V. Elizabeth Hoggard-King

Education

Research

Elizabeth brings her experience working in the Child Advocacy Center field as a child forensic interviewer and multidisciplinary investigative team facilitator to her research perspectives. Elizabeth is currently a teaching assistant for criminology courses in the Department of Sociology, though she continues to support the Institute on Human Development & Disability (IHDD) on paper development.

Elizabeth's previous research assistantships at UGA included working under the direction of Dr. Elizabeth Wieling on developing ecologically responsive multi-component systemic interventions for populations exposed to mass traumas, primarily for immigrant and refugee communities in the U.S. and in low-income post-conflict settings internationally. Elizabeth also worked for IHDD, under Dr. Zo Stoneman and Dr. Hamida Jinnah, on program evaluation research related to autism in higher education, autistic students' post-university outcomes, and disability in Georgia communities. Through these assistanthips, Elizabeth developed expertise in dissemination & implementation science. 

Elizabeth's primary research interest is the role of traumatic stress and memory science in human rights practices. Specifically, the use of trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate, investigative interviewing techniques for eliciting accounts of trauma and violence that would constitute a need for international protection or prosecution (e.g., "credible fear" and refugee status determination interviews; investigation of atrocity crimes). Her developing program of research is focused on interventions that integrate culturally responsive implementation and dissemination to improve the practices of professionals interfacing with trauma-exposed populations in investigative contexts and improve child health and outcomes. She is most interested in the role cognitive components of child memory and ability may play, particularly in trauma-affected and/or neurodivergent children, and how investigative professionals interact with them. Currently, Elizabeth is working on three main independent projects: a study of forensic interviewer behavior and knowledge of child traumatic stress; the preliminary development of a theory of moral disengagement to support interventions on the behavior of State actors at the US Southern border; and a systematic literature review of autobiographical memory features in autistic children to inform investigative interviewer behavior. 

Prior Professional Positions

Awards

Service

Advisory Committee

My advisory committee is comprised of (a) Dr. Elizabeth Wieling (major professor) and Dr. Margaret Caughy, both in HDFS at UGA; (b) Dr. Sonja Brubacher, of the Centre for Investigative Interviewing and Griffith Criminology Institute, at Griffith University; and (c) Dr. Chad Clay, from International Affairs and the Center for the Study of Global Issues (GLOBIS) at UGA.

Areas of Expertise

traumatic stress; memory and cognition in context of children's development; investigative interviewing; dissemination & implementation; immigration & displacement

Professional Affiliations

• College Autism Network (2025 to present)
• American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disability (2025 to present)
• International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (2024 to present)
• Autistic Self Advocacy Network (2024 to present)
• Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (2021 to present)
• Society for Research in Child Development (Latinx Caucus; 2020 to present)
• American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (2018 to present)
• American Psychological Association (2019 to 2024)
• Society for Community Research and Action (Immigrant Justice Group; 2018 to 2023)

Current Classes

• Co-teacher, HDFS 4130: Family Perspectives on Policymaking (Dr. Kozak, Spring 2024)
• Teaching assistant, SOCI 3150: Criminal Punishment in Society (Dr. Krohn, Spring 2026)
• Teaching assistant, SOCI 3070: Juvenile Delinguency (Dr. Otto, Spring 2026)

Journal Articles

• King, V.E. (2022). Latin American Refugee Youth in the United States: Migration-Related Trauma Exposure and Implications for Policy and Practice. International Journal of Migration, Health, & Social Care.  https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMHSC-07-2021-0065 Online here (not open access).
• Leyva, L., McNeill, T., Balmer, B., Marshall, B., King, V.E. & Alley, Z. (2022). Black Queer Students’ Counter-stories of Invisibility in Undergraduate STEM as a White, Cisheteropatriarchal Space. American Educational Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.3102/00028312221096455 Online open access here.
• Curtis, M., Boe, J., King, V.E., & Osborne, K. (2022). Quantitative criticalism: guidelines for conducting transformative quantitative family science research. Journal of Family Theory & Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12449 Online open access here. Awarded AAMFT Outstanding Research Publication Award, 2023.
• Buckingham, S.L., Langhout, R.D., Rusch, D., Mehta, T., Chávez, N.R., Ferreira van Leer, K., Oberoi, A., Indart, M., Paloma, V., King, V.E., & Olson, B. (2021). The roles of settings in supporting immigrants’ resistance to injustice and oppression: A policy position statement by the Society for Community Research and Action. American Journal of Community Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12515 Online open access here.

