UO Psychology 607 Graduate Seminar
Winter 2017
Feminist Lens on Trauma
Instructor Jennifer Freyd
Syllabus
CRN: 26861
Grading option: Optional
Credits: 2-3
Tuesdays 3:00-4:50
Straub 483
Overview: In this seminar, we will read perspectives on trauma from feminist scholars including psychologists, sociologists, philosophers, historians, and novelists.
Course Work: Students will be expected to attend all class meetings,
do all assigned readings, and to participate actively in seminar discussion.
In addition, each participant will lead a class discussion and, in advance of
the class meeting, email to the class discussion questions by the Friday at noon
before the Tuesday class. By the Thursday at noon following the class, the student(s) leading discussion
will email to the class a document including the discussion questions, any other presentation
material, and capturing important discussion points from class.
General Policies and Resources: Please see the Psychology of Trauma syllabus for policies and links regarding academic integrity, accommodations, disclosures, etc., and a list of community and campus resources.
Books: In addition to scholarly articles, we will read one short story, two novels, and one autobiography over the course of the term. Most weeks this will involve about 75 pages of novel/autobiography reading. The three books are: Otsuka, Julie (2002) When the Emperor was Divine; Coetzee, J.M. (1999) Disgrace; Angelou, Maya (1969) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Additional Readings Lists
In creating the readings list for this course, I collected possible books and aricles. Some are actually assigned, some not. The lists are included here for your further reading and exploring.
Possible fiction for the seminar:
- Allison, Dorothy (1992) Bastard Out of Carolina
- Coetzee, J.M. (1980) Waiting for the Barbarians
- Coetzee, J.M. (1999) Disgrace
- Erdich, Louis Erdrich (2012) The Round House
- Martinez, Demetria (1997) Mother Tongue
- Momaday, M. Scott (1968) House Made of Dawn
- Morrison, Toni. (1970). The Bluest Eye
- Morrison, Toni. (1987). Beloved
- Morrison, Toni. (1983)."Recitatif" -- a short story first published in Confirmation: An Anthology of African American Women, an anthology edited by Amiri Baraka and Amina Baraka.
- Morrison, Toni. (2015) God Help the Child
- Otsuka, Julie (2002) When the Emperor was Divine
- Otsuka, Julie (2011) The Buddha in the Attic
- Remarque, Erich Maria (1929) All Quiet on the Western Front
- Whitehead, Colson (2016) The Underground Railroad
- Also see M. Rose Barlow's suggestions at http://alumni.imsa.edu/~newt/traumafic.html
Possible autobiography for the seminar:
Possible non fiction books for the seminar:
- Appignanesi, L. (2009).
Mad, Bad, and Sad: A History of Women and the Mind Doctors. Norton.
- Brison, Susan (2003). Aftermath: Violence and the Remaking of a Self. Princeton University Press.
- Brown, L.S. (2008) Cultural competence in trauma therapy: Beyond the flashback. Washington DC: American Psychological Association.
- Cahill, Ann (2010) Overcoming Objectification: A Carnal Ethics. Routledge
- Dean, Eric (1997) Shook Over Hell: Post-Traumatic Stress, Vietnam, and the Civil War
- hooks, bell (1984; 2000). Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center.
- Freyd, J.J. & Birrell, P.J. (2013). Blind to Betrayal. Wiley.
- Herman, J. (1992/2015) Trauma & Recovery Basic Books.
- Krog, Antjie (1998). Country of My Skull: Guilt, Sorrow, and the Limits of Forgiveness in the New South Africa.
- Phillip, Lynn (2000) Flirting with Danger: Young Women's Reflections on Sexuality and Domination (also a film)
- Sacco, Lynn (2009) Unspeakable:
Father-Daughter Incest in American History. Norton
- Sielke, Sabine (2002) Reading Rape: The Rhetoric of Sexual Violence in American Literature and Culture, 1790-1990 Princeton
- Tal, Kali (1995), Worlds of Hurt: Reading the Literatures of Trauma. Cambridge University Press
Possible articles:
- Acker, J. (2006). Inequality Regimes: Gender, Class, and Race in Organizations. Gender and Society, 20, 441-464.
