Jennifer Naccarelli
Associate Professor
Associate Chair
Co-Director, Center for Study & Prevention of GBV
University of Delaware
206B McDowell
Newark, DE 19716
302-831-8474
Biography
Jennifer Naccarelli received her BA from Dickinson College, her MA in Theological Studies from Claremont School of Theology, and her Ph.D. in Religion from Claremont Graduate University. She is currently the Associate Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Women & Gender Studies at the University of Delaware. Dr. Naccarelli is the Director of UD's Domestic Violence Prevention and Services Program, and she teaches and conducts research in the field of gender-based violence. Dr. Naccarelli is the Co-Director, with Dr. Angela Hattery, of the Center for the Study & Prevention of Gender-Based Violence at the University of Delaware. Additionally, her work explores intersection of feminist theory and practice through the integration of service learning within academic curriculums. Her historical research focuses on gender and American Catholicism.
Degrees
Ph.D., Religion, Women's Studies in Religion Program, Claremont Graduate University
M.A., Religion, Women's Studies in Religion Program, Claremont Graduate University
M.A.T.S., History of Christianity, Claremont Graduate University
B.A., Religion, Women's Studies Certificate, Dickinson College
Current and Past Courses
- Women and Religion
- Introduction to Feminist Theory
- Theory and Methods in Feminism
- Internship in Women's Studies
- The Christian Tradition
- Women and Western Religion
Published Works
Book Chapters
"Educating for Social Change: Gender Based Violence Advocacy Training through a Feminist Curriculum and Community Partnerships," (co-author Susan Miller) Gender Violence: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (New York: New York University Press, 2018 forthcoming)
Book Reviews
Women & Religious Traditions. Edited by Leona M. Anderson and Pamela Dickey Young, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume 82, Issue 1, 1 March 2014, Pages 276–279.
Articles Published in Refereed Journals
"Innovative University Programs for Teaching About Domestic Violence," (co-authored with Molly Dragiewicz, Susan Miller and Barbara Paradiso) Journal of Criminal Justice Education, Volume 24, Issue 4, December 2013, pages 594-611.
Films
Principle Scholar, Urban Trinity: The Story of Catholic Philadelphia. Philadelphia, PA: History Making Productions, 2015.
Grant Projects
- Program Grant, Principle Investigator, Domestic Violence Prevention and Services: Expansion, Verizon Foundation, 2017-18.
- Instructional Improvement Grant, Center for Teaching and the Assessment of Learning, University of Delaware, Women and Religion: An Interdisciplinary Curriculum, 2017, with Allan Fox, Patricia Sloane White, and Polly Zandivar.
- Research Grant, Center for Teaching and the Assessment of Learning, Automating Quizzes in Large Classes, University of Delaware, 2017.
- Program Grant, Debley Foundation, Domestic Violence Prevention and Services Program, 2015.
- Program Grant, Principle Investigator, Verizon Foundation, Powerful Partnerships Conference.
- Principle Investigator, Verizon Foundation, grant funding the development of Domestic Violence Prevention and Services Program, Department of Women's Studies, University of Delaware, 2012-2013.
- Dissertation Fellowship, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, 2006.
- Institutional Fellowship, Claremont Graduate University, 1998-2000.
- Institutional Fellowship, Claremont School of Theology, 1996-1998.
Recent Presentations
- "Cultivating a Trauma Informed Campus Climate: Survivor, Faculty, and Administrator Interactions in a Mandatory Reporting Context," National Women's Studies Association, November 2017.
- "Small Steps Guide Big Visions: A Roundtable on Growing our Programs," National Women's Studies Association, November 2017.
- "Prevention in Delaware: Sharing Stories & Highlights of Local Efforts to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence," Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Advocates Retreat and Conference, 2016.
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