• Ph D, Sociology, Iowa State University, 2010
• MA, Sociology, University of Iowa, 2005

• Court Appointed Special Advocate, Southeast CASA

• Improving Resiliency for Native American and Other Juvenile Offenders through Building Trauma-Informed Juvenile Justice Centers, United Stated Department of Justice

• Grand Challenges: Wahwala Iyohlogya (Peaceful Means) Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, (2023 - 2027)
• An Implementation Evaluation of the eSANE Model: Scaling & Evaluating a Telehealth Approach to Serve Sexual Assault Survivors in Rural & Indigenous-Serving Critical Access Hospitals, Department of Justice Office of Violence Against Women, (2023 - 2026)
• Dental Care for Underserved Populations: Increasing the Footprint of USD Dental Hygiene, Delta Dental of South Dakota Foundation, (2023 - 2025)
• Indigenous-led Research on Sex Trafficking among Native Americans in the Northern Great Plains., National Institute of Justice, (2022 - 2026)
• Addressing Violence toward Youth & Young Adults in Indigenous Communities, National Institute of Justice, (2022 - 2024)
• Indigenous-led research on sex trafficking among Native Americans in South Dakota, Department of Justice Office of Violence Against Women, (2021 - 2024)
• Healing among Rural & Indigenous Women Victims of Domestic Violence: A Mixed-Methodological Analysis, Office of Violence Against Women, (2020 - 2023)
• Sexual Assault Kit Initiative in South Dakota, Bureau of Justice Assistance, (2019 - 2022)
• Prevalence of Sexual Harassment Policies for Legislative Student Interns, Allene R. Chiesman Fund, (2019 - 2019)
• Prevalence of Sexual Harassment Policies for Legislative Student Interns, Allene R. Chiesman Fund for Civic Engagement, (2018 - Present)
• Grants to Reduce Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and Stalking on Campus Program, DOJ Office of Violence Against Women, (2016 - 2019)
• Purchasing Sex , Chiesman Fund2017)

Citations listed below are presented in a standardized, modified format for display purposes only. They do not necessarily reflect the preferred style and conventions of the faculty member or discipline.