- Bay-Cheng, L.Y. &
Bruns, A.E. (2016). Yes, But:
Young Women’s Views of Unwanted Sex at the Intersection of Gender and Class. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 40, 504-517.
- Brison, S. (1997). Outliving oneself: Trauma, memory, and personal identity. In D. Tietjens Meyers (Ed.), Feminists rethink the self (12-39). Boulder, Colorado: HarperCollins.
- Brown, L. (in press). Contributions of Feminist and Critical Psychologies to Trauma Psychology. Chapter 25 in S.N. Gold (Editor) APA Handbook of Trauma Psychology: Vol. 1. Foundations in Knowledge, American Psychological Association.
- Burstow, B. (2003). Toward a radical understanding of trauma and trauma work. Violence against women, 9(11), 1293-1317.
- Cahill, A. (2000). Foucault, rape, and the construction of the feminine body. Hypatia, 15, 43–63. doi:10.1111/j.1527-2001.2000.tb01079.x
- 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.
- Freyd, J. J. (1997). Violations of power, adaptive blindness, and betrayal trauma theory. Feminism and Psychology. 7, 22-32.
- Gómez, 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. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 17, 527–544.
- Herman, J. L. (2005). "Justice from the victim's perspective." Violence against women 11(5): 571-602.
- Kitzinger, C. (1990). Resisting the discipline. In Burman, E. (ed) (1990) Feminists and Psychological Practice. London: Sage. pp: 119-134.
- Mann, B. (2012). Creepers, Flirts, Heroes and Allies: Four Theses on Men and Sexual Harassment. American Philosophical Association Newsletter, 11 (No 2), 24-31.
- McCaughey, M & Cermele, J. (2015). Changing the Hidden Curriculum of Campus Rape Prevention and Education: Women’s Self-Defense as a Key Protective Factor for a Public
Health Model of Prevention. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse,
DOI: 10.1177/1524838015611674.
- Riger, S. (2016) On Becoming a Feminist Psychologist.
Psychology of Women Quarterly, 40, 479-48.
- Rosenthal, L. (2016). Incorporating intersectionality into psychology: An opportunity to promote social justice and equity. American Psychologist, 71, 474-485. http://dx.doi.org.libproxy.uoregon.edu/10.1037/a0040323
- Rosenthal, M.N., Smidt, A.M., & Freyd, J.J. (2016). Still second class: Sexual harassment of graduate students. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 40, 364-377.
- Rudski, J.M., Sperber, J. & Ibrahim, D. (2016) "Addressing Depression through Psychotherapy, Medication, or Social Change: An Empirical Investigation." Scheduled for publication in Neuroethics. On-line: DOI 10.1007/s12152-016-9292-5
- For more readings see: Laura Ciolkowski's Rape Culture Syllabus
Weekly Reading Assignments
Week 1, January 10
Assignment: Come to class prepared to discuss (1) your definition of feminism and (2) your definition of trauma
Readings:
- Morrison, Toni. (1983)."Recitatif" -- a short story first published in Confirmation: An Anthology of African American Women, edited by Amiri Baraka and Amina Baraka.
- Burstow, B. (2003). Toward a radical understanding of trauma and trauma work. Violence against women, 9(11), 1293-1317.
Week 2, January 17
Discussion Leader: Melissa Barnes
Readings:
- Brown, L. (in press). Contributions of Feminist and Critical Psychologies to Trauma Psychology. Chapter 25 in S.N. Gold (Editor) APA Handbook of Trauma Psychology: Vol. 1. Foundations in Knowledge, American Psychological Association.
- Riger, S. (2016) On Becoming a Feminist Psychologist. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 40, 479-487.
- Otsuka, Julie (2002) When the Emperor was Divine -- Pages 3-73.
Week 3, January 24
Discussion Leader: Kristen Reinhardt
Readings:
- Bay-Cheng, L.Y. &
Bruns, A.E. (2016). Yes, But:
Young Women’s Views of Unwanted Sex at the Intersection of Gender and Class. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 40, 504-517.
