Carolyn M. West
Carolyn M. West | |
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Born | Carolyn Marie West |
Awards | 2004 American Psychological Association’s Carolyn Payton Early Career Award |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Missouri–St. Louis |
Thesis | Courtship violence among African-Americans (1994) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Washington Tacoma |
Main interests | Family violence and human sexuality |
Notable works | Violence in the Lives of Black Women: Battered, Black, and Blue |
Website | Dr. Carolyn West |
Carolyn Marie West[1] is associate professor of psychology (family violence and human sexuality course), at the University of Washington Tacoma,[2] and was the first holder of the Bartley Dobb Professorship for the Study and Prevention of Violence (2005-2008).[3]
West is one of the chief editors of the journal Sexualization, Media, and Society.[4] She also sits on the editorial boards of Partner Abuse[5] and Women & Therapy,[6] and was previously on the editorial board of Sex Roles.[7]
Education
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West gained her degree in 1986, her masters in 1988 and her doctorate in clinical psychology in 1994.[8][9] She studied for all three at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.[10] West carried out her predoctoral internship (1993-1994) at the University of Notre Dame Counseling Center and Oaklawn Hospital, Indiana[10]
Career
West completed a postdoctoral research scholarship at the University of New Hampshire's Family Research Laboratory.[9] She has also served as an expert witness in domestic violence cases involving victim-defendants and testified at Congressional Briefings in Washington, DC.[11]
Awards
- 2000 Outstanding Research Award from the University of Minnesota's Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community.[9]
- 2004 American Psychological Association's (Section 35, APA Society for the Psychology of Women) Carolyn Payton Early Career Award.[12]
- 2013 University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award.[3]
Bibliography
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Books
- West, Carolyn M. (1994). Courtship violence among African-Americans (Ph.D. thesis). University of Missouri–St. Louis. OCLC 31601557.
- West, Carolyn M. (2002). Violence in the lives of Black women: battered, black, and blue. New York: Haworth Press. ISBN 9780789019950.
- A monograph published simultaneously as: West, Carolyn M.; Williams, Linda M.; Siegel, Jane A.; Banyard, Victoria L. (October 2002). "Childhood sexual abuse in the lives of Black women: risk and resilience in a longitudinal study". Women & Therapy. 25 (3–4): 45–58. doi:10.1300/J015v25n03_04. S2CID 141809213.
- West, Carolyn M.; Ballou, Mary; Hill, Marcia (2008). Feminist therapy theory and practice: a contemporary perspective. New York: Springer. ISBN 9780826119575.
Chapters in books
1995–1999
- West, Carolyn M. (1998). "Leaving a second closet: outing partner violence in same-sex couples". In Williams, Linda M.; Jasinski, Jana L. (eds.). Partner violence: a comprehensive review of 20 years of research. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE. pp. 163–183. ISBN 9780761913184. Preview.
- West, Carolyn M. (1998). "Lifting the "political gag order": breaking the silence around partner violence in ethnic minority families". In Williams, Linda M.; Jasinski, Jana L. (eds.). Partner violence: a comprehensive review of 20 years of research. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE. pp. 184–209. ISBN 9780761913184. Preview. Pdf.
- West, Carolyn M. (1999). "Images of Black women". In Tierney, Helen (ed.). Women's studies encyclopedia. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 680–681. ISBN 9780313310720. Description of "Mammy", "Sapphire", and "Jezebel". Preview.
- Also see: West, Carolyn M. (1995). "Mammy, Sapphire, and Jezebel: Historical images of Black women and their implications for psychotherapy". Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training. 32 (3): 458–466. doi:10.1037/0033-3204.32.3.458. Blog based on the journal article.
2000–2004
- West, Carolyn M. (2000). "Developing an "oppositional gaze" toward the images of Black women". In Chrisler, Joan C.; Golden, Carla; Rozee, Patricia D. (eds.). Lectures on the psychology of women (2nd ed.). Boston, Massachusetts: McGraw-Hill. pp. 220–233. ISBN 9780072348606.
