David Okech

Georgia Athletics Association Endowed Professor of Human Trafficking Implementation Research

Director, Center on Human Trafficking Research & Outreach (CenHTRO)

David Okech

Georgia Athletics Association Endowed Professor of Human Trafficking Implementation Research

Director, Center on Human Trafficking Research & Outreach (CenHTRO)

dokech@uga.edu

(706) 542-5431

279 Williams Street
Room: 119
Athens, GA 30602

Okech’s current interdisciplinary and international research aims to create evidence-informed policies and programs for survivors of human trafficking across the globe. As a director of the Center on Human Trafficking Research & Outreach (CenHTRO), he is committed to using prevalence and baseline data that are survivor-informed to design policies and programs that can prevent human trafficking and provide assistance to survivors. He collaborates with governments, NGOs, CBOs, INGOs, the UN, survivors, as well as interdisciplinary and international researchers.

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Education

Ph.D., University of Kansas
MSW, University of New Hampshire
B.A., University of Nairobi

Research Interests

Evidence-informed programs and policies for victims and survivors of sex and labor trafficking
Community development
Mechanisms for building household and community assets that have long-term benefits to vulnerable children
Cross-national development and validation of instruments to identify and assist suspected trafficking survivors
The long-term impacts of the trafficking experience among survivors of trafficking

Teaching Specialties

Human trafficking
Community development
Asset development
Social work administration
Social welfare policy
Social work research
Advanced statistical methods

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David Okech

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