Raquel Kennedy Bergen, Ph.D.
Raquel Kennedy Bergen, Ph.D., is a Professor of Sociology at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is the author or co-author of numerous scholarly publications and nine books on violence against women including, Wife Rape: Understanding the Response of Survivors and Service Providers; and Issues in Intimate Violence. With Claire Renzetti and Jeff Edleson she edited the Sourcebook on Violence Against Women and Violence Against Women: Classic Statements and co-edited Violence Against Women: Readings from Social Problems with Claire Renzetti. She is the faculty moderator for the Rape Education Prevention Program at Saint Joseph’s University. Her area of expertise is sexual violence in intimate partnerships and she regularly provides workshops around the country to domestic violence and rape crisis programs to address this form of violence. She has volunteered as an advocate for battered women and sexual assault survivors for the past 35 years. Her current research continues in the field of violence against women—analyzing the intersection of women’s experiences of physical, sexual and emotional violence with their partners during pregnancy.

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