Cathy Holtmann

Dr. Holtmann's research focuses on gender and religion, family violence and social action. She is the academic lead on the Religion and Violence Research Team at the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research. She is a co-investigator with the Canadian research team on the project Violence Against Women Migrants and Refugees: Analyzing Causes and Effective Policy Response (GBV-MIG Canada Research Program | Saint Mary's University) and is a member of the Expert Advisory Panel for the Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability.

Cathy uses quantitative and qualitative research methods. She has taught undergraduate courses for twenty-five years and teaches an online course in the Family Violence Issues Certificate Program (Certificate in Family Violence Issues | UNB).

Selected publications

Holtmann, C. (2023). Violence in Families, Chapter 14. In Patrizia Albanese, ed. Canadian Families Today: New Perspectives, 5th Edition. Pp. 307-326. Oxford University Press.

Holtmann, C., O’Donnell, S. and Neilson, L.C., eds. (2023). Ending Gender Based Violence: Harnessing Research and Action for Social Change. Concord, ON: Captus Press Inc.

Maitreyi, M. and Holtmann, C. (2023). The Othering of Muslim Minorities and Intimate Partner Violence: Implications for Service Provision, Holtmann, C., O’Donnell, S. and Neilson, L.C., eds. Ending Gender Based Violence: Harnessing Research and Action for Social Change. Pp. 174-193. Concord, ON: Captus Press Inc.

Holtmann, C. (2022) Vulnerability and Resiliency: Immigrant Women, Social Networks and Family Violence, in Jane Freedman, Nina Sahraoui, and Evangelia Tastsoglou, eds, Gender Based Violence in Migration: Interdisciplinary, Feminist and Intersectional Approaches, Pp. 163-185. Palgrave-Macmillan.

Holtmann, C. (2022). Mixed-methods and comparative approaches to studying Muslim immigrant women in Canada. In Amélie Barras, Jennifer Selby and Melanie Adrian, Eds., Producing Islam(s) in Canada: On Knowledge Production, Positionality and Politics. Pp 299-323. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press.

Holtmann, C., Robinson, E. and Williams, R. (2020). Interfaith Photovoice: An Example of Muslim-Christian Engagement in Canada, Visual Studies. DOI: 10.1080/1472586X.2020.1834447

Holtmann, C. and Nason-Clark, N. eds. (2018). Religion, Gender and Family Violence: When Prayers are not Enough. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill.

Holtmann, C. (2018). Who Cares? Religious Immigrant Women, Social Networks, and Family Violence. In C. Holtmann and N. Nason-Clark, eds. Religion, Gender and Family Violence: When Prayers are Not Enough. Pp. 38-59. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill.

Holtmann, C. ed. (2018). Exploring Religion and Diversity in Canada: People, Practice and Possibility. New York: Springer.

Supervision areas

• Sociology of religion
• Gender
• Immigrants
• Domestic or intimate partner violence
• Mixed methods research
• Research using qualitative or quantitative methods
• Visual sociology

Please contact me to discuss possible supervision for undergraduate, MA, and PhD research projects.