Associate Dean
Brigham Young University
Dr. Julie L. Valentine is an Associate Dean and Associate Professor at Brigham Young
University College of Nursing and certified sexual assault nurse examiner with
Wasatch Forensic Nurses. Her research focus areas are sexual violence, intimate
partner violence, and criminal justice system response to sexual violence. Dr.
Valentine focuses on collaborative research studies uniting disciplines in sexual
assault case reform to benefit victims and case processing. She developed a growing
dataset of ~8,000 sexual assault cases tracking information from evidence collection
through DNA analysis – the largest database of its kind. Findings from this database
have informed state and national policies and interdisciplinary practices. Dr.
Valentine is very active in using her expertise and research to inform legislative
policy.
Dr. Valentine was appointed to the National Institute of Justice Sexual Assault
Forensic Evidence Reporting (SAFER) Act Working Group in the development of
national best practice policies in sexual assault cases, National Best Practices in
Sexual Assault Kits: A Multidisciplinary Approach (2017). Dr. Valentine is primary
author of three awarded federal grants since 2015 totaling 3.45 million dollars.
Dr. Valentine has served in a variety of roles within the International Association of
Forensic Nurses (IAFN), from Utah Chapter President to Director-At-Large for
International Board of Directors (2020 to present). Additionally, Dr. Valentine was
primary author of a middle-range forensic nursing theory, the Constructed Theory of
Forensic Nursing Care to serve as an international framework for forensic nursing
education, practice and research. Dr. Valentine was inducted as a Fellow into the
American Academy of Nursing in 2020.
