Lauren Martin, PhD, Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Minnesota. Trained in Anthropology, her work focuses on meaning making through participatory and action research to explore sex trading, trafficking, sexual violence and community health. She works with partners to shape anti-oppressive practices, programs and policy. Dr. Martin is affiliated faculty at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs and the University of Minnesota’s Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center (UROC), where she was director of research for almost ten years. More information is available here: https://nursing.umn.edu/faculty/lauren-martin