CURRICULUM VITAE OF

MARY DE YOUNG Ph.D.

 

 

 

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

NAME:            Mary deYoung

ADDRESS:      2154 AuSable Hall

                        Grand Valley State University

                        Allendale, MI 49401 

PHONE:          (616) 331.3428

FAX:                (616) 331.3735

E-MAIL:          deyoungm@gvsu.edu

 

CURRENT POSITION:

            Professor of Sociology at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan.  From 1985 through the present.

v     Promotions:

                        1993:  Promoted from Associate to Full Professor.

1998-2000:  Appointed Acting Unit Head of the Anthropology/Geography/ Sociology Department.

2000-2003: Unit Head of the Sociology Department

v     University Service:

2005-2007:      College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Personnel Committee

                        1986-1991:      Divisional Personnel Committee.

                        1986-1989:      University Faculty Personnel Policy Committee

                        1989-1990:      University Harassment Complaint Resolution Team.

                        1999-present

                        1990-1992:      Outstanding Faculty Award Committee

                        1992-1998:      Departmental Personnel Committee

                        1993-1998:      University Judiciary Committee

                        1994-1998:      Writing Skills Committee

                        2002-2206

                        1998-1999:      Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Task Force

                        1998-1999:      Department Reorganization Task Force

                        1998-2003:      Counseling Center Advisory Committee

v     University Awarded Sabbaticals:

                        1993: Research on ritual abuse of children conducted in Chicago, IL; San Francisco, CA; Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, York and London, England.

                        2001: Completion of book manuscript, The Ritual Abuse Controversy: An Annotated Bibliography. 

                        2008: Completion of book manuscript. Madness.

v     Appointment:

                        1999: Academic Leadership Roundtable at Grand Valley State University.

 

 

UNIVERSITY AWARDS:

2003: Distinguished Contribution to the Discipline Award 

2000:  Barbara Jordan Award for Service to Women and Gender Studies 

1999: Outstanding Educator Award from the Alumni Association 

1997: Distinguished Faculty Award from the Michigan Association of Governing Boards of Colleges and Universities.

 

EDUCATION:

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Sociology from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan.  1991.

All-University Graduate Research and Creative Scholar Award.  1989.

Research Scholar Award, Department of Sociology.  1989.

Doctor of Arts (D.A.) in Criminology from Western Colorado University in Grand Junction, Colorado.  1975.

Master of Arts (M.A.) in Social Science (concentration in Psychology) from the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois.  1972.

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Psychology from Grand Valley State College in Allendale, Michigan.  1971.

 

ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES:

March 2000:  Completed course, “Psychological Trauma” at Boston University Medical School’s Department of Continuing Education.  Boston, MA.

March 1998:  Completed course, “Psychological Trauma” at Boston University Medical School’s Department of Continuing Education.  Boston, MA.

March 1997:  Completed course, "Psychological Trauma" at Harvard Medical School's Department of Continuing Education.  Boston, MA.  Includes advanced seminar, “Establishing Mindfulness over the Tyranny of the Past."

March 1996: Completed course "Psychological Trauma" at Harvard Medical School's   Department of Continuing Education.  Boston, MA. Includes advanced seminar, "Perpetration and the Trauma Paradigm."

June 1995: Completed course "Psychological Trauma" at Harvard Medical School's Department of Continuing Education.  Boston, MA.  Includes advanced seminars, "Intervention with Victims of Rape," and "Trauma and Memory: The Multidimensional Aspects of the Compulsion to Repeat." 

June 1994: Completed course "Psychological Trauma" at Harvard Medical School's Department of Continuing Education.  Boston, MA.  Includes advanced seminars, "Forensic Issues with Traumatized Children," and "Forensic Evaluation of Traumatized Adults."

June 1993: Completed course "Psychological Trauma" at Harvard Medical School's De partment of Continuing Education.  Boston, MA.  Includes advanced seminar, "Recognition and Treatment of Dissociative Disorders."

