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]
Carolyn M. West | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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
editWest 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
editWest 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
edit- 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
editBooks
edit- 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.
Other
edit- 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
edit- ^ "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
edit- Dr. Carolyn West
- Profile page: Carolyn West University of Washington Tacoma
