Amelia F Leonard

Amelia Leonard graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Philosophy in Psychology and a minor in Economics. She joined the CREAR Lab at its inception and currently works remotely with the lab as a research assistant, after previously serving as the lab’s Administrative Research Assistant, where she coordinated undergraduate researchers and supported lab operations. Her research interests focus on gender based violence, sexual harassment, and the ways these experiences shape psychological well being and mental health outcomes, with particular interest in how social, cultural, and gender related dynamics contribute to disparities in mental health.

Publications

• Medrano, A.S., Medina, C. M., Davila, S. A., Adame Montelongo, E. S., Jenkins, A. S., Pina, I. M., Vazquez, Y. N., Leonard, A. F., Dupree, G. E., Martinez, A., Kabir, Z., & Wah Figueroa, F. (in press). Sexual victimization in school, community, and online contexts: A scoping review on the measurement of youth sexual victimization. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse.DOI
• Leonard, A. F., Estrada, Y., Jakubowski, K., & Medrano, A.S. (2025). Two fronts of trauma: The differential effects of intimate partner violence and community violence on PTSD in rural Mexico. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.DOI