Ann C. Wolbert Burgess (born October 2, 1936; middle name also spelled Wolpert
) is a researcher whose work has focused on developing ways to assess and treat trauma in rape victims. She is a
professor
Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who pr ...
at the
William F. Connell School of Nursing at
Boston College
Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...
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Career
Burgess is a doctorally-prepared, board-certified psychiatric clinical nurse specialist.
She pioneered assessing and treating trauma in rape victims. She co-founded one of the first hospital-based crisis counseling programs at
Boston City Hospital
The Boston City Hospital (1864–1996), in Boston, Massachusetts, was a public hospital, located in the South End. It was "intended for the use and comfort of poor patients, to whom medical care will be provided at the expense of the city, and . ...
with Boston College sociologist, Lynda Lytle Holmstrom. She later consulted
John E. Douglas
John Edward Douglas (born ) is an American retired special agent and unit chief in the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He was one of the first criminal profilers and has written books on criminal psychology.
Early life a ...
,
Robert Ressler
Robert Kenneth Ressler (February 21, 1937 – May 5, 2013) was an FBI agent and author. He played a significant role in the psychological profiling of violent offenders in the 1970s and is often credited with coining the term "serial killer", t ...
, and other
FBI
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agents in the
Behavioral Science Unit
The Behavioral Science Unit (BSU) is the original name of a unit within the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Training Division at Quantico, Virginia, formed in response to the rise of sexual assault and homicide in the 1970s. The unit was ...
to develop modern
psychological profiling
Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between t ...
for
serial killers
A serial killer is typically a person who murders three or more persons,A
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She has provided expert testimony on sexual assault cases.
Awards
She has received multiple awards and distinctions including being named a Living Legend by the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) in October 2016, and receiving the inaugural Ann Burgess Forensic Nursing Award by the International Association of Forensic Nurses in 2009,
Sigma Theta Tau International Audrey Hepburn Award, the American Nurses Association Hildegard Peplau Award, and the Sigma Theta Tau International Episteme Laureate Award. She received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from Boston University, a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) from University of Maryland, and a Doctor of Nursing Science (DNSc) from Boston University.
Selected bibliography
The following is a partial list of Burgess's publications.
Books
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*Burgess, Ann Wolbert; Constantine, Steven Matthew (2021)
A Killer by Design: Murders, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher the Criminal Mind Hachette Books
Hachette Books, formerly Hyperion Books, is a general-interest book imprint of the Perseus Books Group, which is a division of Hachette Book Group and ultimately a part of Lagardère Group. Established in 1990, Hachette publishes general-inter ...
. ISBN 9780306924866.
Influence
The
Netflix series ''
Mindhunter'' based the character of Dr. Wendy Carr, portrayed by
Anna Torv
Anna Torv (born 7 June 1979) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her role as FBI agent Olivia Dunham on the Fox science-fiction series '' Fringe'' (2008–2013), for which she was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award ...
, directly on Ann Wolbert Burgess. Several liberties were taken with the character of Dr. Carr, including making her a lesbian (Burgess is married to a man and has children) and having her move full-time down to Quantico (Burgess consulted from Boston). In addition, Ann Burgess is not a psychologist but rather a psychiatric nurse practitioner.
References
Burgess named AAN Living Legend - Connell School of Nursing - Boston CollegeProfessor Ann Burgess is the Mind Behind the Mindhunter
External links
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1936 births
Living people
American women academics
American women nurses
Boston University School of Nursing alumni
University System of Maryland alumni
Boston College faculty
21st-century American women
Members of the National Academy of Medicine