Measuring Violence Elle Rochford

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

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.

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://sites.udel.edu/sexualmisconduct/getting-help/
https://sites.udel.edu/sos/
https://sites.udel.edu/studentwellness/

In the broader DE area:


https://dcadv.org/welcome.html
https://newarkde.gov/341/Victims-Witnesses

And national resources:


https://www.ywca.org/what-we-do/domestic-and-sexual-violence-services/
https://www.rainn.org/

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/) 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

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

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