Cindy Struckman-Johnson

Cindy Struckman-Johnson is a professor of psychology at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota. She was also a commissioner on the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission.

Education Struckman-Johnson received her doctorate in social psychology from the University of Kentucky. Struckman-Johnson and her partner, David Struckman-Johnson, have researched sexual coercion in prison since 1994. She has received two national awards for work in this area.

Prison rape commission In 2003, she was appointed to the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission by former U.S. Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD). Her primary role on the commission was as an expert in prison rape research. The commission was sunsetted in 2009.