The University of Delaware's Center for the Study and Prevention of Gender-Based Violence presents Measuring Violence a twice monthly podcast connecting researchers and practitioners to a general audience.
Music by Minelly Marcelino
Graphics by Bailey Blewitt
09 Excessive Force with author Dr. Loretta Prater, Part 1
Introducing a three part series with retired professor and Dean of the College of Health and Human Services at Southeast Missouri State University. In 2004, her son Leslie was killed by police. Dr. Prater has made it her mission to prevent police misconduct and brutality ever since. She discusses her efforts to get accountability for her son and the work she does so that other families are spared what she
experienced. In March, Dr. Prater and Sybrina Fulton (the mother of Trayvon
Martin) spoke at the University of Delaware’s Ida B. Wells Lecture. This
three-part series captures Dr. Prater’s story. You can also learn more by
reading her book: Excessive Use of Force: One Mother’s Struggle Against
Police Brutality and Misconduct. Available online and in stores.
Special Thanks To:
Minelly Marcelino for our intro and outro music
Bailey Blewitt for our graphics
The Center for the Study & Prevention of Gender-Based Violence
3 Jul 2023
08 Act Up HIV Activism with Dr. Barbara Ley and Rain Dehel
This week Elle talks with Professor Barbara Ley and University of Delaware student Rain Dehel about the Decades Day Workshop put on by the Women and Gender Studies Department. As part of their 50th anniversary celebration the UD department is hosting five workshops focusing on one decade. The second workshop centers the 1980s and HIV/AIDS crisis. Philadelphia ACT UP activists spoke with students about ongoing efforts to address HIV, income inequality, and LGBTQ+ discrimination.
19 Jun 2023
07 Conversations with Student Advocates Part 2
In part two, writers for the UD Review and sexual assault prevention advocates Shayna Demick and Danny Tull talk about measures that would make students feel more comfortable on campus, communication issues, the problem with emergency text alerts, and how they recharge.
For resources on sexual assault, domestic violence, and gender-based violence see:
On UD's campus:
https://www.udel.edu/students/safety/ (https://www.udel.edu/students/safety/)
https://sites.udel.edu/sexualmisconduct/getting-help/ (https://sites.udel.edu/sexualmisconduct/getting-help/)
https://sites.udel.edu/sos/ (https://sites.udel.edu/sos/)
https://sites.udel.edu/studentwellness/ (https://sites.udel.edu/studentwellness/)
In the broader DE area:
https://dcadv.org/welcome.html (https://dcadv.org/welcome.html)
https://newarkde.gov/341/Victims-Witnesses (https://newarkde.gov/341/Victims-Witnesses)
And national resources:
https://www.ywca.org/what-we-do/domestic-and-sexual-violence-services/ (https://www.ywca.org/what-we-do/domestic-and-sexual-violence-services/)
https://www.rainn.org/ (https://www.rainn.org/)
5 Jun 2023
06 Conversations with Student Advocates Part 1
Much time and attention is spent researching gender-based violence on college campuses. In this two part interview, we sit down with campus sexual assault prevention advocates, Shayna Demick and Danny Tull. Demick and Tull write for The Review (https://udreview.com/ (https://udreview.com/)) and want to see better communication and prevention measures around gender-based violence on college campuses.
Special thanks to:
The Center for the Study and Prevention of Gender Based-Violence
The Women and Gender Studies Department, University of Delaware
Minelly Marcelino for our intro and outdo music
Bailey Blewitt for our graphic design
28 Apr 2023
05 NWSA and Going to Conferences
On this episode Elle takes to the National Women's Studies Association conference and gives tips to undergraduate and graduate students on how to find professional conferences and make the most of your conference experience. The next NWSA conference will be in Baltimore - a perfect day trip for interested UD students and the Center for the Study and Prevention of Gender-Based Violence will be hosting a conference September 28-29! Check out the details here: https://www.wgs.udel.edu/gbv/conference
Special thanks to:
Bailey Blewitt for our graphics
Abigail Merritt our editor
Minelly Marcelino for our intro and outro music
and the University of Delaware's Center for the Study and Prevention of Gender-Based Violence
12 Apr 2023
04 Sports and Gender-based Violence
This week Abigail Merritt & Elle Rochford interview University of Maryland sociology PhD student Katelyn Foltz. Foltz has been working with UD Professors Earl Smith and Angela Hattery and George Mason's Dr. Marissa Kiss on the Sports Violence Database. This first of its kind database aggregates court cases and news stories of gender-based violence in the world of sports. You can check out the database here: https://smithandhattery.com/gbv/ and read about their work in their Brookings Institute op-ed at https://www.brookings.edu/blog/how-we-rise/2023/04/04/ineffective-policies-for-gender-based-violence-in-sports-result-in-lack-of-accountability/
Special thanks to:
Minelli Marcelino for our intro and outro music
Bailey Blewitt for our graphics
Abigail Merritt for audio editing
and the University of Delaware's Center for the Study and Prevention of Gender-Based Violence
29 Mar 2023
03 The Legacy of Sexual Violence in World War II with Professor Margaret Stetz
This week we talk with Dr. Margaret D. Stetz the Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Women's Studies and Professor of Humanities at the University of Delaware. Dr. Stetz talks about her work studying "comfort women" and the ongoing efforts to recognize the legacy of military sexual slavery. You can find her writings on this topic featured in the books Gender Violence: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Comfort Women: A Fight for Justice and Women's Rights in the United States.
Special thanks to Minelly Marcelino for our intro and outro music, Bailey Blewitt for our graphics, and Abigail Merritt our episode editor.
16 Mar 2023
02 COVID and Gender-Based Violence with Dr. Jennifer Horney and Lauren Camphausen
In episode two Elle talks with University of Delaware researchers Dr. Jennifer Horney and Lauren Camphausen about gender-based violence as a public health issue. Horney and Camphausen explore how COVID compares to natural disasters in terms of gender-based violence and violence prevention. For more on their projects check out Dr. Horney's research here https://www.udel.edu/faculty-staff/experts/jennifer-horney/
Special thanks to Minelly Marcelino for our intro and outro music.
21 Dec 2022
01 The Center for the Study and Prevention of Gender-Based Violence
For our first episode Dr. Elle Rochford interviews Drs Angie Hattery and Jennifer Naccarelli. Dr. Nacarelli and Dr. Hattery serve as co-directors of the University of Delaware's Center for the Study and Prevention of Gender-Based Violence. In this episode they explain the Center's mission and just a few of the projects going on. Please follow, subscribe, share, and review wherever you get your podcasts.
12 Dec 2022
Introducing: Measuring Violence
The University of Delaware's Center for the Study and Prevention of Gender-Based Violence presents: Measuring Violence. This podcast explores how scholars, practitioners, activists, and policy makers define, measure, and ultimately prevent violence. Each episode of Measuring Violence features an expert unpacking one aspect of violence. In roughly 30 minutes, Measuring Violence puts the truth in true crime podcasting.
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