Conference Presentations since 2021

• Hoggard-King, V.E. (Upcoming, March 16-19, 2026). Child traumatic stress and other complex encounters in the forensic interview: a study overview. [Conference presentation]. 42nd International Symposium on Child Abuse, Huntsville, AL, USA.
• Hoggard-King, V.E., Jinnah, H., & Stoneman, Z. (2025, November 4-6). A Systematic Review regarding Transition to Post-College Employment: Centering Autistic Voices to Refine Interventions and Define Meaningful Outcomes. [Poster session]. College Autism Network Annual Summit. Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
• Stoneman, Z., Jinnah, H., & Hoggard-King, E. (2025, June 23-25). Mobility and Transportation Challenges Related to Paratransit Services for People with Disabilities. [Poster session]. American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Annual Conference, Arlington, VA, USA.
• Hoggard-King, V.E. (2025, March 17-20). What does the research say about how autistic children think and answer questions? [Conference presentation]. 41st International Symposium on Child Abuse, Huntsville, AL, USA.
• Hoggard-King, V.E. (2023, April 17). Neurodivergent Research and Autistic Participants: A Focus on Quantitative Nuance & Qualitative Interviewing Methods [Invited conference presentation]. Authentically Autistic Research Symposium: Intersecting Identities, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. Watch here.
• King, V.E. (2023, March 23-25). Autistic-ADHD Children with Developmental Disability: Lower Parenting Stress Associated With Higher Maltreatment, Despite Decreases in Stress Over Time [Poster session]. Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. [Accepted but withdrawn due to extenuating circumstances].
• Hoggard-King, V.E. (2023, March 21-23). Child Traumatic Stress and the Forensic Interview [Conference presentation]. 39th International Symposium on Child Abuse, Huntsville, AL, USA.
• King, V.E. (2022, April 13-16). "More Cannot Be Said": Using a Critical, Semi-systematic Literature Review to Understand Academic Silence on the Queer Potential of Legolas and Gimli [Conference presentation]. Popular Culture Association Annual Conference (Tolkien Studies Division). (online)
• King, V.E. (2021, November 2-5). Latin American Immigrant Youth's Traumatic Exposure Across Social Ecological Levels and Migration Stages: A Systematic Review of the Literature [Poster session]. International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies 37th Annual Meeting. (online) 
• Buckingham, S.L., Ferreira van Leer, K.; Oberoi, A.; Olson, B.; Rusch, D.; King, V.E.; Indart, M.; Chávez, N.R.; Mehta, T. (2021, August 12-14). Giving Psychology Away: Considering Tensions in Public Interest Policy Advocacy [Conference panel]. American Psychological Association Annual Meeting 2021. (online)
• King, V.E. (2021, July 4-5). “The Burnt Hand Teaches Most About Fire”: Applying Traumatic Stress and Ecological Frameworks to Narratives of Displacement and Resettlement Across Cultures in Tolkien’s Middle-earth [Conference presentation]. The Tolkien Society Summer Seminar, Oxford, England. (online) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj4N_cyKTDI
• Ellis, E., King, V.E., & Trejo, A. (2021, June 24-26) The Intersection of Immigrant Detention, Traumatic Stress & Suicide: A Review of the Literature and Implications for Policy [Conference presentation]. American Family Therapy Academy Conference. (online)
• Leyva, L.A., McNeill, T., King, V.E., & Marshall, B.L. (2021, April 11-13). "I Really Avoid Any Way of Being Seen as a Sexual Being to My Peers": Embodied Oppressions and Agency among Queer Women of Color in Undergraduate STEM [Conference presentation]. American Education Research Association Conference, Orlando, FL, United States. (online)
• Leyva, L.A, McNeill, T., Balmer, B.R., Marshall, B.L., King, V.E., & Alley, Z. (2021, April 11-13). A Counterstorytelling of Black Queer Students’ Experiences of Queer of Color Invisibility in Undergraduate STEM as a White, Cisheteropatriarchal Space [Conference presentation]. American Education Research Association Conference, Orlando, FL, United States. (online)

Other Publications or Presentations

• Barefield, T., Leffler, B., Ulmer, L., & Hoggard-King, V.E. (2023, March 24). Wellness and Ableism in Academia [Panel moderator, invited]. UGA College of Education: 18th Annual Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Conference, Athens, GA, United States. (online) 
• King, V.E. (2017, April). Forensic Interviewing: So, uh, what exactly do you do? Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20160626071055/https://wvcan.org/forensic-interviewing/