UO Psychology 610 Graduate Course
Fall 2016
History, Systems, and Social Justice
Instructor Jennifer Freyd
Syllabus
CRN: 16831
Credits: 3
Thursdays 1:00-3:50
257 Straub
Instructor: Professor Jennifer Freyd
Office: 477 Straub
e-mail: jjf@uoregon.edu
Office Hrs: Mondays 1-2:50
Overview: This new graduate level course will educate graduate students in psychology about the intellectual and social history of psychology while also considering the implications for social justice. In addition to learning about concepts and facts, the course will emphasize critical thinking about both our history and our current situation. In our critical analysis we will draw especially on theories of historiography and intersectionality.
Course Work: Students will be expected to attend all class meetings,
do all assigned readings, and to participate actively in class discussion.
In addition, each student will provide a class presentation and lead discussion. The presentation will be about 20 minutes long and include key ideas and information from the readings. Also the discussion leader will email out a list of discussion questions by the Tuesday at noon
before the Thursday class. By the Monday at noon following the class, the student leading discussion
will email to the class a document including the discussion questions, the presentation
materials/lecture notes, and notes capturing important discussion points from class. In addition, each student will complete a final project after getting a proposal for that project approved by the instructor. Final course grade will be based on participation across the term (25%), the one-class discussion leading and related emails (25%), a final project proposal due on Tuesday 18 October (10%) and the final project due on 23 November (40%).
Required Book:
Pickren, W.A. & Rutherford, A. (2010). A History of Modern Psychology in Context. Wiley.
(Students can purchase a new or used copy of this book or read it online through the UO library.)
Weekly Reading Assignments
Week 1, September 29
Focus Issues: Intersectionality, Psychology & Resisting Torture
Core Readings:
- Crenshaw, K. W. (1989). Demarginalizing the intersection of race and sex: A Black feminist critique of antidiscrimination doctrine, feminist theory and antiracist politics. University of Chicago Legal Forum, 139–67.
- Levin, B.E. (2015). The 10 most egregious U.S. abuses of psychology and psychiatry, Salon, Sep 29, 2015
Recommended Readings:
- Arfken, M. & Yen, J. (2014) Psychology and Social Justice: Theoretical and Philosophical Engagements, Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology,
34,
1-13.
- Danziger, K. (2013). Psychology and its history. Theory Psychology, 23, 829-839. doi:10.1177/0959354313502746
- Hays, P. A. (2007). Addressing Cultural Complexities in Practice: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Therapy (2 edition.). Amer Psychological Assn. Chapters 1-4.
Week 2, October 6
Discussion Leader: Melissa Barnes
Focus Issues: Psychology Collusion with and Resistance to "Mind Control" Experiments
Readings:
- Pickren & Rutherford, Chapters 1 & 2
- Gomez, J.M., Smith, C.P, Gobin, R.L., Tang, S.S., & Freyd, J.J. (2016). Collusion, Torture, and Inequality: Understanding the Actions of the American Psychological Association as Institutional Betrayal [Editorial]. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 17, 527–544.
- Pope, K. (2016). The Code Not Taken: The Path From Guild Ethics to Torture and Our Continuing Choices, Canadian Psychology / Psychologie canadienne, 57, 51–59.
- Else-Quest, N.M. &
Hyde, J.S. (2016). Intersectionality in Quantitative Psychological Research I. Theoretical and Epistemological Issues. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 40, 155-170.
- Also see reflections to Else-Quest & Hyde Part I and author's response, pages 171 to 183 of Psychology of Women Quarterly, 40.
Week 3, October 13
Discussion Leader: Jackie O'Brien
Focus Issues: Psychology's Role in Enabling and Resisting Authoritarian Schooling and Pathologizing Non Compliance
Readings:
- Pickren & Rutherford, Chapters 3 & 4
- Thomas, N.K. (2016). “We Didn’t Know”: Silence and Silencing in Organizations. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207284.2016.1176489
- Torres-Harding, S.R., Siers, B., Olson, B.D. (2012). Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Social Justice
Scale (SJS),
American Journal of Community Psychology, 50, 77–88.