- West, Carolyn M.; Williams, Linda M.; Mahoney, Patricia (2001). "Violence against women by intimates". In Renzetti, Claire M.; Edleson, Jeffrey L.; Kennedy Bergen, Raquel (eds.). Sourcebook on violence against women (1st ed.). Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE. pp. 143–178. ISBN 9780761920052.
- West, Carolyn M. (2002). "Black battered women: new directions for research and Black feminist theory". In Collins, Lynn H.; Dunlap, Michelle R.; Chrisler, Joan C. (eds.). Charting a new course for feminist psychology. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers. pp. 216–237. ISBN 9780275969523. Pdf.
- West, Carolyn M. (2003). ""Feminism is a Black thing"? Feminist contributions to Black family life". In Daniels, Lee A. (ed.). The state of Black America 2003. Washington, D.C: National Urban League. pp. 13–27. ISBN 9780914758884. Pdf.
- West, Carolyn M. (2004). "Mammy, Jezebel, and Sapphire: Developing an "oppositional gaze" toward the images of Black women". In Chrisler, Joan C.; Golden, Carla; Rozee, Patricia D. (eds.). Lectures on the psychology of women (3rd ed.). Boston, Massachusetts: McGraw-Hill. pp. 236–252. ISBN 9780072826715.
- Also see: West, Carolyn M. (1995). "Mammy, Sapphire, and Jezebel: Historical images of Black women and their implications for psychotherapy". Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training. 32 (3): 458–466. doi:10.1037/0033-3204.32.3.458. Blog based on the journal article.
- West, Carolyn M. (2004). "Leaving a second closet: Outing partner violence in same-sex couples". In Price, Barbara R.; Sokoloff, Natalie J. (eds.). The criminal justice system and women: offenders, prisoners, victims, and workers (3rd ed.). Boston, Massachusetts: McGraw-Hill. pp. 375–389. ISBN 9780072463996.
2005–2009
- West, Carolyn M. (2005). "The sexual abuse of Afro-American and white-American women in childhood (1985) by Gail Wyatt: a reflection on Gail Wyatt's research". In Kennedy Bergen, Raquel L.; Edleson, Jeffrey L.; Renzetti, Claire M. (eds.). Violence against women: classic papers. Boston, Massachusetts: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon. pp. 73–74. ISBN 9780205392636.
- West, Carolyn M. (2005). "Violence". In Hine, Darlene C. (ed.). Black women in America: an historical encyclopedia (2nd ed.). Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 281–287. ISBN 9780195156775. Pdf.
- West, Carolyn M.; Banks, Martha E.; Ackerman, Rosalie J.; Yee, Barbara W. K. (2005). "Stress and trauma in the lives of women of color". In Kendall-Tackett, Kathleen A. (ed.). The handbook of women, stress, and trauma. New York, New York: Brunner-Routledge. pp. 207–228. ISBN 9780415947428.
- West, Carolyn M. (2005). "Domestic violence in ethnically and racially diverse families: the "political gag order" has been lifted". In Sokoloff, Natalie (ed.). Domestic violence at the margins: readings on race, class, gender, and culture. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press. pp. 157–173. ISBN 9780813535708. Pdf.
- West, Carolyn M.; Kantor, Glenda Kaufman; Jasinski, Jana L. (2005). "Sociodemographic predictors and cultural barriers to help-seeking behavior by Latina and Anglo American battered women". In Gabbidon, Shaun L.; Taylor Greene, Helen (eds.). Race, crime, and justice: a reader. New York: Routledge. pp. 161–173. ISBN 9780415947077.
- Also printed as: West, Carolyn M.; Kantor, Glenda Kaufman; Jasinski, Jana L. (Winter 1998). "Sociodemographic predictors and cultural barriers to help-seeking behavior by Latina and Anglo American battered women". Violence and Victims. 13 (4): 361–375. doi:10.1891/0886-6708.13.4.361. PMID 10328444. S2CID 28720776. Pdf.
