GAHTS Policy Workgroup Members
Tatiana Rothchild, PhD candidate
Tatiana Rothchild is a PhD candidate in Political Science at Northeastern University. Her research focuses on human trafficking and exploitation, particularly in areas of state coercion and facilitation, corporate impunity, workers’ rights, and international policy models.
Madeline Stenersen, PhD
Madeline Stenersen is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Saint Louis University and a regular expert in federal criminal cases involving trauma, exploitation, and substance use. Her research examines individual and systemic violence at the intersection of the sex industry, LGBTQ+ populations, and the criminal legal system.
Amanda Knapp, PhD
Amanda Knapp is a Research Assistant on an OVC-sponsored Human Trafficking Diversion Courts project. Dr. Knapp’s expertise centers on human trafficking policy, education, and systems-level interventions. She became involved with GAHTS during her doctoral studies in Public Affairs and now serves on the GAHTS Board and contributes to both the Membership and Policy Workgroups.
Glenn M. Harden, PhD
Glenn Harden is an assistant professor at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. His research interests include the transnational diffusion of human trafficking policy. He also serves on the Kentucky Human Trafficking Task Force.