Simone Snyder

Simone is an Assistant Teaching Professor at the Rutgers School of Social Work whose work centers on violence prevention, maternal health, and community resilience. She also has experience working directly with families as a doula and midwifery assistant. Her experiences with pregnant and laboring people shaped her interest in researching obstetric violence and respectful maternal care. Her current research interests include food justice and access to green spaces as strategies for violence prevention and community resilience.

She received her MSW with a Certificate in Violence Against Women and Children from Rutgers and her BA in Anthropology and Gender Studies from New York University. Simone was also recently selected by UN Women to serve as an Ending Violence Against Women Expert.

Presentations:

• "Equity Minded Doula." Can We Talk? Addressing Equity and the Impact of Social Determinants on Maternal Health, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and Rutgers School of Nursing. April 2025
• “Whose body is it, anyway? The intersection of health, client autonomy, and social work across the lifespan. National Association of Social Workers NJ, Annual Conference, March 2025.
• “Obstetric Violence Unveiled,” Reproductive Justice Resistance Briefings, March, 2025
• “Understanding the experience of birth professionals who witness obstetric violence,” Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health, “APPAH Live” event, June 2024.
• “Breaking barriers: Cultivating a trauma-informed approach to healthcare,” Creating Transformative Systems, New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Panel discussion, May 2024.
• “Understanding the intersection of reproductive justice and sexual violence,” National Sexual Violence Resource Center, Annual Conference, August 2023.
• “Understanding the Intersections of Sexual Violence and Reproductive Justice.” National Sexual Violence Resource Center Annual Conference. San Francisco, CA, August 2023
• “Anti-Blackness: State and structural violence against Black women,” Global Foundation for Girls Annual Convening, June 2023

Multi-Media Project:
https://simonesnyder.wixsite.com/reclaimingnarratives

Publications:

• Snyder, S. (2024). Getting to the root: Bridging the micro-macro divide using the critical transformative potential development framework. Abolitionist Perspectives in Social Work, 1(2), 1-13.
• Snyder, S., Burnham, J., DeCristofano, A., Ast, R., McMahon, S., Padovano, K. (2023). A Social Justice Approach to Bystander Intervention: Rethinking Violence Prevention Programming. Sexual Assault Report. Civic Research Institute.
• McMahon, S., Cusano, J., Buttner, C., Snyder, S., Ast, R. S., & Camerer, K. (2022). Evaluating efforts to address campus sexual violence: developing a data ecosystem.Journal of interpersonal violence.
• O'Connor, J., Nikolova, K., Cardenas, I., & Snyder, S. (2022). The Mediating Effect of Traditional Gender Beliefs on the Relationship between Gender Disparities and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 1-18.
• Bennett, E. R., Snyder, S., Cusano, J., McMahon, S., Zijdel, M., Camerer, K., & Howley, C. (2021). Supporting survivors of campus dating and sexual violence during COVID-19: A social work perspective. Social Work in Health Care, 60(1), 106-116.
• McMahon, S., Steiner, J., Snyder, S., & Banyard, V. L. (2021). Comprehensive prevention of campus sexual violence: Expanding who is invited to the table. Trauma,Violence, & Abuse, 22(4), 843-855.
• Snyder, S. ( 2011). Active interference. Midwifery Today, (100) 20-22.
• Snyder, S. (2010). A breech in the system: a film by Karen Ecker. International Journal of Childbirth Education, 25 (2), 18.
• Snyder, S. (2010). My water birth. Midwifery Today, (96) 30-30.
• Snyder, S. (2025). The Experience of Birth Professionals Who Witness Obstetric Violence During Childbirth. Affilia, 40(2), 304-319.
• McMahon, S., Power, M., Snyder, S., & Elias-Lambert, N. (2025). Centering Intersectionality in Bystander Intervention: Advancing Inclusive and Equitable Prevention Strategies. Journal of Family Violence, 40(7), 1459-1466.

BSW: 

• Interpersonal Violence and Social Change 
• Confronting Anti-Black Racism
• HBSE II
• Intro to Social Work and Social Justice 

MSW: 

• Advanced Contemporary Policy: Interpersonal Violence and Trauma
• HBSE II: Violence and Abuse in Adulthood 

DSW: 

• Obstetric Violence Qualitative Example