May 1992: Completed course "Psychological Trauma" at Harvard Medical School's Department of Continuing Education.  Boston, MA.  Includes advanced seminar, "Approaches to Patients with Dissociative Disorders and Multiple Personality Disorder."

 

CURRENT CREDENTIALS: 

Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress (B.C.E.T.S.)

Listed as "Credentialed Expert" in The National Registry of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress.

Listed as "Credentialed Expert" in The International Registry of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress.

 

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL:

Austria,  Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Ice-land, Ireland,  Mexico,  Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Scotland, Slovakia,  Sweden, Switzerland, Wales. 

 

PREVIOUS POSITIONS:

Instructor in the Human Services Division of Grand Rapids Community College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  From 1977 through 1985.

Program Director and Psychotherapist at the Youth Contact Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  From 1974 through 1977.

 

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE:

1982 through 1998:  Clinical Consultant to the YWCA Child Sexual Abuse Treatment   Program in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

1990 through 2000:  Clinical Consultant to the Sexual Assault Program of the YWCA of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

1982 through 1985:  Clinical Consultant to the Division of Day Care Licensing for the Michigan Department of Social Services.

1985 through 1992:  Clinical Consultant to the Division of Adult Foster Care Licensing for the Michigan Department of Social Services.

1989:  Visiting Clinical Consultant:  Family Life Development Center and the Child Pro- tective Services Institute at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

1989:  Visiting Clinical Consultant:  Child Protective Services Institute, New York City, New York.

1985 through 1990:  Professional Affiliate of Action for Child Protection of Denver, Colorado.

1987:  Consultant to Project LINK: a multi-victim, out-of-home child sexual abuse response project, coordinated by Michigan Protection and Advocacy Services, Inc of Lansing, Michigan.

1986 through 1987:  Clinical Consultant to the Women Police of Michigan for the development of a law enforcement training film and module on child sexual abuse.

1985 through 1986:  Consultant on child sexual abuse cases to the Governor's Human Services Task Force.

1982 through 1985:  Clinical Consultant to Children's Protective Services of the Kent County Department of Social Services.

1977 through 1985:  Clinical Consultant to the Probation Department of the Kent County Circuit Court.

 

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:

1990:  Children's Law Center, Inc.:  a nonprofit center for the legal representation and advocacy of abused and neglected children; a resource center on child abuse and neglect for private practice attorneys; and an interdisciplinary training center for all professions interested in child abuse and neglect. Co-founder and co-incorporator.

 

BOARD AND TASK FORCE AFFILIATIONS:

2006-present:  Relay for Life (Forest Hills) Steering Committee; American Cancer So-  ciety.

1999 through 2003:  “Take Back the Night” Steering Committee of the YWCA.

1992 through 1997:  Western Michigan Task Force on Sexual Misconduct in Counseling Relationships.

1992: Co-founder.

1994: Co-author:  "It's Never O.K.:  Sexual Misconduct and Exploitation in the Counseling Relationship."  (Pamphlet).

1991 through 1994:  Board of Directors of the Children's Law Center, Inc.

1991:  C.O.K.E. (Care of Kids Exposed) Work Group.

1990 through 1991:  Children's Advocacy Group. 

                        1990:  Co-founder and Co-chairperson

                        1990:  Steering Committee Member

1990 through 1991:  Advisory Board of Project Harmony.

1982 through 1986:  Counseling Center Advisory Board of the YWCA.

                        1982-1984:  Co-Chairperson.

1980 through 1987:  Child Sexual Abuse Task Force of Kent County.

                        1982 through 1986:  Co-chairperson

1979 through 1985:  Board of Directors of Planned Parenthood Centers of West Michigan.

                        1980 -1982:  Board Secretary

1983 through 1984:  Board of Directors of the YWCA.

1979 through 1980:  Criminal Justice/Mental Health Task Force.

1977 through 1979:  Criminal Justice Alternatives Task Force.

