Fall Semester, 2022

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9/21 Niagara University Dr. Dana Radatz Intimate Partner Violence

9/27 University at Buffalo School of Law – Family Violence/Women’s Rights Clinic

10/18-19 Hobart & William Smith Colleges Dr. Jim Sutton President’s Reception, Evening Lecture & Deviance Class

10/27 Haven House Webinar via Zoom

11/1 Official Release of “Finding Krissy” & Reception

11/9 University at Buffalo School of Social Work Dr. Rob Keefe Human Behavior Class

11/10 Twentieth Century Club of Buffalo

11/22 University at Buffalo School of Social Work Dr. Noelle St. Vil Human Behavior Class

11/25 Niagara County Law Enforcement Academy

11/30 University at Buffalo School of Social Work Dr. Chris St. Vil Human Behavior Class

12/21 “On Target with Penny Wolfgang” WGR550 Talk

Reading List 2026

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Linda Dynel, Leaving Dorian: A Memoir of Hope, (2014)

Linda Dynel, Finding Krissy: A Memoir of Survival, (2022)

Susan G.S. McGee, 20 Reasons Why She Stays: A Guide For Those Who Want to Help Battered Women, (2005) – This paper can be viewed and downloaded at: www.stopviolence.com/domviol/whytheystay.htm

Lundy Bancroft, Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men (2002)

Jackson Katz, The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help (2006)

Michael Kimmel, Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men, Understanding the Critical Years Between 16 and 26 (2008)

Jody Raphael, Saving Bernice: Battered Women, Welfare and Poverty (2000)

Michael P. Johnson, A Typology of Domestic Violence, (2008)

Robbin S. Ogle & Susan Jacobs, Self-Defense and Battered Women Who Kill (2002)

Evan Stark, Coercive Control: How Men Entrap Women in Personal Life (2002)

C.J. Pascoe, Dude, You’re A Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality In High School (2012)

Jody Raphael, Listening to Olivia: Violence, Poverty & Prostitution (2004)

Michael Kimmel, Angry White Men (2013)

Natalie J. Sokoloff, Domestic Violence at the Margins (2005)

Michelle Kaminsky, Reflections of a Domestic Violence Prosecutor: Suggestions for Reform (2011)

Gavin DeBecker, The Gift of Fear (1997)

Erin Pizzey, Scream Quietly or the Neighbors Will Hear (1974)

Del Martin, Battered Wives (1976)

Jackson Katz, Leading Men: Presidential Campaigns & The Politics of Manhood (2013)

Jackson Katz, Man Enough: Trump, Clinton & The Politics of Presidential Masculinity (2016)

Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2010)

Sarah Herman, Feminism in 100 Quotes (2018)

Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist (2014)

Kayleen Schaefer, Text Me When You Get Home: The Evolution & Triumph of Modern Female Friendship (2018)

Sow & Friedman, Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close (2020)

Maya Angelou, Phenomenal Woman, (1978)

Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism, (2020)

Rachel Louise Snyder, No Visible Bruises, (2019)

Marina Picasso, Picasso, My Grandfather, (2001)

Frederick Joseph, The Black Friend, (2020)

Andrea Dworkin, Last Days at Hot Slit, (2005)

Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties, (2017)

Belenky, et al, Women’s Ways of Knowing, (1997)

Miriam Schneir, Feminism: The Essential Historical Writings, (1986)

Miriam Schneir, Feminism In Our Time: The Essential Historical Writings, WWII to Present, (1994)

Nancy A. Walker, A Very Serious thing: Women’s Humor and American Culture, (1988)

Nancy Walker & Zita Dresner, Redressing the Balance: American Women’s Literary Humor from Colonial Times to the 1980s, (1988)

Michel Foucault, The History of sexuality: An Introduction, Volume I, (1978)

David M. Halperin, Saint Foucault, (1995)

Kevin P. Murphy, Political Manhood: Red Bloods, Mollycoddles, & The Politics of Progressive Era Reform, (2008)

Margot Canaday, The Straight State: Sexuality and Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America, (2009)

Gabriel N. Rosenberg, The 4-H Harvest: Sexuality and The State in Rural America, (2016)

Silvia Federici, Witches, Witch-Hunting and Women, (2018)

**Please also see my blog posts under Domestic Violence and “Think About It” Thursdays

Fall Semester 2020

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I’m not sure how it’s possible, but I think I worked *more* during this weird, COVID-laden, socially-distanced semester than I ever have before – and not just in front of audiences! Once my loved ones finally convinced me that I did – in fact – need to purchase a ring light, I had to figure out how to use it :/ I also FINALLY understand how to unmute myself *and* how to “Join Video” 😉 I also started on the second draft of the sequel to Leaving Dorian , re-dedicated my novel, Sunrise and the Seven One Six , walked a socially-distanced 5K and joined yet another social media platform 🙂 Last, but certainly not least, I was happy to be reminded that a local women’s shelter (PASSAGE in Niagara County) requires all of their interns to read Leaving Dorian as a part of their training.

This was also my first semester back since trudging through some very serious life changes. Though I’ve never been happier {my life – wholly and completely – has never felt so “right”} even good stress is stress! As it turned out, I shouldn’t have given it a second thought; I’m giving this semester a 10/10: Highly Recommend 🙂

August 26 – Erie County Domestic Violence High Risk Team – Buffalo PD

28 – ECDVHRT – Horizon Health Services

September 8 – Niagara University – Niagara County Law Enforcement Academy – 74th class

15 – University at Buffalo School of Law – Family Violence Women’s Law Clinic

16 – Niagara University – Dr. Dana Radatz 590 Domestic Violence class

23 – ECDVHRT – BPD Police & Parole

24 – University at Buffalo School of Law – Dr. Michael Boucai – Family Law class

October – 14 – University at Buffalo Gender Institute Gender Matters podcast

16 – ECDVHRT – Legal Aid Bureau

21 – Trocaire College – Dating Violence Presentation for Community Coordination Response Team

22 – ECHRT (x2!)

29 – Speaker Series, It Takes A Community: A Survivor’s Story for Haven House/Erie County CFS

30 – ECDVHRT

November – 16 – University at Buffalo School of Law podcast

24 – University at Buffalo – Dr. Rob Keefe, Human Behavior class

December – Hamburg Middle & High Schools, Dating Violence Awareness Presentations

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