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About Us"Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing never can bring about reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation." We are inspired by Susan B. Anthony's vision and passion. We celebrate women's achievements at the University of Rochester and in the world. We work to understand and overcome barriers to women's wider leadership.
Catherine Cerulli, Director Dr. Cerulli is the Director of the Susan B. Anthony Center for Women's Leadership and the Laboratory of Interpersonal Violence and Victimization (LIVV), Associate Professor of Psychiatry, at the University of Rochester. The National Institute of Mental Health awarded Dr. Cerulli a five-year grant to conduct a randomized control trial in Family Court to assess whether enhanced mental health enables intimate partner violence (IPV) victims to better navigate safety. She was also to the Co-Principal Investigator on a National Institute of Justice award to assess whether victim participation in prosecution impacts their subsequent safety. She was formerly an Assistant District Attorney in Monroe County, New York, where she created a special misdemeanor domestic violence unit in 1995. She has been working on issues surrounding domestic violence and child abuse for almost three decades, in a variety of capacities. Dr. Cerulli currently has funding from the Center for Disease Control to work with a national IPV hotline to help address the intersection of violence and mental health. She works internationally to ameliorate violence against women and currently is assisting with a project addressing the health and welfare of sex workers and trafficking victims in Laos. She is a founding and current Board Member for the Crisis Nursery of Greater Rochester, Inc., a grass roots organization providing emergency respite care for greater Rochester area families with young children.
Kirsten Buscetto, Program Coordinator Kirsten Buscetto is the Program Coordinator of the Susan B. Anthony Center for Women’s Leadership, at the University of Rochester. She was born and raised in Rochester, NY. She started her college career at Monroe Community College, where she graduated with an Associate Degree in Liberal Arts. She then attended and graduated from St. John Fisher College with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications/ Journalism, with a focus in public relations, and a minor in marketing. Before starting at the Center, she worked in community relations, volunteer development, outreach and event planning in the non-profit field. She is excited to be working at the Center in a university setting, and is looking forward to building positive relationships with people in the campus community as well as the Rochester community.
Hilary Wermers, Student Assistant
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Hilary is currently a senior at University of Rochester, studying English and women's studies. She has been with the Susan B. Anthony Center since Fall 2012. She also works as a Writing Fellow and, this semester, Congresswoman Louise Slaughter's district office intern. After graduating in May, Hilary hopes to be working as an AmeriCorps Member in Rochester, before pursuing her goal of attending graduate school to achieve a PhD in the humanities.