Dr. Jennie DiBartolomeo holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of NH, a master’s degree from Goddard College, a CAGS from Boston University, and a doctorate in education from Clark University. She is a certified forensic counselor (NAFC) and licensed as a professional counselor of mental health (Delaware).

 

Dr. DiBartolomeo has experience of working with both victims of crimes and criminal offenders. Dr. DiBartolomeo currently specializes in providing court-ordered evaluations, programs in battering, anger management, violence intervention and stress management. She conducts seminars in domestic violence, anger management, stress management, conflict resolution, and cultural diversity for private, community, state, and national organizations.

Dr. DiBartolomeo provides specialized educational training and programming for perpetrators who have strangled their intimate partners. She was trained by the prestigious Training Institute on Strangulation (Alliance of Hope) and has provided seminars on non-fatal strangulation to lawyers, probation officers, counselors, psychologists, law enforcement and nurses.

Dr. DiBartolomeo's accomplishments include:

• Lecturer in domestic violence at Rivier University, Nashua, NH (2024).

• Trainer in domestic violence for governmental agencies in NH (2000-2024).

• Board of Governors, member, National Association of Forensic Counselors (2022-2024).

• Trainer in domestic violence for intergovernmental representatives from Asia, Africa, and Europe through World Affairs Council (2018-2024).

• National keynote speaker on batterer programs and criminal thinking (2022).

• Member and former co-chair of the Greater Manchester Domestic and Sexual Violence Council (1998-2020).

• Guardian ad Litem. Also, assisted in development of curriculum for certification.

• Volunteer at domestic violence shelters for victims.

• Volunteer as victim witness advocate for felony cases at Rockingham County (NH) Superior Court.

• Assisted in the development of the NH Batterer Intervention Standards for providers of batterer programs and served on the NH Attorney General's Committee for revision of the STANDARDS.

• Curriculum director of twenty-one public schools, public school teacher, assistant principal, and principal.

• Undergraduate and graduate college instructor in criminal justice and education.

• Auxiliary State Trooper of the NH State Police focused on training and developing curriculum for both part time and full time State Police.

• Special Education Investigator for the NH Department of Education.

• Trainer for domestic violence advocate volunteers of the "Y" in Manchester, NH.

• Trainer in domestic violence for visitation centers in NH.

• Chair of the NH Chapter of the Forensic Counselors.

• Consultant and adjunct faculty member at the NH Police Standards and Training Council.

 

In addition, Dr. DiBartolomeo conducts research on female offenders of domestic violence and has written an article on a proposed offender model published in the V5, Issue 1, 2006 issue of Forensic Therapist. She has written a workbook, Mission Statement for Batterer Intervention Program Providers and Students, which is available at bookstore.dorrancepublishing.com. Her work as a Certified Forensic Counselor was featured in the August 2014 issue of Business NH.

* National Keynote Speaker - September 22, 2022 *
Dr. DiBartolomeo presented an intense 24-month research project on Demystifying the Complexities of the Male Batterer's Value System, His Criminality, and the Status of Batterer Intervention Programs. The audience included lawyers, judges, law enforcement, violence advocates, psychologists, social workers, mental health workers, batterer intervention program providers, and professors.

* Night of Remembrance - October 2016, 2017 *
Dr. DiBartolomeo had the honor of serving as a moderator of the "Night of Remembrance," an event held to memorialize the fatalities of domestic violence in New Hampshire.

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 * Book on Domestic Violence - Book Signing, October 18, 2014 *

Dr. DiBartolomeo's book signing at the Barnes & Noble book store in Manchester NH on October 18, 2014 was held to honor the Domestic Violence Awareness month. In attendance were supporters of Domestic Violence Awareness Month including Manchester Mayor Gatsas, Chair of the Board of Directors of the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, Detectives and a Victim Witness Advocate from the Domestic Violence Unit of the Manchester Police Department, and the Barnes & Noble Community Relations Manager.