DOI 10.1007/s10464-011-9478-2
- Torres-Harding, S.R., Steele, C., Schultz, E., Taha, F., Pico, C. (2014). Student perceptions of social justice and social justice activities, Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 9, 55-66. doi: 10.1177/1746197914520655
Week 4, October 20
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Due Week 4: Final project proposal is due on Tuesday October 18.
Discussion Leaders: Pam Birrell and Alan Jeong
Focus Issues: Ethics in Psychology
Readings:
- Pickren & Rutherford, Chapters 5 & 6
- Birrell, P.J. (2006). An ethic of possibility: Relationship, risk, and presence. Ethics and Behavior, 16, 95 – 115.
- Pearlman, L.M. (2012). Moral dimensions of trauma therapies. In
Mikulincer, Mario (Ed); Shaver, Phillip R. (Ed). The social psychology of morality: Exploring the causes of good and evil, (pp. 311-326). Washington, DC, US: American Psychological Association, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/13091-017
Week 5, October 27
Discussion Leader: Monika Lind
Focus Issues: Psychology's Role in Enabling and Resisting Sexism and Homophobia
Readings:
- Pickren & Rutherford, Chapters 7 & 8
- Else-Quest, N.M. &
Hyde, J.S. (2016). Intersectionality in Quantitative Psychological Research II. Methods and Techniques. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 40, 319-336.
- Also see reflections to Else-Quest & Hyde Part II and author's response, pages 337-352 of Psychology of Women Quarterly, 40.
- Balsam, K.F., Molina, Y., Beadnell, B., Simoni, J., & Walters, K. (2011). Measuring multiple minority stress: The LGBT People of Color Microaggressions Scale.
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 17, 163-174. http://dx.doi.org.libproxy.uoregon.edu/10.1037/a0023244
Week 6, November 3
Discussion Leader: April Lightcap
Focus Issues: Psychology's Role in Enabling or Resisting Genocide of Indigenous Populations
Readings:
Week 7, November 10
Discussion Leader: Ellen Huang
Focus Issues: Psychology's Role in Controlling or Helping Discarded Populations
Readings:
- Pickren & Rutherford, Chapters 11
- Gómez, J. M., Lewis, J. K, Noll, L. K., Smidt, A. M., & Birrell, P. J.
(2016). Shifting the focus: Nonpathologizing approaches to healing from betrayal trauma through an emphasis on relational care, Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 17, 165-185.
- Bloom, S.L. (2016).
Advancing a national cradle-to-grave-to-cradle public health agenda, Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 17, 383–396.
Week 8, November 17
Discussion Leader: Liz Ivie
Focus Issues: Psychology's Role in Enabling or Resisting Dehumanizing Employment
Readings:
- Pickren & Rutherford, Chapter 12
- Pope, K.S., (2015).
Steps to Strengthen Ethics in Organizations: Research Findings, Ethics Placebos, and What Works, Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 16, 139–152.
- Simola, S. (2016). Fostering Collective Growth and Vitality Following Acts of Moral Courage. The Journal of Business Ethics, First Online: 12 January 2016, DOI: 10.1007/s10551-016-3014-0
Week 9, November 24
- Due Week 9: Final Project due on Wednesday November 23
- No class due to Thanksgiving,
- No readings
Week 10, December 1
Discussion Leader: Jasmine Jarupat
Focus Issues: Psychology's Role in Enabling or Resisting Subjugation of African Americans
Readings:
- Pickren & Rutherford, Chapter 13
- Gómez, J. M. (2014). Ebony in the ivory tower: Dismantling the stronghold of racial inequality from the inside out. In K. J.
Fasching-Varner, R. Reynolds, K. Albert, & L. Martin, (Eds.), Trayvon Martin, Race, and American Justice: Writing Wrong (pp. 113-117).
Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
- Gómez, J. M. (2015). Microaggressions and the enduring mental health disparity: Black Americans at risk for institutional betrayal. Journal of Black Psychology, 41, 121–143. doi: 10.1177/00957798413514608
- Reidel, J. (2016) Study Shows Racial Disparities in Promotion of Mental Health Services: Therapists more likely to call back 'Allison' than 'Lakisha' with messages encouraging future services, University of Vermont News Services, 10-11-2016.
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