Sarah Sowell Van Dyk (she/her) is a PhD student intern at Eleison. She assists with the development and implementation of the photovoice program evaluation toolkit. Her research experience includes quantitative inquiry into trends of federal prosecution of human trafficking and current work investigating determinants of sex trafficking at the individual and city levels. She received a B.A. in Political Science and Social Policy Analysis with a Distinction in Research from Rice University in 2024 and is currently a Ph.D. student in Community Research and Action at Vanderbilt University, an interdisciplinary program emphasizing community-engaged research.
