• Lectures and Keynote Addresses
• Workshops and Professional Training
• Sample Workshop Description

Lectures and workshops

Carolyn West frequently presents at national conferences, including the American Psychological Association and Association for Women in Psychology Conference. She is available to offer lectures and workshops to professional and general audiences. Feel free to contact her to discuss the needs and interests of your organization.

Selected presentations are listed below to illustrate the scope of her topic areas. For a detailed listing of past presentations, please see her Curriculum Vitae. Upcoming presentations are listed on the home page.

Lectures and Keynote Addresses

Abuse is Wrong in Any Language: Understanding Culture and Domestic Violence. Keynote Address at MiRA Centre Conference. Oslo, Norway (November, 2006).

From Isolation to Collaboration: Meeting in the Middle to Address Violence Against Women. Keynote Address presented at Oregon Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence Annual Conference. Pendleton, OR (August, 2005).

Mammy, Sapphire, and Jezebel: Images of Black women and mental health. Lecture at Tap Dancin on my Last Nerve National Symposium on Mental Health and the African American Woman. Portland, OR (August, 2004).

Illuminating Pathways: Multicultural Perspectives on Intimate Partner Violence. Keynote address at Portland State University's Seventh Annual Conference. Portland, OR (July, 2004).

Violence in the Lives of Black Women: Roots, Reality, and Relevance. Keynote address at the Centers for Victims of Violence and Crime's Symposium Black and Blue, Violence in the Lives of Black Women: A Collective Call to Help and Healing. Pittsburgh, PA (June, 2004).

Charting a New Course: New Directions for Action and Research on Gender Based Violence. Keynote for the Wellesley Centers for Women 2004 International Research & Action Conference, Wellesley, MA (April, 2004).

Violence in the Lives of Black Women. Presentation at Harvard University's Take Back the Night Seminar Series, Boston, MA (April, 2004).

Building the Bridge From Survival to Success. Keynote address for the Pierce County YWCA 20th Annual Celebration Luncheon. Tacoma, WA (April, 2003).

Workshops and Professional Training

Still on the Auction Block: Sexual Objectification of Black Women in Hip Hop Culture. Workshop presented at Preventing Sexual Assault in Communities of Color: Men and Women United. Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault Women of Color Network Conference. Largo, Maryland (April, 2006).

Sex Toy Stories: Integrating toys and activities in Human Sexuality courses. Workshop at the Association for Women in Psychology Annual Conference, Ypsilanti, MI. (March, 2006).

Still on the Auction Block: Sexual Objectification of Black Women in Hip Hop Culture. Presented at the Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community National Conference. August 8-10, York College, Queens NY (August, 2005)

Beyond Baby Mama Drama and Deadbeat Dads: Black Women, Violence, and Pregnancy. Workshop presented at National Black Religious Summit 9 on Sexuality, Breaking the Silence: Restoring Sacred Relationships. Howard University School of Divinity. Washington, D.C. (2005, July).

Standing in the Need of Care: Rape and Sexual Assault in the African American Community. Training presented for the Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs. Seattle, WA (March, 2005).

Hello, is anyone listening?: Integrating Black women experience into the Psychology of Women course. Outside In: Teaching the Psychology of All Women (When You Aren't All Women). Pre-Convention Continuing Education Training conducted at the American Psychological Association Convention, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (August, 2003).

Sample Workshop Description

Standing in the Need of Care: Understand Sexual Violence in the African American Community. Workshop presented at Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs 2006 Conference. Spokane, WA (May, 2006).

Despite the silence, sexual violence is a serious problem in the African American community. This interactive workshop is designed to explore

• historical factors that influence Black women's experience with sexual violence
• how living at the intersection of multiple forms of oppression influence violence
• cultural factors that contribute to silence around this issue
• racial differences in risk factors and disclosure patterns

The workshop will conclude with tools and techniques that service providers can use to build effective collaborations with community members and survivors.