• Diamond-Welch, Bridget, Finigan-Carr, Nadine, Decker, Michele R., and Chon, Katherine Y.. COVID-19, Stay-at-Home Orders, and Interpersonal Violence: Findings and Implications for Emergency Response Efforts, 3S-8S. Vol. 140, Iss. 1_suppl Public Health Reports®, 2025. (DOI: 10.1177/00333549241300239)
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget, Kosloski, Anna E., Carey, Christopher, and McDade, Molly. The Crime of Luring a Minor for Contact Sexual Abuse: Exploration of Demographic Patterns & Criminal Records of Convicted Offenders, 107118. Vol. 158 Child Abuse & Neglect, 2024. (DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.107118)
• Morrissey Stahl, Kate A., Diamond-Welch, Bridget, Kosloski, Anna E., Hayes, Lenny, and Massoud, Wadian. Lessons from the Teca Ho/New Voices Project on Best Practices for Interviewing Native Youth Survivors of Sex Trafficking, 179-204. Vol. 21, Iss. 2-3 Research in Human Development, 2024. (DOI: 10.1080/15427609.2024.2407255)
• Edwards, Katie M., Diamond-Welch, Bridget, Hayes, Lenny, Catlett, Jordan, Herrington, Ramona, Farquhar-Leicester, Alexander, Coburn, Katelyn, and Green-Maximo, Char. “We’ve Always Been Here”: A Multi-method, Multi-informant Study Documenting Challenges and Strengths of Lakota LGBTQ2S+ Youth. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 2024.
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget, Jones, Mattie, and Zimmer, Brianna. Providing Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Exams in Rural Areas. In Sexual Assault Kits and Reforming the Response to Rape, editors Rachel Lovell and Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling.
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget, Jones, Mattie, and Zimmer, Brianna. Current issues in providing sexual assault medical forensic exams in rural areas. In Sexual Assault Kits and Reforming the Response to Rape, 235-250. Routledge, 2022. (DOI: 10.4324/9781003186816-17)
• Edwards, Katie M., Kulig, Teresa C., and Diamond-Welch, Bridget. A Response to Lesak et al. (2021), “Recommendations for Educating Youth about Sex Trafficking” , 642-649. Vol. 10, Iss. 4 Journal of Human Trafficking, 2022. (DOI: 10.1080/23322705.2022.2078593)
• Kosloski, Anna E., and Diamond-Welch, Bridget. The Men and Women Who Purchase Sex in the United States: Understanding Motives, Practices, and Preferences, 306-324. Vol. 32, Iss. 3 Women & Criminal Justice, 2022. (DOI: 10.1080/08974454.2021.1993424)
• Tollini, Craig, and Diamond-Welch, Bridget. American Adult Pornography Consumers’ Beliefs and Behaviors Related to Pornography Studios Mistreating Their Performers, 2176-2207. Vol. 25, Iss. 6 Sexuality & Culture, 2021. (DOI: 10.1007/s12119-021-09872-3)
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget, Marin Hellwege, Julia, and Mann, Olivia. Blame Avoidance and Transgender Individuals’ Attributions About Rape: Unpacking Gendered Assumptions in Defensive Attribution Research, 4690-4716. Vol. 36, Iss. 9-10 Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2021. (DOI: 10.1177/0886260518792241)
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget, and Kosloski, Anna E.. Adverse childhood experiences and propensity to participate in the commercialized sex market, 104468. Vol. 104 Child Abuse & Neglect, 2020. (DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104468)
• Anderson, Zoe, and Diamond-Welch, Bridget. How Good, Desirable, Manly, and Believable are Rape Victims? Exploring Heterosexual Male’s Semantic Views of Male and Female Victims of Sexual Assault, 33-42. Vol. 23, Iss. 3 Civic Research Institute: Sexual Assault Report, 2020.
• Mann, Olivia, and Diamond-Welch, Bridget. Sharing gender, shifting blame: The effects of victim gender and observer sexuality on victim blame. , 1-13. Vol. 22, Iss. 1 Sexual Assault Report, 2018.
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget, and Hetzel-Riggin, Melanie D.. Title IX Protections for College Interns: What Should You Know and What More Can Your Program Do?. Journal of Political Science Education, 2018.
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget, Kosloski, Anna E., and Mann, Olivia. The Presence of Rape Myths in the Virtual World: A Qualitative Textual Analysis of the Steubenville Sexual Assault Case. Violence & Gender, 2018.
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget. Counting Crime. In Social Problems in Action. Sage, 2018.
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget, Mann, Olivia, Bass, Melissa L., and Tollini, Craig. The Interaction Between Observer Sex and Sexual Identity on Attributions of Blame with a Heterosexual Female Victim. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2017.
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget. Power and Inequality in Interpersonal Relations , by Vladimir Shlapentokh and Eric Beasley. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2015. 205 pp. $69.95 cloth. ISBN: 9781 412855662, 788-790. Vol. 45, Iss. 6 Contemporary Sociology, 2016.
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget, Hetzel-Riggin, Melanie D., and Hemingway, Jennifer. The Willingness of College Students to Intervene in Sexual Assault Situations: Attitude and Behavior Differences by Gender, Race, Age, and Community of Origin. Violence and Gender, 2016.
• Bonnan-White, Jess, Hetzel-Riggin, Melanie D., Diamond-Welch, Bridget, and Tollini, Craig. “You Blame Me, Therefore I Blame Me:" The importance of first disclosure responses on mental health outcomes after trauma. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2015. (DOI: 10.1177/0886260515615141)
• Cast, Alicia D., and Diamond-Welch, Bridget. Emotions and the Self: Depression and Identity Change, 237–266. Vol. 56, Iss. 2 The Sociology Quarterly, 2015. (DOI: 10.1111/tsq.12085)
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget, and Bonnan-White, Jess. Twittering to Increase Student Engagement in the University Classroom. Vol. 4, Iss. 3 Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal, 2012.
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget, and Kosloski, Anna E.. Confronting Student Prejudice with "Mario Kart" Nintendo Wii, 79-87. Vol. 31 Social Thought and Research , 2012.
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget. Patriarchy. In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Psychology and Gender . SAGE.
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget, and Dzordzormenyoh, Michael. Domestic Assault. In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Psychology and Gender . SAGE.
• Dzordzormenyoh, Michael, and Diamond-Welch, Bridget. Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). In Encyclopedia of Women and Crime. Wiley.
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget. Rape. In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Psychology and Gender.

• Center for Teaching and Learning Grant, CTL, 2017
• Arts & Science Travel Grant, A&S, 2016
• Course Design Fellowship, Center for Teaching and Learning, 2016

