Carolyn Marie West[1] is associate professor of psychology (family violence and human sexuality course), at the University of Washington Tacoma,[2] and was the first holder of the Bartley Dobb Professorship for the Study and Prevention of Violence (2005-2008).
[3] West is one of the chief editors of the journal Sexualization, Media, and Society.
[7] West gained her degree in 1986, her masters in 1988 and her doctorate in clinical psychology in 1994.
[10] West carried out her predoctoral internship (1993-1994) at the University of Notre Dame Counseling Center and Oaklawn Hospital, Indiana[10] West completed a postdoctoral research scholarship at the University of New Hampshire's Family Research Laboratory.
[9] She has also served as an expert witness in domestic violence cases involving victim-defendants and testified at Congressional Briefings in Washington, DC.