- Brison, S. (1997). Outliving oneself: Trauma, memory, and personal identity. In D. Tietjens Meyers (Ed.), Feminists rethink the self (12-39). Boulder, Colorado: HarperCollins.
- Finish Otsuka, Julie (2002) When the Emperor was Divine -- Pages 74-144
Week 4, January 31
Discussion Leader: Aleksandria Grabow
Readings:
- Cahill, A. (2000). Foucault, rape, and the construction of the feminine body. Hypatia, 15, 43–63. doi:10.1111/j.1527-2001.2000.tb01079.
- 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.
- Start Coetzee, J.M. (1999) Disgrace -- Pages 1-79
Week 5, February 7
Discussion Leader: Marina Rosenthal
Readings:
- Mann, B. (2012). Creepers, Flirts, Heroes and Allies: Four Theses on Men and Sexual Harassment. American Philosophical Association Newsletter, 11 (No 2), 24-31.
- Rosenthal, M.N., Smidt, A.M., & Freyd, J.J. (2016). Still second class: Sexual harassment of graduate students. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 40, 364-377.
- Continue Coetzee, J.M. (1999) Disgrace -- Pages 80-150
Week 6, February 14
Discussion Leaders: Elizabeth Balskus & Katherine Hagan
Readings:
- Acker, J. (2006). Inequality Regimes: Gender, Class, and Race in Organizations. Gender and Society, 20, 441-464.
- Freyd, J. J. (1997). Violations of power, adaptive blindness, and betrayal trauma theory. Feminism and Psychology. 7, 22-32.
- Finish Coetzee, J.M. (1999) Disgrace -- Pages 151-220
Week 7, February 21,
Discussion Leaders: Katie Denning & Sarah Horn
Readings:
- McCaughey, M & Cermele, J. (2015). Changing the Hidden Curriculum of Campus Rape Prevention and Education: Women’s Self-Defense as a Key Protective Factor for a Public
Health Model of Prevention. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse,
DOI: 10.1177/1524838015611674.
- Rudski, J.M., Sperber, J. & Ibrahim, D. (2016) "Addressing Depression through Psychotherapy, Medication, or Social Change: An Empirical Investigation." Scheduled for publication in Neuroethics. On-line: DOI 10.1007/s12152-016-9292-5
- Start Angelou, Maya (1969) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings -- Pages 1 - 69
Week 8, February 28
Discussion Leaders: Cressa Perloff & Jennifer Gómez
Special Guest: Jennifer Gómez
Readings:
- 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. doi:
10.1080/15299732.2016.1103104
- Gómez, J. M. (under review, invited revision). Then to now: Betrayal trauma theory, societal inequality, and the introduction of cultural betrayal.
- Continue Angelou, Maya (1969) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings -- Pages 70 - 146
Week 9, March 7
Discussion Leader: Pam Birrell
Readings:
- Birrell, P.J., Bernstein, R.E., & Freyd, J.J. (2017). With the fierce and loving embrace of another soul: Finding connection and meaning after the profound disconnection of betrayal trauma. In E.M. Altmaier (Ed), Reconstructing Meaning after Trauma: Theory, Research and Practice. (pp 29-43). Academic Press.
- Birrell, P.J. (2011) Ethics and Power:Navigating Mutuality in Therapeutic Relationships. Work in Progress, No. 108. Wellesley, MA: Stone Center Working Paper Series.
- Walker, M. (2002) Power and Effectiveness: Envisioning an Alternate Paradigm. Work in Progress, No. 94. Wellesley, MA: Stone Center Working Paper Series.
- Continue Angelou, Maya (1969) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings -- Pages 147 - 218
Week 10, March 14
Discussion Leaders: Monika Lind & Dana Rognlie
Readings:
- Becker-Blease, K.A. (2017). As the world becomes trauma–informed, work to do, Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 18, 131–138.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15299732.2017.1253401
- Danticat, Edwidge (2017). Poetry in a Time of Protest. The New Yorker, January 31, 2017
- King, Martin Luther (1969). King's challenge to the nation's social scientists.
Print version appeared in the APA Monitor, January 1999 (Vol. 30, No. 1).
- Finish Angelou, Maya (1969). I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings -- Pages 219 - 289