• McDade, Molly, Kosloski, Anna E., Diamond-Welch, Bridget, Carey, Christopher, and Steinlicht, Nathaniel, Familial and Intergenerational Sex Trafficking: An Examination of Two Case Studies. Presented at the Human Trafficking & Exploitation Symposium, Salt Lake, UT. (October 2024)
• McDade, Molly, Carey, Christopher, Kosloski, Anna E., Miller, Robin, Diamond-Welch, Bridget, and Steinlicht, Nathaniel , Traffick Signals: Identifying Likely Perpetrators & Understanding Manipulation . Presented at the National Training Institute, Portland, OR. (September 2024)
• Tubbs, Kacy, and Diamond-Welch, Bridget, The Effects of Sexual Assault Characteristics on Patient Well-Being Outcomes. Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Studies Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. (January 2024)
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget, and Canton, Jennifer, Health Care Professionals' Perspectives on eSANE for Rural. Presented at the Health Equity Conference, New Orleans, LA. (January 2024)
• Grabowski, Lindsey, and Diamond-Welch, Bridget, Well-being and Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Exams. Presented at the Health Equity Conference, New Orleans, LA. (January 2024)
• Kosloski, Anna E., McDade, Molly, Diamond-Welch, Bridget, and Carey, Christopher, Sex Trafficking & Mortality: An Exploration of Early Death for Traffickers and Victims. Presented at the International Violence, Trauma, and Abuse, Honolulu, HI. (January 2024)
• Carey, Christopher, Kosloski, Anna E., Diamond-Welch, Bridget, Steinlicht, Nathaniel, and McDade, Molly, The Roots Run Deep: Sex Trafficking as a Family Business- a Case Study. Presented at the Western Criminology Conference, Long Beach, CA. (January 2024)
• Hunt, Kristen, Pierskalla, Clara, Mullet, Natira, Cornelius, Sloane, Diamond-Welch, Bridget, and Edwards, Katie M., Takini/Survivor: A Mixed-Method Study of Rural and Native American Survivors of Domestic Violence. Presented at the Western Society of Criminology, Long Beach, CA. (January 2024)
• Kosloski, Anna E., Steinlicht, Nathaniel, Diamond-Welch, Bridget, Carey, Christopher, and McDade, Molly, Familial Trafficking vs. Intergenerational Trafficking: The Importance of Differentiation through Analysis of Traffickers, Survivors, and Familial Networks. Presented at the Eurocrim 2023, Florence, Italy. (September 08, 2023)
• Lim, Stephanie, Swallow, Arial, Herrington, Ramona, Trujillo, Preciouse, Pierskalla, Clara, Diamond-Welch, Bridget, and Katie, Edwards, Using photovoice to understand healing and recovery among rural, Indigenous women survivors of domestic violence. Presented at the ResilienceCon, Nashville, TN. (April 2023)
• Trujillo, Preciouse, Herrington, Ramona, Edwards, Katie, and Diamond-Welch, Bridget, Participatory Action Research to Prevent Sexual & Related Forms of Violence Among Indigenous Relatives. Presented at the COBRE Symposium. (January 2023)
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget, Kosloski, Anna E., Edwards, Katie, and Jordan, Loretta, Federal Data Archiving Requirements: Considerations when Working with Sovereign Nation Partners.. Presented at the DaCCoTA: Dakota Community Collaborative on Translation Activity, Online. (January 2023)
• Carey, Christopher, Diamond-Welch, Bridget, McDade, Molly, and Kosloski, Anna E., The Ties that Bind: An Exploration of Familial and Generational Trafficking. . Presented at the Western Criminology Conference, Vancouver, Canada. (January 2023)
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget, Edwards, Katie M., Pierskalla, Clara, Staats, Natira, Swallow, Arial, Hunt, Kristen, Herrington, Ramona, Shroll, Linda, and Cornelius, Sloane, Healing among Rural and Indigenous Women Victims of Domestic Violence: The Takini Survivor Project. Presented at the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA. (November 2022)
• McDade-Hood, Molly, Diamond-Welch, Bridget, Kosloski, Anna E., and Carey, Christopher, Human Trafficking & Lethality: An Analysis of How Involvement and Association with Trafficking Impacts Death. Presented at the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA. (November 2022)
• Kosloski, Anna E., Diamond-Welch, Bridget, , McDade-Hood, Molly, and Carey, Christopher, Criminal Offending Patterns Amongst Those Arrested for Purchasing in Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Cases. Presented at the Juvenile Sex Trafficking Conference Series (JuST), Fort Worth, TX. (October 2022)
• Heth, Lisa, Hayes, Lenny, Kosloski, Anna E., Edwards, Katie M., Diamond-Welch, Bridget, and Staats, Natira, Sex Trafficking of Native Americans: A Scoping Review. Presented at the 2nd National Conference on American Indian and Alaska Native Injury and Violence Prevention, Online. (January 2022)
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget, Mack, Luke, Spencer, Lindsay, and Canton, Jennifer, Telehealth eSANEs: A Scalable Approach to Providing Patient-Centered & Trauma-Informed Care in Rural & Critical Access Hospitals. Presented at the American Society of Criminology (November 2021)
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget, Kosloski, Anna E., and O'Leary, Carmen, The Intersection of Historical Trauma & Murdered and Missing Indigenous People. Presented at the International Human Trafficking & Social Justice Conference, Online. (January 2021)
