Kaitlyn M. Sims – The Conversation

Students starting college or university are often excited – but experts advise understanding risks and recognizing danger when necessary. Klaus Vedfelt/DigitalVision via Getty Images

September 3, 2026

In Colorado and elsewhere, sexual assault peaks on campuses at the beginning of the school year – here’s what students should know

Kaitlyn M. Sims, University of Denver; Institute for Humane Studies

First-year college women are particularly at risk for being sexually assaulted. Campus intervention programs can help decrease that risk.

The status change cuts the amount of federal student aid by half. Royalty-free/Getty Images

March 25, 2026

New federal student loan limits affect social work graduate students, with impacts for survivors of domestic violence in Colorado and elsewhere

Kaitlyn M. Sims, University of Denver; Institute for Humane Studies; Kaelyn Lara, University of Denver, and Leslie Carvalho, University of Denver

The status change may result in students avoiding degrees in nursing and social work.

People fleeing domestic violence often face housing obstacles. iStock/Getty Images

January 29, 2026

Colorado has emergency domestic violence shelters in only half its counties, leaving survivors without safe housing options

Kaitlyn M. Sims, University of Denver; Institute for Humane Studies

A lack of shelters and affordable housing means survivors of domestic violence have few places to go.

Guaranteed income programs have grown in popularity in the U.S. as costs of living continue to rise. Glowimages/GettyImages Plus

December 12, 2025

A Colorado guaranteed income program could help families, but the costs are high

Jennifer C. Greenfield, University of Denver; Kaitlyn M. Sims, University of Denver; Institute for Humane Studies, and Stefan Chavez-Norgaard, University of Denver

A few hundred extra dollars a month would go a long way for many Coloradans.

More than one-third of homicides of women are perpetrated by intimate partners, and there has been a steady increase in domestic violence-related deaths of children. Alvaro Medina Jurado/Getty Images

December 2, 2025

Why protecting Colorado children from dying of domestic violence is such a hard problem

Kaitlyn M. Sims, University of Denver; Institute for Humane Studies

Lethal domestic violence is persistent, despite a statewide decline in overall homicides.

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