bonomi is Professor and Chair of the Human Development and Family Studies Department at Michigan State University.  Dr. Bonomi’s research focuses on the health impacts, contexts for, and dynamics of intimate partner violence and sexual violence.  She is currently conducting studies on campus sexual assault, and developing intervention tools to assist college students in decoding abuse, power, control and harm in relationships, including relationships depicted in popular culture such as in E.L. James’ Fifty Shades series.  In recognition of the impact of Dr. Bonomi’s research in violence prevention, in 2011, she was awarded the Distinguished Scholar Award from The Ohio State University’s College of Education and Human Ecology. Dr. Bonomi is an associate editor at the Journal of Women’s Health and writes a violence prevention blog for The Huffington Post.