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget, Trafficking in our communities: What you can do to make a difference. Presented at the Yankton Area Mental Wellness, Inc., Yantkon, SD. (June 05, 2019)
• Anderson, Zoe, and Diamond-Welch, Bridget, An analysis of blame attributions towards bisexual victims by heterosexual females. Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Studies, Baltimore. (March 2019)
• Doering, Anna, Montegomery, Abi, Diamond-Welch, Bridget, and Kosloski, Anna E., Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: An Initial Analysis. Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Studies, Baltimore. (March 2019)
• Perez, Angelica, and Diamond-Welch, Bridget, Rape Kit Practices: The Gap Between Legislation and Practice. Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Studies, Baltimore. (March 2019)
• Kosloski, Anna E., Diamond-Welch, Bridget, and Bontrager Ryon, Stephanie, Survivor accounts of entering and exiting exploitative commercial sex situations. Presented at the Western Criminology Society, Honolulu. (February 2019)
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget, and Mann, Olivia, Comparing rape myths between heterosexual and homosexual men: A comparison of two scales. Presented at the Western Society of Criminology, Honolulu. (February 2019)
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget, Hellwege, Julia, and Mann, Olivia, Defensive Attribution Theory and Transgender Identity: Unpacking Gendered Assumptions about Victim Blaming. Presented at the Midwest Sociological Society, Minneapolis, MN. (March 23, 2018)
• Mann, Olivia, Diamond-Welch, Bridget, and Bass, Melissa, (Bi)sexuality and Blame: Comparing Heterosexual, Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Observers’ Reactions to an Acquaintance Rape., New Orleans, LA. (February 2018)
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget, Hetzel-Riggin, Melanie D., and Kosloski, Anna E., The Intersection of Race and Sex on Sexual Assault Attributions., New Orleans, LA. (February 2018)
• Wieczorek, Aimee, and Diamond-Welch, Bridget, The Relationship Between Hegemonic Masculinity and Aggressive Behavior., New Orleans, LA. (February 2018)
• Asche, Kennidy, Garcia, Katharina J., and Diamond-Welch, Bridget, [Serious] Men of Reddit Who have been Raped by Women...”: A Grounded Theory Analysi s. Presented at the Midwest Sociological Society, Milwaukee, WI. (March 2017)
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget, and Kulwicki, Lauren L., Domestic Violence between Female Inmates: Predictors, Prevalence, and Mental Health and Behavioral Outcomes. Presented at the Midwest Sociological Society, Milwaukee, WI. (March 2017)
• Kosloski, Anna E., and Diamond-Welch, Bridget, Challenging Rape Myths in the Classroom. Presented at the American Society of Criminology, New Orleans, LA. (November 2016)
• Bonnan-White, Jess, Diamond-Welch, Bridget, Kosloski, Anna E., Martino, Sara, and Hetzel-Riggin, Melanie, Hear and listen: identifying variation in victim accounts of violence and sexual assault. Presented at the American Society of Criminology, New Orleans, LA. (November 2016)
• Mann, Olivia, Diamond-Welch, Bridget, and Reihe, Melissa, Observer and Victim Sexuality’s Effect on Blame of Heterosexual and Homosexual Male Sexual Assault Victims. Presented at the American Society of Criminology, New Orleans, LA. (November 2016)
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget, Reihe, Melissa, and Mann, Olivia, Observer and Victim Sexuality’s Effect on Blame of Heterosexual and Homosexual Male Sexual Assault Victims. Presented at the American Society of Criminology, New Orleans, LA. (November 2016)
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget, Mann, Olivia, and Reihe, Melissa L., The Effect of Sexuality on Perception of Victim and Perpetrator Culpability in Sexual Assault. Presented at the The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Denver, CO. (April 02, 2016)
• Bonnan-White, Jess, Diamond-Welch, Bridget, and Hetzel-Riggin, Melanie D., Narrative Accounts of Self-Blame: Reactions to Interpersonal Violence Trauma. Presented at the American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C.. (November 2015)
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget, Hetzel-Riggin, Melanie D., and Kosloski, Anna E., The effect of sexual assault victim and perpetrator social class on perceiver perception of blame. Presented at the American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C.. (November 2015)
• Hetzel-Riggin, Melanie D., and Diamond-Welch, Bridget, An evaluation of the effects of urban versus rural designation on service perceptions and delivery. Presented at the American Psychological Association, Toronto. (August 2015)
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget, Building Trust: The Creation of a Latino Business Network in a Small Midwestern Community. Presented at the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL. (August 2015)
• Diamond-Welch, Bridget, and Cast, Alicia D., The Unprobability of Anger Experience. Presented at the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL. (August 2015)
• Hetzel-Riggin, Melanie D., Bonnan-White, Jess, Diamond-Welch, Bridget, and Tollini, Craig, The importance of first disclosure partner responses on mental health outcomes after trauma. . Presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. (May 2015)