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Kwynn M. Gonzalez-Pons, PhD

TRAFFICKING & EXPLOITATION

Experience
Member
Delta 8.7 Justice Working Group, United Nations University Centre for Policy Research
Co-Evaluator
Utah Trafficking in Persons (UTIP) Task Force
2018-2019
Member
TC 5 Stones Minor Domestic Sex Trafficking Task Force
2016-2017
Case Management Intern
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Summer 2015
Presentations
Fukushima, A., & Gonzalez-Pons, K.M., Needs for Survivors of Human Trafficking in Salt Lake City. Presented to the Utah Trafficking in Persons (UTIP) Task Force. Salt Lake City, Utah. November 2018.
Fukushima, A., & Gonzalez-Pons, K.M., , & O’Connor, A. Needs for Survivors of Human Trafficking in Salt Lake City. Presented to the Salt Lake City’s Mayor’s Office Steering Committee to Address Trafficking in Salt Lake City. October 2018.
Fukushima, A., & Gonzalez-Pons, K.M., O’Connor, A., & Clark, L. Needs for Survivors of Human Trafficking in Salt Lake City: A Preliminary Analysis. Utah Trafficking in Persons Conference, Sandy, Utah. September 2018.
Gonzalez-Pons, K.M., An introduction to human trafficking. Presented to students in the University of Texas at Arlington’s Health and the Human Condition course, Arlington, Texas. March 2017.
Research Associate
Thorn
2019-2021
Publications
Seto, M.C., Roche, K., Stroebel, M., Gonzalez-Pons, K.M., & Goharian, A. (2023). Sending, receiving, and nonconsensually sharing nude or nearly nude images by youth. Accepted to the Journal of Adolescence. Link here.
Gezinski, L.B., & Gonzalez-Pons, K.M. (2022). Sex trafficking and Technology: A systematic review of recruitment and exploitation. Accepted to the Journal of Human Trafficking. Link here.
Fukushima, A., Gonzalez-Pons, K.M., Gezinski, L.B., & Clark, L. (2020). Multiplicity of stigma: Cultural barriers in anti-trafficking response. Accepted to the International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare. IF .63.
Gonzalez-Pons, K.M., Gezinski, L.B., Morzenti, H., Hendrix, E., & Graves, S. (2020). Exploring the relationship between domestic minor sex trafficking myths, victim identification, and service provision. Accepted to Child Abuse & Neglect, the International Journal. IF 2.899.
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