Courses Taught
- WGS 303 Women & Violence
- WGS 306/406 Gender & Families
- WGS 387 Teen Violence Prevention
- WGS 391 Methods & Scholarship in Women's & Gender Studies
- WGS 395 Women's Studies Advanced Seminar
- ISP 102 Chicago Families & Urban Life
- ISP 200 Diversity in American Families
- SOC 105 Social Problems
- SOC 209 Sociology of Women
- SOC 306 Sociology of the Family
Areas of Interest
- Community Development
- Community Based Action
- Diversity in Families
- Violence in Intimate Relationships
- Qualitative Research Methodologies
- The Social Construction of Masculinities
- Youth Leadership
Major Publications
- "Men's Gendered Constructions of Intimate Partner Violence as Predictors of Court-Mandated Batterer Treatment Drop Out" (in press)
- "Participatory Action Research and the University Classroom" 2007
- "Critiquing the Case for Marriage Promotion: How the Promarriage Movement Misrepresents Domestic Violence Research" 2004
- "Class-based Masculinities: Fatherhood, Divorce, and Hegemonic Ideals", with P.C. McKenry. "Fathering", 2004
- "On the Rink and Off the Ice: Male Athlete Violence and Aggression in Hockey and Interpersonal Relationships", with N. Pappas and P.C. McKenry. "Men and Masculinities", 2004
- "Male-initiated Partner Abuse During Marital Separation Prior to Divorce", with M. Toews and P.C. McKenry. "Violence and Victims", 2003
- "Origin and consequences of physical and verbal abuse against women in the context of separation and divorce", with P.C. McKenry, et al. "New Directions in Mental Health", 2001
- "Dilemmas of Feminist Methodology: Interview Narratives on Women and Divorce", "Family Science Review, Volume 10: 1997"
- "Implications of Feminist Scholarship for the Study of Women's Post-Divorce Economic Disadvantage", with P.C. McKenry. "Family Relations Volume 45: 1996"
On-going Research Projects
Dr. Catlett is the Director of the Beck Research Initiative for Women, Gender, and Community.
- Take Back the Halls: Ending Violence in Relationships and Schools
- Voices of a Movement: Collecting and Archiving an Oral History of the Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence
- DePaul University and Teen Girls of Color: A Collaboration to Re-Vision East Rogers Park
- Domestic Violence Program Evaluation: Circuit Court Social Service Department