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Prof. Nancy Nason-Clark
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University of New BrunswickAcademy or College
Academy of Social SciencesYear Elected
2017Areas of Interest
Violence against women, batterers, religion
NASON-CLARK, Nancy, Department of Sociology, University of New Brunswick
Nancy Nason-Clark is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of New Brunswick. She is recognized internationally for her innovative research on religion and domestic violence, altering how academics understand violence in families of faith and how religious leaders are trained to respond. She has received numerous awards for harnessing the academic rigour of her scholarship as the basis of a call for social justice.
Professeure au département de sociologie de l'Université du Nouveau-Brunswick, Nancy Nason-Clark est reconnue internationalement pour son étude novatrice de la religion et de la violence familiale. Ses conclusions ont permis de changer la conception que les universitaires se font de la violence au sein des familles religieuses de même la formation que les dirigeants religieux reçoivent sur la façon d'y réagir. Mme Nason-Clark a reçu de nombreux prix reconnaissant sa capacité à exploiter la rigueur universitaire dans l’ensemble de ses travaux au profit de la justice sociale.