Biography: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]

Education

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

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. https://archive.org/details/violenc_xxx_2002_00_5115. 
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. 
  • 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

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

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". 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". 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.. Black women in America: an historical encyclopedia (2nd ed.). Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 281–287. ISBN 9780195156775. https://archive.org/details/blackwomeninamer0000unse/page/281.  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". The handbook of women, stress, and trauma. New York, New York: Brunner-Routledge. pp. 207–228. ISBN 9780415947428. https://archive.org/details/handbookwomenstr00kend_258. 
  • West, Carolyn M. (2005). "Domestic violence in ethnically and racially diverse families: the "political gag order" has been lifted". in Sokoloff, Natalie. 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". 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.  Pdf.

2010–2014

2015 onwards

  • West, Carolyn M. (February 2016). "Living in a web of trauma: an ecological examination of violence Among African Americans". 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. 
  • 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.  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". 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. doi:10.1177/1077559500005001006. PMID 11232062.  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.  Pdf.
  • West, Carolyn M.; James, William H.; Deters, Karla Ezrre; Armijo, Eduardo (Fall 2000). "Youth dating violence". Adolescence 35 (139): 455–465. PMID 11130591. https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-68535843/youth-dating-violence. 
  • 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. 
  • 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. 
  • 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.  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. 
  • 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.  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.  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.

2010 onwards

Other

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

  1. ↑ "West, Carolyn M. (Carolyn Marie)". Virtual International Authority File (VIAF). https://viaf.org/viaf/46123579/#West,_Carolyn_M._%28Carolyn_Marie%29. 
  2. ↑ Landrine, Hope; Russo, Nancy Felipe (2010), "Contributors", Handbook of diversity in feminist psychology, New York: Springer, p. xv, ISBN 9780826117069. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Invisible no more!". Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence (OAESV). http://www.oaesv.org/invisible-no-more/. 
  4. ↑ "Editorial board: Sexualization, Media, and Society". SAGE. 2015-10-27. https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/sexualization-media-society/journal202355#editorial-board. 
  5. ↑ "Editorial board: Partner Abuse". Springer. http://www.springerpub.com/partner-abuse.html. 
  6. ↑ "Editorial board: Women & Therapy". Taylor and Francis. http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=wwat20. 
  7. ↑ McCue, Margi Laird (2008), "Biographical sketches: Carolyn West", in McCue, Margi Laird, 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. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Sokoloff, Natalie (2005), "Biographical notes", in Sokoloff, Natalie, Domestic violence at the margins: readings on race, class, gender, and culture, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, p. 443, ISBN 9780813535708. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Carolyn M. West, Ph.D. (curriculum vitae). University of Washington Tacoma. http://directory.tacoma.uw.edu/sites/default/files/west_carolyn_cv_2013.pdf. Retrieved 8 November 2015. 
  11. ↑ "PASK researchers: about the authors: Carolyn West, Ph.D.". Partner Abuse State of Knowledge Project (PASK). http://www.domesticviolenceresearch.org/pages/pask_researchers.htm. 
  12. ↑ West, Carolyn M. (2002), "Front cover", in West, Carolyn M., Violence in the lives of Black women: battered, black, and blue, New York: Haworth Press, ISBN 9780789019950, https://archive.org/details/violenc_xxx_2002_00_5115. 

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