Clinical Assistant Professor & Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington is a recipient of a UGA Teaming for Interdisciplinary Research Pre-Seed Program Grant for a project titled "Trauma Informed Pedagogy and Practice in Higher Education." The grants are supported by the university's Office of Research in partnership with the Office of the Provost. It is envisioned that the “pre-seed” funding will facilitate the formation of faculty teams and collaboration around critical areas of research expertise or emerging research topics with the ultimate goal of attracting resources for collaborative research, including internal and external grants.