- West, Carolyn M. (2007). "Dating violence among African American couples". In Jackson, Nicky Ali (ed.). Encyclopedia of domestic violence. New York, New York: Routledge. pp. 235–238. ISBN 9780203942215. Pdf.
- West, Carolyn M. (2008). in McCue, Margi Laird (ed.). Domestic violence: a reference handbook (2nd ed.). Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781851097791.
- West, Carolyn M. (2008). "Mammy, Jezebel, Sapphire, and their homegirls: developing an "oppositional gaze" toward the images of Black women". In Chrisler, Joan C.; Golden, Carla; Rozee, Patricia D. (eds.). Lectures on the psychology of women (4th ed.). Boston, Massachusetts: McGraw-Hill. pp. 286–299. ISBN 9780073405445. Pdf.
- West, Carolyn M. (2009). "Still on the auction block: the (s)exploitation of Black adolescent girls in rap(e) music and hip hop culture". In Olfman, Sharna (ed.). The sexualization of childhood. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Press. pp. 89–102. ISBN 9780275999865. Pdf.
2010–2014
- West, Carolyn M.; Buchanan, Nicole T. (2010). "Sexual harassment in the lives of women of color". In Landrine, Hope; Russo, Nancy Felipe (eds.). Handbook of diversity in feminist psychology. New York: Springer. pp. 449–469. ISBN 9780826117069.
- West, Carolyn M. (2010). "Resistance as recovery: winning a sexual harassment complaint". In White, Aaronette M. (ed.). African Americans doing feminism putting theory into everyday practice. Albany: State University of New York (SUNY) Press. pp. 175–188. ISBN 9781438431420. Pdf.
- West, Carolyn M. (2012). "Racial violence". In Berry, Daina Ramey; Alford, Deleso A. (eds.). Enslaved women in America: an encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood Press. pp. 319–322. ISBN 9780313349089. Pdf.
- West, Carolyn M. (2012). "Lesbian intimate partner violence: prevalence and dynamics". In Rose, Suzanna M. (ed.). Lesbian love and relationships. New York: Routledge. pp. 121–128. ISBN 9781317992554.
2015 onwards
- West, Carolyn M. (February 2016). "Living in a web of trauma: an ecological examination of violence Among African Americans". In Cuevas, Carlos A.; Rennison, Callie Marie (eds.). The Wiley-Blackwell handbook on the psychology of violence. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 9781118303153. Preview.
Journal articles
1990–1999
- West, Carolyn M.; Stake, Jayne E.; Roades, Laurie; Rose, Suzanna; Ellis, Lisa (March 1994). "The women's studies experience: Impetus for feminist activism". Psychology of Women Quarterly. 18 (1): 17–24. doi:10.1111/j.1471-6402.1994.tb00294.x. S2CID 143332479.
- West, Carolyn M. (1995). "Mammy, Sapphire, and Jezebel: Historical images of Black women and their implications for psychotherapy". Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training. 32 (3): 458–466. doi:10.1037/0033-3204.32.3.458. Blog based on the journal article.
- West, Carolyn M.; Kantor, Glenda Kaufman; Jasinski, Jana L. (Winter 1998). "Sociodemographic predictors and cultural barriers to help-seeking behavior by Latina and Anglo American battered women". Violence and Victims. 13 (4): 361–375. doi:10.1891/0886-6708.13.4.361. PMID 10328444. S2CID 28720776. Pdf.
- Also printed as: West, Carolyn M.; Kantor, Glenda Kaufman; Jasinski, Jana L. (2005). "Sociodemographic predictors and cultural barriers to help-seeking behavior by Latina and Anglo American battered women". In Gabbidon, Shaun L.; Taylor Greene, Helen (eds.). Race, crime, and justice: a reader. New York: Routledge. pp. 161–173. ISBN 9780415947077.
