Carolyn M. West
Carolyn M. West | |
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| 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 |
Carolyn Marie West is associate professor of psychology (family violence and human sexuality course), at the University of Washington Tacoma, and was the first holder of the Bartley Dobb Professorship for the Study and Prevention of Violence (2005-2008).
West is one of the chief editors of the journal Sexualization, Media, and Society. She also sits on the editorial boards of Partner Abuse and Women & Therapy, and was previously on the editorial board of Sex Roles.