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Aubrie Patterson, PhD Candidate

Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona, United States

Aubrie Patterson is a doctoral student pursuing a PhD in interdisciplinary health (psychosocial concentration) at Northern Arizona University (NAU), with a primary research focus on how institutions such as religious organizations cause, contribute to, or mitigate traumatic suffering. Prior to arriving at NAU, Aubrie received a master’s degree in experimental psychology from Western Washington University (WWU) in 2023. There, she contributed to Dr. Brianna Delker’s research focused on societal perceptions of sexual violence victims and perpetrators, and she completed a master’s thesis on societal perceptions of dissociative disorders, childhood trauma, and diagnostic labels. While at WWU, Aubrie met Dr. Jennifer Freyd, and now helps Dr. Freyd’s Center for Institutional Courage with its ongoing project tracking the landscape of institutional betrayal and institutional courage research. As a doctoral student, she works with Dr. Laura Noll at NAU investigating the systemic and institutional contexts in which complex trauma survivors attempt to navigate their own recovery and empowerment. Some of these current projects include community-based participatory research on staff wellness at a local domestic violence shelter, how childhood trauma and deployment loneliness contribute to posttraumatic outcomes for military personnel, as well as a dissertation on religious institutional betrayal related to child sexual abuse.

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