2000–2009
- West, Carolyn M.; Williams, Linda M.; Siegel, Jane A. (February 2000). "Adult sexual revictimization among Black women sexually abused in childhood: a prospective examination of serious consequences of abuse". Child Maltreatment. 5 (1): 49–57. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.466.1554. doi:10.1177/1077559500005001006. PMID 11232062. S2CID 16420852. Pdf.
- West, Carolyn M.; Rose, Suzanna (May 2000). "Dating aggression among low income African American youth: an examination of gender differences and antagonistic beliefs". Violence Against Women. 6 (5): 470–494. doi:10.1177/10778010022181985. S2CID 73027693. Pdf.
- West, Carolyn M.; James, William H.; Deters, Karla Ezrre; Armijo, Eduardo (Fall 2000). "Youth dating violence". Adolescence. 35 (139): 455–465. PMID 11130591.
- West, Carolyn M. (January 2002). "Lesbian intimate partner violence: prevalence and dynamics". Journal of Lesbian Studies. 6 (1): 121–127. doi:10.1300/J155v06n01_11. PMID 24803054. S2CID 30945308.
- Issue of Women & Therapy which used a Black feminist framework to investigate childhood sexual abuse, intimate partner violence, sexual assault, sexual harassment and community violence in the lives of African American women.
- West, Carolyn M. (October 2002). "Introduction". Women & Therapy. 25 (3–4): 1–4. doi:10.1300/J015v25n03_01. S2CID 219612183.
- West, Carolyn M. (October 2002). "Battered, black, and blue: an overview of violence in the lives of Black women". Women & Therapy. 25 (3–4): 5–27. doi:10.1300/J015v25n03_02. S2CID 142615068. Pdf.
- West, Carolyn M.; Williams, Linda M.; Siegel, Jane A.; Banyard, Victoria L. (October 2002). "Childhood sexual abuse in the lives of Black women: risk and resilience in a longitudinal study". Women & Therapy. 25 (3–4): 45–58. doi:10.1300/J015v25n03_04. S2CID 141809213.
- West, Carolyn M. (October 2002). ""I find myself at therapy's doorstep": summary and suggested readings on violence in the lives of Black women". Women & Therapy. 25 (3–4): 193–201. doi:10.1300/J015v25n03_15. S2CID 147188586. Pdf.
- West, Carolyn M. (December 2004). "Black women and intimate partner violence: new directions for research". Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 19 (12): 1487–1493. doi:10.1177/0886260504269700. PMID 15492062. S2CID 43152332. Pdf.
- West, Carolyn M.; Committee on Professional Practice and Standards (COPPS) (December 2005). "Determination and documentation of the need for practice guidelines". American Psychologist. 60 (9): 976–978. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.60.9.976. PMID 16366819. Pdf.
- Members of the Committee on Professional Practice and Standards (COPPS): Cynthia A. Sturm; Kristin A. Hancock; Armand R. Cerbone; Victor de La Cancela; Mary A. Connell; William E. Foote; Michele M. Galietta; Larry C. James; Leigh W. Jerome; Sara J. Knight; David C. Mohr; and Philip H. Witt.
- West, Carolyn M.; Koss, Mary P.; Abbey, Antonia; Campbell, Rebecca; Cook, Sarah; Norris, Jeanette; Testa, Maria; Ullman, Sarah; White, Jacquelyn (December 2007). "Revising the SES: a collaborative process to improve assessment of sexual aggression and victimization" (PDF). Psychology of Women Quarterly. 31 (4): 357–370. doi:10.1111/j.1471-6402.2007.00385.x. S2CID 144908721. Pdf.
- West, Carolyn M. (December 2007). ""Sorry, we have to take you in:" Black Battered women arrested for intimate partner violence". Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma. 15 (3–4): 95–121. doi:10.1080/10926770802097277. S2CID 144072554.
- West, Carolyn M. (June 2008). ""A thin line between love and hate"? Black men as victims and perpetrators of dating violence". Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma. 16 (3): 238–257. doi:10.1080/10926770801925569. S2CID 146691714. Pdf.