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect

International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

International Society for Contemporary Legend Research

American Sociological Association

European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress

            1996:  Diplomate

            1996:  Board Certification

 

SPECIAL DISTINCTIONS:

Appointed:  Nominating Panel Member for Michigan Women's Hall of Fame:  Historical            Division.  1993.

Member:    Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.  1992.

Listed in:  Who's Who Among Human Service Professionals, 2nd Edition,1988.

Listed in:  Two Thousand Notable American Women,  1st Edition, 1988.

Listed in:  Personalities of the Americas, 1st Commemorative Edition, 1987.

Listed in:  Five Thousand Personalities of the World, 2nd Edition, 1987.

Listed in:  Foremost Women of the Twentieth Century,  1st Edition, 1987.

Listed in:  Who's Who in the Midwest,  21st Edition, 1987.

Listed in:  The World Who's Who of Women, 9th Edition, 1986.

Listed in:  The International Authors and Writers Who's Who, 10th Edition, 1985.

Listed in:  Contemporary Authors, 1984.

 

BOOKS PUBLISHED:

deYoung, M. (forthcoming).  Madness.  Jefferson, NC: McFarland.

deYoung, M. (2004). The Day Care Ritual Abuse Moral Panic.  Jefferson, NC: McFarland.

deYoung, M. (2002).  The Ritual Abuse Controversy: An Annotated Bibliography.  Jefferson, NC: McFarland.

deYoung, M. (1987).  Child Molestation: An Annotated Bibliography.  Jefferson, NC: McFarland.   

deYoung, M. (1985).  Incest: An Annotated Bibliography.  Jefferson, NC:  McFarland. 

deYoung, M.  (1982).  The Sexual Victimization of Children.  Jefferson, NC:  McFarland.

 

BOOK CHAPTERS PUBLISHED:

deYoung, M. (1992).  Credibility Assessment During the Sexual Abuse Evaluation.  In William O'Donohue and James H. Geer (Eds.), The Sexual Abuse of Children: Clinical Issues.  Volume II. Hillsdale, NJ:  Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

deYoung, M., & Lowry, J.A. (1991).  Traumatic Bonding:  From Concept to Application.  In Linda M. Mauro and Jean H. Woods (Eds.),  Building Bridges:  Inter-    disciplinary Research in Child Abuse and Neglect.  Philadelphia, PA:  Temple University Press.

deYoung, M. (1991).  Mothers in Paternally Incestuous Families:  Another Look at Collusion.  In Linda M. Mauro and Jean H. Woods (Eds.),  Building Bridges:  Interdisciplinary Research in Child Abuse and Neglect.  Philadelphia, PA:  Temple University Press.

 

ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRY:

deYoung, M. (2006).  Moral Entrepreneurs. In G. Ritzer (ed.), Encyclopedia of Sociology.  Oxford, England: Blackwell.

 

PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES PUBLISHED:

deYoung, M. (in press).  Considering the Agency of Folk Devils.  British Journal of Criminology.

deYoung, M. (in press).  ‘The Devil’s Walking Parody’: A Follow-up of 12 Convicted Women Day Care Providers.  Contemporary Issues in Criminology and the Social Sciences. 

King, E., & deYoung, M. (in press).  Imag(in)ing September 11:  Ward Churchill, Frame Contestation and Media Hegemony.  Journal of Communication Inquiry.

deYoung, M. (2007).  Two Decades After McMartin: A Follow-Up of 22 Convicted Day Care Employees.  Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 34, 9-33.

deYoung, M. (2000).  The Devil Goes Abroad: The Export of the Ritual Abuse Moral Panic.  The British Criminology Conferences: Selected Proceedings, Vol. 3 (web journal) <www.lboro.ac.uk./departments/ss/bsc/bccsp/vol103/vol103.htm>

deYoung, M. (1998).  Another Look at Moral Panics:  The Case of Satanic Day Care Centers.  Deviant Behavior, 19, 1-22.

