Team Publications

A selection of the research team’s peer-reviewed publications are listed below. Team members are highlighted in bold text. You can find individual publications under the “meet the team” section.

  • Gerassi, L.B., Zimmerman, L., Cruys, C. & Walsh, K. (2025). Students who Provide Sexual Acts or Materials for Financial Compensation Before and During University: A Latent Class Analysis of Consequences. Journal of Adolescent Health.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.11.004
  • Gerassi, L.B., Zimmerman, L. & Walsh, K. (2025). University students who report providing sexual services, acts, or materials for financial compensation: Survey results from a public university. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260516662306
  • Gerassi, L.B., Cruys, C. & Wages, S. (2024). How People with Lived Experiences of Homelessness and Sex Trades Become Social Service Leaders in Sex Trafficking, Sex Trading, and Youth Organizations: A Community-Engaged Study. Qualitative Health Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323241277113
  • Gerassi, L.B., Zimmerman, L., & Walsh, K. (2024). Students’ perspectives of providing sexual acts, materials, and services for financial compensation at a large, public, Midwestern university. The Journal of American College Health.  https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2024.2367995
  • Gerassi, L.B., Zimmerman, L. & Walsh, K. (2024). Psychometric properties of the Sexual Services Acts Materials for Pay (SSAMP) Index: Identifying the virtual, in-person, and material sex trades for financial compensation. The Journal of Sex Research.https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2024.2362897
  • Gerassi, L.B., Zimmerman, L., & Walsh, K.(2024). Toward a Multi-Item Measure to Identify Involvement in and Circumstances of the Sex Trades: Findings from Cognitive Interviews. The Journal of Sex Research.https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2023.2228768
  • Gerassi, L.B., Lowe, S. & Walsh, K.  (2022) University Students who Report Exchanging Sex for Money or Other Compensation: Findings from a Public University Sample. Archives of Sexual Behavior. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02215-1