- West, Carolyn M.; Major, Brenda; Appelbaum, Mark; Beckman, Linda; Dutton, Mary Ann; Russo, Nancy Felipe (December 2009). "Abortion and mental health: evaluating the evidence". American Psychologist. 64 (9): 863–890. doi:10.1037/a0017497. PMID 19968372. Pdf.
2010 onwards
- West, Carolyn M. (July 2012). "Partner abuse in ethnic minority and gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender populations". Partner Abuse. 3 (3): 336–357. doi:10.1891/1946-6560.3.3.336. S2CID 143446933. Pdf.
- West, Carolyn M.; Dines, Gail; Johnson, Jennifer A.; Bridges, Ana J.; Condit, Deirdre M. (April 2015). "Introducing Sexualization, Media & Society". Sexualization, Media, & Society. 1 (1): 487–515. doi:10.1177/2374623815588763.
- West, Carolyn M.; Lacey, Krim K.; Matusko, Niki; Jackson, James S. (October 2015). "Prevalence and factors associated with severe intimate partner violence among U.S. Black women: a comparison of African American and Caribbean Blacks". Violence Against Women. 22 (6): 651–670. doi:10.1177/1077801215610014. PMC 5916757. PMID 26503860.
- West, Carolyn M. (forthcoming). ""My soul looks back and wonders how I made it over": battered Black women's healing journey". Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma (Taylor and Francis).
- West, Carolyn M. (forthcoming). "African immigrant women and intimate partner violence: "The Oceans and Elephants Between Us"". Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma (Taylor and Francis).
Other
- Lenhart, Jennifer (May 30, 2006). "Trying to break a 'culture of silence' on rape". The Washington Post. Nash Holdings LLC.
- West was keynote speaker at a conference organized by Kathy Ferguson coordinator of the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault. The conference was held at Prince George's Community College in Largo, April 2006.
References
- ^ "West, Carolyn M. (Carolyn Marie)". Virtual International Authority File (VIAF). Archived from the original on 2016-04-05. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ Landrine, Hope; Russo, Nancy Felipe (2010), "Contributors", in Landrine, Hope; Russo, Nancy Felipe (eds.), Handbook of diversity in feminist psychology, New York: Springer, p. xv, ISBN 9780826117069.
- ^ a b "Invisible no more!". oaesv.org. Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence (OAESV). Archived from the original on 2015-10-18. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ "Editorial board: Sexualization, Media, and Society". SAGE. 2015-10-27. Archived from the original on 2016-01-05. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ "Editorial board: Partner Abuse". Springer. Archived from the original on 2015-10-24. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ "Editorial board: Women & Therapy". Taylor and Francis. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ McCue, Margi Laird (2008), "Biographical sketches: Carolyn West", in McCue, Margi Laird (ed.), Domestic violence: a reference handbook (2nd ed.), Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, p. 171, ISBN 9781851097791.
- ^ West, Carolyn M. (1994). Courtship violence among African-Americans (Ph.D. thesis). University of Missouri–St. Louis. OCLC 31601557.
- ^ a b c Sokoloff, Natalie (2005), "Biographical notes", in Sokoloff, Natalie (ed.), Domestic violence at the margins: readings on race, class, gender, and culture, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, p. 443, ISBN 9780813535708.
- ^ a b Carolyn M. West, Ph.D. (curriculum vitae) (PDF). University of Washington Tacoma. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ "PASK researchers: about the authors: Carolyn West, Ph.D." domesticviolenceresearch.org. Partner Abuse State of Knowledge Project (PASK). Archived from the original on 2015-08-13. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ^ West, Carolyn M. (2002), "Front cover", in West, Carolyn M. (ed.), Violence in the lives of Black women: battered, black, and blue, New York: Haworth Press, ISBN 9780789019950.
External links
- Dr. Carolyn West
- Profile page: Carolyn West University of Washington Tacoma