Lauren Bennett Cattaneo, Assistant
Professor.
Ph.D., University of Maryland.
E-mail to: lcattane@gmu.edu
Office located in David King Hall, Room 2021; Phone: 993-4728
Dr. Cattaneo's areas of interest include domestic violence,
risk assessment, and psychology of gender. Dr. Cattaneo is the Co-Investigator
on a Department of Justice funded program evaluation at the US Attorney’s
Office in the District of Columbia, and has held prior positions conducting
policy-relevant research. Her major interest is the utility of psychology
for addressing pressing social problems. Her research has focused on domestic
violence in the context of the court system, and risk assessment in domestic
violence cases. She has published papers in the Journal of Community
Psychology, the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Violence and
Victims, and Violence against Women.