Carolyn M. West

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Carolyn M. West
Born
Carolyn Marie West

United States
Awards2004 American Psychological Association’s Carolyn Payton Early Career Award
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Missouri–St. Louis
ThesisCourtship violence among African-Americans (1994)
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Washington Tacoma
Main interestsFamily violence and human sexuality
Notable worksViolence in the Lives of Black Women: Battered, Black, and Blue
WebsiteDr. 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]

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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[edit]

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[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[edit]

Books[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.

Chapters in books[edit]

1995–1999

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

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[edit]

1990–1999

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

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.

2010 onwards

Other[edit]

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]

  1. ^ "West, Carolyn M. (Carolyn Marie)". Virtual International Authority File (VIAF). Archived from the original on 2016-04-05. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Editorial board: Sexualization, Media, and Society". SAGE. 2015-10-27. Archived from the original on 2016-01-05. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Editorial board: Partner Abuse". Springer. Archived from the original on 2015-10-24. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Editorial board: Women & Therapy". Taylor and Francis. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ West, Carolyn M. (1994). Courtship violence among African-Americans (Ph.D. thesis). University of Missouri–St. Louis. OCLC 31601557.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ 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.

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