[Psychmasters] Fwd: Linda Geffin Appearance

[Langley, Hillary]

All:

I hope you’re enjoying a much deserved break from all things graduate school! Please read the message below and let me know if you’d be interested in meeting with Linda Geffin when she visits our campus on January 22! I suspect her (local) work prosecuting sex crimes/trafficking will interest many of you...

Merry everything!
Hillary

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Hillary A. Langley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Interim Coordinator, Masters Programs in Psychology
Sam Houston State University
Email: hlangley at shsu.edu<mailto:hlangley at shsu.edu>
Office: CHSS Room 376, (936) 294-3260<tel:(936)%20294-3260>

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From: "Yawn, Richard" <mike.yawn at shsu.edu>
Date: December 20, 2019 at 3:55:46 PM EST
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Subject: Linda Geffin Appearance


Psychology Faculty,

This is Mike Yawn, Director of the Center for Law, Engagement, And Politics at SHSU and Professor in Political Science.  The LEAP Center regularly brings in speakers to interact with students, and early next semester, we will be bringing in Linda Geffin.  Ms. Geffin was Harris County’s Director of the Special Prosecutions Unit—a Unit that focused on Sex Crimes/Trafficking.  In addition to her experience prosecuting criminals and working with victims in that realm, she was also a victim herself: in 2011, she was attacked (probably by a gang in retaliation for her prosecution) in her own home.  She almost died in that attack and has almost no recollection of what happened to her.  If you are interested in her, you can read more here: https://www.democracynow.org/2013/4/1/texas_prosecutor_linda_geffin_victim_of

Our plan is to bring her in to speak to a general audience on Wed, January 22 at 6pm, but she has also agreed to speak to a more specialized audience earlier in the day.  This is the same day as the CHSS Spring Kickoff meeting, and we certainly don’t want to interfere with that.  But, in speaking with Glenn Sanford, he indicated the Psychology Graduate Students might have a professional interest in her career as a prosecutor and/or her response to the attack.  If you think that a core group of Psych Grad students (10-20 or so) would be interested in attending, we’d be happy to schedule a small-group discussion for that day.  Of course, the general public is invited to the general discussion at 6pm that evening on January 22, 2020.

Because we have to reserve rooms, and out of respect for Ms. Geffin’s time, we’d like to confirm this with her before the holidays.  Accordingly, if you have an interest, please let me know in the next few days.


Thank you very much, and I hope you have great holidays.


Mike Yawn
Director, Center for Law, Engagement, And Politics (LEAP)
936-294-1456
https://leapatshsu.com/

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