Strengthening your institutional systems so survivors receive better outcomes not just better policies.
I partner with colleges, universities, and survivor-facing institutions to assess, redesign, and strengthen how they respond to sexual and gender-based violence so survivor support is holistic, culturally responsive, and effective.
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Welcome! I’m Leah M. Forney, also known as The Culture Doctor. I work with colleges, universities, and survivor-serving institutions to confront the cultural failures embedded in sexual violence prevention and response particularly those that harm survivors of color.
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Institutions bring me in when policies exist, training has been delivered, and harm is still happening. My work helps organizations identify where compliance-focused approaches fall short, where culture undermines care, and how institutional practices unintentionally retraumatize survivors.
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Through my culture residencies, thought-provoking signature talk, and licensed institutional learning, I help organizations move beyond surface-level solutions toward accountability, clarity, and meaningful change. This work is not about optics or good intentions. It is about examining power, culture, and systems so institutions can respond to sexual violence in ways that do not reproduce harm.
Three Ways You & Your Team Can Work With Me
The Culture Residency
Department-based advisory support designed to strengthen systems responding to sexual and gender-based violence and improve survivor outcomes.
Book the Culture Doctor
Institutions engage The Culture Doctor for keynote speaking, workshops, guest lectures, panel discussions, author talks, and fireside chats. These engagements challenge assumptions, surface cultural blind spots, and expand how institutions understand sexual violence, culture, and survivor harm.
The Culture Academy
(Coming January 2026)
An institutional learning experience that equips teams with the knowledge and frameworks needed to build culturally responsive, trauma-informed systems.