Our Work
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Current International Projects
HERP engages in a range of projects globally working directly with local implementing partners. Through a community-based participatory approach, each project is designed to build local capacity and ensure lasting, sustainable impact beyond the life of the project.
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Current Domestic Projects
The HERP team has carried out several domestic projects in New York City and across the United States, with current funding from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ).
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Past International Projects
HERP has completed several projects across multiple regions, partnering with local organizations to address community-identified needs. These projects employed a community-based participatory approach, strengthening local capacity and creating sustainable systems that continue to benefit communities long after project completion.
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Past Domestic Projects
The HERP team has carried out several domestic projects in New York City and across the United States, supported by federal agencies such as the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institute of Justice (NIJ).
Papers
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A community health worker-delivered intervention
to reduce human trafficking among Denotified Tribes in India: A protoc
Understanding the Needs of Unstably Housed Youth
in New York City
Understanding the Trafficking of Children
for the Purposes of Labor in the United States
Between Hope and Hardship:
Experiences of Ethiopian Domestic Workers in the Middle East
Understanding What Works
in Labor Trafficking Cases in the United States
Estimating the Prevalence of Forced Labor
in the Fishing Industry in Costa Rica
Estimating the Prevalence of Forced Labor
Among Domestic Workers in Tanzania
Human Trafficking Risk Factors, Health Impacts
, and Opportunities for Intervention in Uganda: A Qualitative Analysis
First Ever Study on Youth Forced Labor in Uganda
Featured Posts
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Human Exploitation and Resilience Program
Annual Letter 2025
Meredith Dank Participates in EUROCRIM 2025
Digital Peer Networks
Empowering Tanzanian Domestic Workers through Online Communities
Meredith Dank Awarded Additional Funding
from U.S. Department of State for Tanzania Project
Human Exploitation and Resilience Publishes
Article on Reducing Trafficking Among Denotified Tribes in India
Meredith Dank Interviewed by NYU News on Unstably
Housed Youth in New York City
Meredith Dank Co-Authors Report
on Labor Trafficking in Construction and Hospitality
Meredith Dank Co-Authors Report
on Unstably Housed Youth in New York City
Lauren Moton and Stephen Abeyta
Present at the 2024 American Society of Criminology Conference
Meredith Dank Awarded Additional Funding
to Improve Conditions for Migrating Ethiopian Domestic Workers
Meredith Dank Awarded NSF CIVIC Grant
to Address Housing Instability Among NYC Homeless and Runaway Youth
Meredith Dank Releases Reports on First-of-Kind
Human-Trafficking Studies
Meredith Dank Co-Authors Report on
Labor Trafficking in the United States
Human Exploitation and Resilience Program
Publishes Reports on Forced Labor Projects in Tanzania and Costa Rica
Stephen Abeyta Defends Dissertation on
Workplace Victimization
Meredith Dank Publishes on Human Trafficking
in Uganda
Lauren Moton Defends Dissertation on
Human Trafficking Intervention Courts and Receives Student Paper Award
First Ever Study on Youth Forced Labor in Uganda
Meredith Dank Receives $1 Million Grant
to Study Forced Criminality in the United States
Meredith Dank Participates
in National Institute of Justice-Sponsored Labor-Trafficking Panel
Meredith Dank Participates
in Human Trafficking Conferences
Marron Program Spotlight:
Human Exploitation and Resilience
Qualitative Graduate Student Assistantship
with Human Exploitation and Resilience Initiative
Quantitative Graduate Student Assistantship
with Human Exploitation and Resilience Initiative
Meredith Dank Awarded Funding
to Combat Human Trafficking Due to Climate Change
Senior Researcher Opportunity
in the Human Exploitation and Resilience Initiative
Meredith Dank Receives $5.5 Million Grant
to Work with India’s Denotified Tribes to Combat Human Trafficking
Meredith Dank Awarded Funding:
Two Projects From U.S. Department of State
Meredith Dank Explores Labor Trafficking
of U.S. Citizens
Meredith Dank Receives Award from the Freedom Fund
Meredith Dank Awarded Funding From
Innovations For Poverty Action
Meredith Dank Joins the NYU Marron Institute
Featured Press Posts
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Human Exploitation and Resilience
Funding Mentioned in Research Ranking
Meredith Dank on Sex Trafficking in Seattle
Leader: Meredith Dank
Program Director / Human Exploitation and Resilience
Clinical Associate Professor / NYU Marron Institute
