Contact
cconfort@wellesley.edu
Wellesley College
Pendleton East 133
106 Central Street
Wellesley, MA 02481
USA
Tel.: +1-781-283-3474
Catia C. Confortini
Professor of Peace and Justice Studies
Scholar and activist on feminism and peace.
I am a Professor of Peace and Justice Studies at Wellesley College, a historically women’s college located in the outskirts of Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. You will find information about my scholarship, publication, and teaching in the corresponding sections.
Besides my academic work (available in the “Research” page), I have been involved in peace and justice activism and advocacy at the local and international levels. In the past, I have been: a counselor/advocate for a domestic violence shelter in Long Beach, California; an intern with the Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Bartolomé de las Casas in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, where I ran women’s human rights workshops and helped write and translate the Centro’s reports; an educator and fundraiser for international peace organizations; a community organizer and political advocate for California legislative initiatives, such as the reform of the California Three Strikes Law, a death penalty moratorium, and opposition to a California constitutional amendment precluding marriage rights to same sex couples. In the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), I served as US Representative to the International Board and member of the US Section from 2011 to 2014, and as International Vice President from 2015 to 2018. I am currently the convener of WILPF’s Standing Personnel Committee and President of the Board of WILPF UNO, Inc.