Tyffani Monford, associate professor at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, is one of two recipients of the 2025 Gail-Burns Smith Award.
Presented jointly by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center and the Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Violence, the award recognizes Dr. Monford’s outstanding research and clinical contributions to the treatment and prevention of sexual harm.
In addition to her faculty appointment at Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine and department of psychiatry, Dr. Monford is director of clinical services at MetroHealth Behavioral Health Hospital. She has served as a consultant and trainer under both federal and state grant programs in the areas of sexual violence in juvenile correctional systems and prevention and response to campus sexual assault.
As a scholar and clinician, Dr. Monford has conducted research on a wide-range of topics, including culturally-informed mental health services, treatment for survivors of sexual abuse, gender-responsive treatment, the school-to-prison pipeline and Black girls, educating Black girls in White spaces, intersectionality, and social justice work. She is the author of several books, including Girls Got Issues: A Woman’s Guide to Self-Discovery and Healing (2011).
Dr. Monford is a graduate of Wilberforce University in Ohio and holds a doctor of psychology degree from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.