                        Reprinted in Critcher, C, (2005)) Moral Panics and the Media.  Maidenhead,  Berks., UK: Open University Press.

                        Reprinted in Adler, P., & Adler P. (2001) Constructions of Deviance,Fourth Edition.  Belmont, CA:  Wadsworth.

deYoung, M. (1998).  Collective Trauma:  Insights from a ‘Research Errand.’  Trauma Response, 5, 26-29.

deYoung, M. (1998).  Sociological Views on the Controversial Issue of Ritual Abuse:  Three Faces of the Devil.  Trauma Response, 4, 22-23.

deYoung, M. (1997).  The Devil Goes to Day Care:  McMartin and the Making of a Moral Panic.  Journal of American Culture, 20, 19-25.

                            Reprinted in Heiner, R. (2007).  Deviance Across Cultures.  NY: Oxford University Press

deYoung, M. (1997).  Satanic Ritual Abuse in Day Care:  An Analysis of 12 American Cases.  Child Abuse Review, 6, 84-93.

                        deYoung, M. (1997).  Satanic Ritual Abuse in Day Care--Update.  Child Abuse Review, 6, 240-241.  [Letter to the Editors]

deYoung, M. (1996).  Breeders for Satan:  Toward a Sociology of Sexual Trauma Tales.  Journal of American Culture, 19 (2), 155-166.

deYoung, M. (1996).  A Painted Devil:  Constructing the Satanic Ritual Abuse of Children Problem.  Aggression and Violent Behavior:  An International Review Journ-   al, 1, 1-24.   

deYoung, M. (1996).  Speak of the Devil:  Rhetoric in Claims-Making about the Satanic Ritual Abuse Problem.  Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 23 (2), 55-74.

deYoung, M. (1994).  One Face of the Devil:  The Satanic Ritual Abuse Moral Crusade and the Law.  Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 12, 389-407.

deYoung, M. (1994).  Immediate Maternal Reactions to the Disclosure or Discovery of Incest.  Journal of Family Violence, 9, 21-33.

deYoung, M., & Corbin, B. (1994).  Helping Early Adolescents Tell:  A Guided Exercise for Trauma-Focused Sexual Abuse Treatment Groups, Child Welfare, 73, 141-154.  

                         Reprinted (1997) as “Pomaganie Mlodym Adolescentkom W Mowieniu O Wykorzystaniu Seksualnym:  Cwiczenie Kierujace Opowiadaniem Przezyc Traumatycznych,” in Pschoterapia, 4, 17-27. [Translated by Grzegorz Iniewicz, College of Medicine, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland]

deYoung, M. (1994).  Women as Mothers and Wives in Paternally Incestuous Families:  Coping with Role Conflict. Child Abuse and Neglect:  The International Journal,         18, 73-83.

deYoung, M., & Lowry, J.A. (1992).  Traumatic Bonding:  Clinical Implications for Incest.  Child Welfare, 71, 165-175.

deYoung, M. (1989).  The World According to NAMBLA:  Accounting for Deviance. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 16, 11-16.

Reprinted in Weitzer, R. (Ed.) (2003).  Organized Resistance by Deviants.  NY: McGraw-Hill.

Reprinted in Hensley, C., Tewksbury, R., & Smith, M.G. (Eds). (2003)  Sexual Deviance: A Reader.  Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publications.

Reprinted in Goode, E. & Vail, A. (Eds.) (2007),  Extreme Deviance. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.

deYoung, M. (1988).  'The Indignant Page': Techniques of Neutralization in the Publications of Pedophile Organizations.  Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal,  12, 583-591.

deYoung, M. (1988).  Issues in Determining the Veracity of Sexual Abuse Allegations. Children's Health Care Journal, 17, 50-57.

deYoung, M. (1988).  The Good Touch/Bad Touch Dilemma.  Child Welfare,  67, 60-68. 

