Heather Mosher, Ph.D., is a community psychologist and Research Associate at the Institute for Community Research. In her work, she aims to facilitate the development of healthy communities through rigorous multi-level research that uses cutting-edge digital media methods and innovative modes of disseminating research findings. As a mixed-method applied researcher and a professional filmmaker, she has conducted community-based research utilizing video with economically disadvantaged communities in the United States and abroad (East and Southern Africa and Latin America). She has worked with a diverse range of marginalized populations, including women, low-income, homeless, minority, youth, and LGBTQ communities. Her primary areas of research include research methods, group processes, and community development, with a particular focus on poverty, homelessness and housing.

Education
1995 B.S., Psychology, Pacific University
2003 M.S., Psychology, Portland State University
2010 Ph.D., Systems Science-Psychology, Portland State University

Publications
Mosher, H.I. (2010). Issues of power in collaborative research with Dignity Village. Cultural Studies <=> Critical Methodologies,10(1), 43-56.

Kaufman, K., Mosher, H., Carter, M, & Estes, L. (2006). An empirically based situational prevention model for child sexual abuse. In R. Wortley & S. Smallbone (Eds.), Situational Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse: Crime Prevention Studies, volume 19 (pp. 101-144). Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press.

Kaufman, K., Barber, M., Mosher, H. & Carter, M. (2002). Reconceptualizing child sexual abuse as a public health concern (pp. 27-54). In P.A Schewe, (Ed.), Preventing Violence in Relationships: Interventions Across the Life Span. APA Books: Washington, D.C.