Dr. Hoge completed her MSW at Loyola University Chicago, and her Ph.D. at Rutgers University in New Jersey. She has experience working with survivors of domestic violence and their children in Santiago, Chile, and also engaged in community outreach and education during her time there. Her scholarship explores the experiences of immigrant survivors of intimate partner violence in varied cultural contexts, as well as the development and evaluation of policies and programs addressing gender-based violence. Dr. Hoge has experience teaching social policy, human behavior, practice, and cultural diversity courses.