                        Reprinted in The Air Force Surgeon General's Task Force on Child Sexual Abuse (Ed), Family Advocacy Manual.  Washington, D.C.:  Air Force Surgeon General, 1992.

deYoung, M. (1987).  Towards a Theory of Child Sexual Abuse. Journal of Sex Education and Therapy, 13, 17-21.

deYoung, M. (1987).  Disclosing Sexual Abuse: The Impact of Developmental Variables.  Child Welfare , 66, 217-223.

                        Reprinted in Nancy Lauter-Klatell (Ed.), Understanding Human Development:  A Book of Readings.   Mountain View, CA:  Mayfield Publishing Co. 1990.

deYoung, M. (1986).  'The Cloak of Innocence': The Concept of the Participant Victim in the Child Sexual Abuse Literature.  Sexual Coercion and Assault, 1,189-195. 

deYoung, M. (1986).  A Conceptual Model for Judging the Truthfulness of a Young Child's Allegation of Sexual Abuse.  American Journal of Orthopsychiatry,  56, 550-559.

deYoung, M. (1984).  Ethics and the Lunatic Fringe: The Case of Pedophile Organizations. Human Organization, 43, 72-74.

deYoung, M. (1984).  Counterphobic Behavior in Multiply Molested Children.  Child Welfare, 63, 333-339.

deYoung, M.  (1983).  Help, I'm Being Held Captive: The White Slave Myth of the Progressive Era.  Journal of American Culture, 6, 97-100.

deYoung, M. (1982).  Self-Injurious Behavior in Incest Victims: A Research Note.  Child Welfare,  61, 577-584.

deYoung, M. (1982).  Innocent Seducer or Innocently Seduced? The Role of the Child Incest Victim.  Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 11, 56-60.

deYoung, M. (1981).  Incest Victims and Offenders: Myths and Realities.  Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Community Mental Health Services, 19, 37-39.

deYoung, M. (1981).  Siblings of Oedipus: Brothers and Sisters of Incest Victims. Child Welfare, 60, 561-568.

deYoung, M. (1981).  Promises, Threats and Lies: Keeping Incest Secret. Journal of Humanics,  9, 61-71.

deYoung, M. (1981).  Case Reports: The Sexual Exploitation of Incest Victims by Helping Professionals. Victimology: The International Journal, 6, 92-101.

deYoung, M., Mehall, D., & Lorenski, K. (1981).  The Psychological Adjustment of a CAPD Patient.  Journal of the American Association of Nephrology Nurses and Technicians, 8, 23-25.

 

BOOK REVIEWS PUBLISHED:

deYoung, M. (1989).  I Never Called it Rape.  Journal of Sex Education and Therapy, 15,  296-297.

deYoung, M. (1989).  Till Death Due Us Part.  Journal of Sex Education and Therapy, 15, 145-146.

deYoung, M. (1989).  Child Sexual Abuse: A Handbook for Health Care and Legal Professionals. Journal of Sex Education and Therapy,  15,  65-66. 

deYoung, M. (1988).  Lovers, Doctors, and the Law.  Journal of Sex Education and Therapy, 14, 59.

deYoung, M. (1987).  Sexual Abuse of Young Children.  Journal of Sex Education and Therapy,  13, 71-72.

deYoung, M. (1986).  When Sex Means Trouble. Journal of Sex Education and Therapy, 12, 67.

deYoung, M. (1986).  Speaking Out, Fighting Back.  Sexual Coercion and Assault, 1(3): 101-102.

deYoung, M. (1986). Child Sexual Abuse: New Theory and Research.  Child Welfare, 75, 202-204.

 

MAGAZINE ARTICLES PUBLISHED:

deYoung, M.  (1980).  Why Do the Children Run?"  Home Life, 34, 10-12.

