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Dr. Carolyn M. West is Associate Professor of Psychology and the Bartley Dobb Professor for the Study and Prevention of Violence in the Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Program at the University of Washington, Tacoma.She is an award-winning scholar, author, and Fellow of the American Psychological Association. Dr. West writes, trains, consults, and lectures nationally on interpersonal violence and sexual assault, with a special focus on violence in the lives of African American women. |
Upcoming PresentationsDr. Carolyn West will share the stage and her expertise with Bill Cosby. They will discuss disadvantaged chilren and families. Join her for this important event in Lakewood, WA on November 13, 2007. |
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Violence in the Lives of Black Women: Battered, Black, and Blue
For too long, Black women have been suffering the effects of violence in painful silence. This award-winning book provides a forum where personal testimony and academic research meet to show you how living at the intersection of many kinds of oppression shapes the lives of Black women. |
New PublicationsWest, C. M. (2008). Mammy, Jezebel, Sapphire, and Their Homegirls: Developing an "Oppositional Gaze" Toward the Images of Black Women. In J. C. Chrisler, C. Golden, & P. D. Rozee (Eds.), Lectures on the Psychology of Women (4th Ed.) (pp. 287-299). New York: McGraw Hill. Sexual Violence in the Lives of African American Women: Risk, Response, and Resilience By Carolyn M. West with contributions from Jacqueline Johnson (October 2006). |
Recent MediaDomestic Violence in the African American Community Keeping it Real with Rev. Al Sharpton. (March 7, 2007). The Victim's Movement and the Black Community. National Public Radio News & Notes, Interview with Tony Cox. (December 21, 2006). |
