Tina Trent has worked in journalism, non-profit administration, social services, crime victim advocacy, child protection, and state-level lobbying. She holds a PhD. from the Institute for Women's Studies at Emory University. She has taught composition and humanities surveys in colleges in Florida and Georgia.
Her current research poses the following questions: why have the last thirty years of social, legislative and administrative reforms addressing rape not accomplished more to achieve the goal of increasing convictions and removing serial offenders from the streets? How do Americans accommodate relentless and staggeringly high levels of violent crime? Why has the public been so slow to recognize resource gaps that prevent police and the courts from acting upon criminal complaints? What roles do journalists, professional advocates and popular fictions play in shaping (and distorting) public opinions about criminals and the justice system?
This website contains the full text of Trent's doctoral dissertation, Forgetting Rape: Sexual Violence and Social Justice in America, along with a selection of articles published by Trent in Atlanta, Georgia and Tampa, Florida.
Tina Trent is available for work on grants, policy papers, technical writing, and advocacy-based media relations. She may be contacted at tinatrent2@yahoo.com