            Reprinted in:  These Times,  December 1980.

deYoung, M.  (1980, March 9).  Incest: The Broken Taboo. Wonderland, 30-32.

deYoung, M.  (1979).  What To Do If Your Child Is Arrested.  Home Life, 33, 42-44. 

deYoung, M. (1979, May 20).  Great Grandma was a Dope Fiend. Wonderland, 2-4.

deYoung, M.  (1979, May 20).  A Song and a Dance with a Cure Guaranteed.  Wonderland, 5-6.

deYoung, M., & Nash, I.S. (1976).  The Courts and the Dilemma of Mental Illness. Glory, 6, 9-11.

deYoung, M.  (1968).  Slipping on the Banana Peels of Reality. Bits and Several Pieces, 47.

 

INTRAMURAL FUNDED RESEARCH PROPOSALS AND GRANTS: 

2005:  Awarded GVSU Summer Research Stipend to review newspaper archives and court files on the Gallup ritual abuse case in Roseburg, OR.  $1800.00

2004:  Awarded GVSU Summer Research Stipend to review newspaper archives on the

Cleveland, England sexual abuse scandal.  $1955.00

2000:  Awarded Pew Teaching Development and Renewal Grant to attend course at Boston University.  $800.00

1999:  Awarded Pew Technology Enhancement Grant in support of establishing a GIS Lab $2800.00

1992:  Awarded Social Science Research Initiative Grant to conduct literature review on the ritual abuse of children.  $850.00

1990:  Awarded GVSU Research Grant-in-Aid to complete research on women in paternally incestuous families. $2500.00

1991:  Awarded GVSU Social Science Research Initiative Grant to conduct literature review on the relationship between multiple personality disorder and child abuse. $850.00

 

EXTRAMURAL FUNDED GRANTS:

1993:  Frey Foundation grant for $90, 000 towards funding of the Children's Law Center.

1993:  Griffith Foundation grant for $1,000 towards purchase of telephone system for the Children's Law Center.

1993:  Steelcase Foundation grant for $50,000 towards funding of the Children's Law Center. 

1992: Wege Foundation grant for $15,000 for funding of the Guardian Ad Litem Program of the the Children's Law Center.  

1988: "Understanding Sexual Abuse Investigations in Day Care" (handbook):  a guide for parents whose children were sexually abused in licensed day care facilities in the state.

            Funded with a $500 grant from the Michigan Department of Social Services, Bureau of Regulatory Services, Division of Day Care Licensing.  

1984: "Using Traumatized Children as Witnesses in a Court of Law" (manual/guide-book):  a survey of the effects of trauma on memory, judgment, time perception, and truthfulness; the special problems these present for children as witnesses; and prosecution strategies for overcoming them.      

            A project completed for the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney for Kent County, Michigan, and funded with a $750 grant from the Dyer-Ives Foundation. 

  

CONFERENCE AND VISITING SCHOLAR PAPERS PRESENTED:    

deYoung, M.  “The McMartin Preschool Case: The Social Construction of a Sexual Threat to Young Children.”  Paper presented to the British Sociolegal Studies Annual Conference.  March 2008. Manchester, UK.

deYoung, M.  “Considering the Agency of Folk Devils.”  Invited paper presented to the Section on Crime and Deviance, American Sociological Association Annual Conference.  August 2007.  New York City, NY.

deYoung, M.  “’To Catch a Predator’”:  Narratizing Sexual Danger on a Popular American Television Show.” Paper presented to the British Sociolegal Studies Annual Conference,  April 2007.  Canterbury, UK.

King, E. & deYoung, M.  “Imag(in)ing 9/11: Ward Churchill, Frame Contestation and Media Frame Enforcement.”  Paper presented by E. King to the Midwest Political Science Meetings.  April 2006.  Chicago, Il.  

deYoung, M. “The Devil’s Walking Parody: A Follow-Up of 12 Convicted Women Day Care Providers.”  Paper presented to the British Sociolegal Studies Annual Conference.  March 2006.  Stirling, Scotland.

 deYoung, M.  “Post-Traumatic Event Rumors, Legends, Myths and Folklore.”  Paper presented to the 8th European Conference on Traumatic Stress.  June 2005.  Stock-holm, Sweden.

