Catherine Cerulli

Professor of Psychiatry University of Rochester

  • Rochester NY

Cerulli is an expert in women's rights and equality, suffrage, and domestic violence

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Areas of Expertise

Women's rights and equality
Domestic Violence
Psychiatry
Women's and Gender Studies
Women work and welfare
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Suffrage

Media

Social

Biography

Cerulli has been dedicated to addressing domestic violence for over three decades, in a variety of capacities. She has received funding from the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute of Justice, the Centers for Disease Control and other federal institutes to conduct studies that examine myriad issues related to violence, including mental health and victim safety. She is a former assistant district attorney in Monroe County, New York, where she created a special misdemeanor domestic violence unit in 1995, and still practices law today.

Cerulli has been recognized for her efforts toward empowering women. She has worked internationally with colleagues in Russia, China, and Laos on addressing issues facing vulnerable women experiencing depression and violence with the World Health Organization.

Education

University of Buffalo

JD

Law

State University of New York at Albany

PhD

Criminal Justice

Affiliations

  • Susan B. Anthony Center
  • University of Rochester Medical Center

Selected Media Appearances

RPO to celebrate Susan B. Anthony, 19th amendment in upcoming performances

Rochester First  online

2020-01-23

The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra will make Susan B. Anthony and the 19th amendment the focus of upcoming performances.

For the next two weekends — January 30, February 1, February 6, and February 8 — the RPO will host concerts which are part of a “season-long celebration of trailblazers, innovators, rule breakers, and radicals in history and music.”

RPO Music Director Ward State conducts the world premiere of All on Fire, a new work by Gemma Peacocke. Plus, playwright Mark Mobley premiers a new theatrical work setting the stories of five strong Rochester women to music.

Those women include: Mayor Lovely Warren, former City Councilwoman Elaine Spaull (Center for Youth Executive Director), Catherine Cerulli (Director, Susan B. Anthony Center, University of Rochester), Tamara Leigh (Director of Operations and Public Relations, Out Alliance), and Lola DeAscentiis (Susan B. Anthony Museum & House).

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A new tool coming to the University of Rochester to help victims of domestic violence

Rochester First  tv

2018-02-20

University of Rochester Professor Catherine Cerulli calls it the evolution of bruising.

“Sometimes they will get darker. They will turn yellow and different shades, ” Cerulli said.

Cerulli says when victims of domestic abuse experience a violent episode like strangulation, there may not be any visible marks. Her team is developing a special tool.

“Using this technology, you’ll be able to not only see the bruising but you can actually see where the fingerprints are,” Cerulli said.

Cerulli explained to News 8 this tool is similar to a wand that you would wave over the body. It will use ultra violet light to detect bruising before it’s obvious to the naked eye.

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McClure composition featured in Rochester Oratorio Society’s Douglass celebration

Livingston County News  online

2018-02-14

An oratorio by Geneseo composer Glenn McClure will be featured as part of Rochester’s ongoing celebration of the life of Frederick Douglass.

Catherine Cerulli, executive director of the University of Rochester Susan B. Anthony Center, and Rochester Historical Society historian Dan Cody collaborate in a pre-concert chat and exhibit beginning at 7 p.m.

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