瑞秋于2022年加入霍普学院世界杯荷兰vs厄瓜多尔走地和弗罗斯特数据和研究中心。此前，她曾担任加尔文大学社会与社会工作系的教员和BSW项目主任(2009-2022年)。在卡尔文任职期间，瑞秋定期教授社会研究和社会科学统计课程，并与许多组织进行社区研究和评估，如家庭未来、吉尔达俱乐部、东部社区协会和树梢集体。世界杯英格兰队vs丹麦队足彩蕾切尔曾担任地方项目的外部评估员，如西区协作组织在密歇根州大急流城的评估，以及国家项目，如公共司法中心的基于信仰的托儿研究。

Rachel’s area of research focuses on gendered violence and institutional responses, such as law enforcement response to reported sexual assaults and university responses to sexual violence. Rachel engages in both qualitative and quantitative research and enjoys working with undergraduate students on projects.

At Hope, Rachel serves as the Director of Surveys and Research, partnering in research and evaluation activities with the college and non-profit, for-profit and government organizations.

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2013
• MSW, University of Michigan, 2005
• BSW, Calvin College, 2004

SELECTED AWARDS

• Journal of Social Work EducationBest Teaching Note published in JSWE in 2019. Recognized at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, 2020.
• Outstanding Thesis Award for 2013–2014, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Graduate Awards Committee, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences, 2013.
• Alice Dan Dissertation Award, Center for Research on Women and Gender, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2012.

SELECTED SCHOLARSHIP

• “Get Students Involved! Student Engagement in Program Assessment through the Social Research Course,” with N. Sweda and J. Heil, poster accepted at the Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 2022
• “Views of the police in sexual assault victims’ decisions to not report: A qualitative exploration,” with K. Lorenz and S. Dewald,Violence and Victims, 36(3), 2021
• “Women convicted of intimate partner homicide in Oromiya regional state of Ethiopia: Profile and associated factors,” with M. Kassahun Desta,Violence Against Women., May 2020
• “Unfounded, cleared, or cleared by exceptional means: Sexual assault case outcomes from 1999–2014,” with K. Lorenz and N. Sweda,Journal of Interpersonal Violence, September 2019
• “Police officers’ rape myth acceptance: Examining the role of officer characteristics, estimates of false reporting, and social desirability bias,”Violence and Victims, 33(1), December 2017
• “Making judgments: How blame mediates the influence of rape myth acceptance in police response to sexual assault,”Journal of Interpersonal Violence,August 2016
• “Experiential, team-based learning in the social work research course,” with J. Ravenhorst Meerman and K. Hossink,Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 35(5), 2015
• What do studentsreallythink about doing research?” with K. Hossink, poster presented at the North American Association of Christians in Social Work Annual Convention, Annapolis, Maryland, 2014

OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE

Rachel spends time outside work chasing after two young children, thinking about future house projects, and enjoying her walkable Eastown neighborhood in Grand Rapids.