Rebecca Orsi

Rebecca (Becky) Orsi PhD (U. of Colorado-Denver, Kempe Center) has over eight years of experience conducting research and evaluation in child protective service systems. She is experienced with advanced statistical methods for child maltreatment research using both administrative and survey data. Her research interests include improved outcomes for children in CPS systems, community risk factors for maltreatment, adoption, and secondary traumatic stress in the child welfare workforce. As a research methodologist, Dr. Orsi actively collaborates with researchers across a variety of academic fields; she has published in Child Abuse and Neglect, Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice and Children and Youth Services Review. Dr. Orsi holds an MS in Statistics and a PhD in Research Methodology from Colorado State University. Prior to her career in academia, Becky managed large-scale implementation projects for a Fortune 500 company.