Brittany Hayes

Dr. Brittany Hayes is a researcher specializing in victimization, focusing on correlates, consequences, and responses to crimes such as cyberharassment, intimate partner violence, and hate crimes. Her work examines macro- and micro-level factors influencing behaviors and attitudes, with a particular emphasis on gender and sexual minorities, individuals with disabilities, and global health disparities.

• Ph.D., John Jay College, City University of New York (2014)

Her research spans criminology, disability studies, and gender studies, addressing topics like identity theft, reproductive coercion, and hate crime reporting. She has secured federal and state grants to study language access barriers in justice systems and hospital-based interventions for violence survivors.

Dr. Hayes has published extensively in journals such as the American Sociological Review, Child Abuse & Neglect, and Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. Her 2018 paper earned the prestigious ACJS William L. Simon/Routledge Outstanding Paper Award.

• Grant: Language Access Barriers to Justice Among Victims of Violence Against Women with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Federal, 2023–2026, $449,909.00)
• Grant: Hospital-Based Intervention Program Evaluation (Ohio, 2024–2026, $296,658.58)