Join us on Wednesday, July 30th, as the AVA Webinar Series presents “I Know A Guy”: Abuse Thrives in Silence and Has No Boundaries, featuring Susan Chuang from the University of Guelph.
Wednesday, July 30th, 2025
12 – 1:30pm MST
The “I Know A Guy” webinar is an interactive session that will focus on men’s experiences with various forms of abuse. As abuse has no boundaries, this webinar will discuss empirical work and national data that may provide a more comprehensive understanding of abuse. Everyone has the right to a safe environment with supportive people around them. Let’s find ways to synergize our efforts, maximize each other’s expertise and knowledge to combat abuse.
About the Speaker
Dr. Susan Chuang is a Professor at the University of Guelph, ON., and an accredited family mediator. She received a Masters of Science in Elementary Education and a Masters of Science and Doctorate in Human Development at the University of Rochester, New York. After receiving post-doctoral training at the National Institutes of Health, Maryland, she was an Assistant Professor for three years at Syracuse University, New York. In 2006, she joined the faculty at the University of Guelph. With over 25 years, Chuang has expertise in parenting, fathering, parent-child relationships, child/youth mental health, in various sociocultural contexts. Her more recent focus has been on union/family breakdowns, high conflict, family and intimate partner abuse, and false allegations. She has co-authored two undergraduate textbooks on human development (Worth Publishers, McGraw Hill), with a revised version with McGraw Hill coming out this Summer! She has taught over 16,000 students. She has offered over 40+ parenting, youth workshops, and has advised hundreds of families over the last several decades. She has organized 10 international conferences with the next Men and Families conference coming this September in Barbados! She is the Series Editor for Springer on two book series, Advances in Immigrant Family Research, and Men, Family, and Society. Bottom line – knowledge is power and a little bit of knowledge can go a very long way. So let’s work together and strengthen all families.