Dr. David Deeds

Co-Founder, Education Director, PBJ Learning

David brings over 10 years of experience researching and raising awareness about human trafficking. In that time, he has hosted events, engaged legislators, and found innovative ways of working against human trafficking while informing others. He has conducted a content analysis on more than 5,000 pages of textbooks that revealed criminal justice students are exposed to very little literature on human trafficking in schools. Additionally, David’s doctoral capstone work focused on educator pedagogy to investigate a possible gap in student understanding about human trafficking, the educators.

Beyond research, David has worked with nonprofits for more than three years and has helped design a roll-call training to help police officers identify human trafficking victims. He has also participated in outreach to potential victims and participated in many discussion panels and conferences as an expert of human trafficking.

David has spent the entirety of his educational career in Illinois working to educate people about human trafficking and make a difference. He has created a fundamentals course based upon 10 years of teaching the definition, specifics, and preventative actions of human trafficking at College of DuPage and Governors State University. PBJ Learning’s Human Trafficking Essentials course is the result of that decade of hands-on teaching.

Prevention Cohort LIVE Ep 14: Making TRICKED: An American Visa Story in VR
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Prevention Cohort LIVE Ep 14: Making TRICKED: An American Visa Story in VR

ByBilly Joe Cain

https://youtu.be/RGu3vDT5v5o Welcome to the Prevention Cohort LIVE stream, sponsored by PBJ Learning In 2018, we released our first version of TRAPPED: A VR Detective Story for the HTC Vive virtual reality system. It was expensive, bulky, and you had to have an expensive computer to make it work. Now we run our app on Oculus…

Getting started with One Generation Education System from Radical Empathy Education Foundation
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Getting started with One Generation Education System from Radical Empathy Education Foundation

ByBilly Joe Cain

It’s always great to start a conversation with a new potential One Generation licensee! One Generation Education System is the name for our complete Human Trafficking Prevention program, which includes TRAPPED: A VR Detective Story and our online course, Human Trafficking Essentials. Because we use newer technology, we are ready for all your questions. Purchasing…

Prevention Cohort LIVE Ep 6: AMP Model Discussion; Social Media “Human Trafficking Panic” Posts
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Prevention Cohort LIVE Ep 6: AMP Model Discussion; Social Media “Human Trafficking Panic” Posts

ByBilly Joe Cain

Come learn about new tools to end human trafficking through prevention education. We go through the AMP Model to teach the definition.

Social Media “Human Trafficking Panic” Posts
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Social Media “Human Trafficking Panic” Posts

ByBilly Joe Cain

How often do you see posts about some bizarre situation that might lead to human trafficking? We’ve seen enough of them to have an entire series on them. I was invited to answer some questions by a reporter, but their outlet shut down before they completed the article. Here are the answers I sent in!…

Prevention Cohort LIVE Ep 4: Dr. Deeds introduction and Sound of Freedom discussion
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Prevention Cohort LIVE Ep 4: Dr. Deeds introduction and Sound of Freedom discussion

ByBilly Joe Cain

https://youtu.be/lUtDdLkch7s EDITOR’S NOTE: We were asked to remove the video due to a personal concern and we completely support that. We’re sorry for the content removal, but personal comfort is far too important!  Welcome to the Prevention Cohort LIVE stream, sponsored by PBJ Learning Today, we welcome one of our licensees and Dr. David Deeds…

Prevention Cohort LIVE Meetings, sponsored by PBJ Learning (Episodes 1-4)
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Prevention Cohort LIVE Meetings, sponsored by PBJ Learning (Episodes 1-4)

ByBilly Joe Cain

Join us! Radical Empathy welcomes all licensees and future licensees to join us at our weekly “Prevention Cohort,” where we discuss how to get the most out of training with the VR product, TRAPPED: A VR Detective Story. We get together every Thursday to discuss how others are using our tools. Come join us by…

EXPERT OPINION: Concerned Parents Should be Raising Alarms Over Meta Lowering Age for Virtual Reality Headset Users from 13 to just 10 years old
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EXPERT OPINION: Concerned Parents Should be Raising Alarms Over Meta Lowering Age for Virtual Reality Headset Users from 13 to just 10 years old

ByBilly Joe Cain

“As a parent and educator, I am deeply concerned about Meta‘s decision to lower the recommended age for using its Quest headset to 10 from 13,” expressed Billy Joe Cain, a concerned father of two, who has played and monitored online games with his children since they were that young. “I was making online games…

Billy Joe Cain at Humboldt Against Sexual Exploitation (HASE) Conference 2023 – “A Day in the Life” and concerns about automated grooming
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Billy Joe Cain at Humboldt Against Sexual Exploitation (HASE) Conference 2023 – “A Day in the Life” and concerns about automated grooming

ByBilly Joe Cain

Radical empathy helps you emotionally understand how anyone can become a victim. Billy Joe has spent 30 years in the interactive space, creating award-winning games, simulations, educational programs, and “gamified” training products. He has launched a new EA Sports franchise, built products for Nickelodeon, delivered a flight simulator for the United States Air Force, and…