deYoung, M. “Moral Panics as Couriers of Miscarriages of Justice.”  Paper presented to British SocioLegal Studies Association Annual Conference.  March 2005.  Liver-pool, UK.

deYoung, M. “Reflections in the Cultural Diamond.”  Paper presented to the 8th European Conference on Traumatic Stress.  May 2003.  Berlin, Germany.

deYoung, M. “Speak of the Devil: The Narrative Structure of Trauma Talk.”  Paper presented to the 7th European Conference on Traumatic Stress.  May 2001.  Edin-burgh,  Scotland.

deYoung, M. “Folk Devils and Ritual Abuse Moral Panics in Three Countries: Stigma Contests and the Uses of Power.”  Paper presented to the British Society of Crim-inology.  June 2000.  Leicester, UK.

deYoung, M. "The Devil Goes Abroad: The Export of the Ritual Abuse Moral Panic." Paper presented to the British Society of Criminology.  July 1999.  Liverpool,             UK.

deYoung, M.  "The Social Construction of a Controversial Diagnosis."  Paper presented to the International Society for the Study of Dissociation. May 1999  Manchester UK.

deYoung, M.   “Make a Moral of the Devil’:  An Analysis of 20 Controversial Ritual Abuse Cases in 6 Countries.”  Paper presented to the 14th International Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines. August 1998  Stockholm, Sweden.

 deYoung, M.  “Ritual Abuse:  A Postmodern Moral Panic.”  Paper presented to the 14th International Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines. August 1998.  Stockholm, Sweden.

deYoung, M  "Toward a Sociology of Sexual Trauma Tales."  Paper presented to the 13th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. November 1997.  Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

deYoung, M.  "Satanic Ritual Abuse: Exploring the Controversies."  Paper presented to the 11th International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect.  August 1996.  Dublin, Ireland.

deYoung, M.  "The Devil and the Backlash." Paper presented to the 72nd Annual Conference of the American Orthopsychiatric Association.  April 1995.  Chicago, IL.

deYoung, M.  "Private Troubles--Public Responses:  Immediate Maternal Reactions to the Disclosure or Discovery of Incest."  Paper presented to the International Conference on Violence in the Family.  October 1994.  Amsterdam, Netherlands.

deYoung, M.  "The Demonization of Sexual Abuse:  Or, A Backlash Swipe of the Devil's Tale."  Paper presented to the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, Mid-Continent Conference.  May 1994.  Austin, TX.

deYoung, M. "Conflict, Coping and Collusion:  Women in Paternally Incestuous Families." Paper presented to the Hartman International Conference on Children and Their Families.  June 1993.  New London, CT.

deYoung, M. "Giving the Devil His Due:  Locating Satanic Ritual Abuse Allegations in the History of Childhood."  Paper presented to the 70th Annual Conference of the American Orthopsychiatric Association.  May 1993.  SanFrancisco, CA.

deYoung, M. ""Some Ungracious Pastors':  Parallels Between Clergy Sexual Abuse and Paternal Incest."  Paper presented to the 21st Annual Michigan Women's Studies Association Conference.  April 1993.  Grand Rapids, MI.

deYoung, M. "Back to the Future:  Children and Family Issues Over the Next Five Years."  Presentation to the American Bar Association's 6th Annual Children and the Law National Conference.  April 1992.  Arlington, VA.

deYoung, M. "Against the Tranquility of an Axiom:  A Feminist Critique of Women's Collusion in Paternal Incest."  Paper presented to the 19th Annual Michigan Women's Studies Association.  March 1991.  Mt. Pleasant, MI.

deYoung, M.  "From Victim to Perpetrator:  Identifying Victims at Risk for Future Sexual  Offenses."  Visiting Scholar Presentation to the Department of Pediatrics of the School of Osteopathic Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.  August 1990.  Camden, NJ. 

deYoung, M. & Lowry, J.  "Traumatic Bonding:  From Concept to Application."  Paper presented to Temple University's interdisciplinary research symposium, Meeting the Challenge: Research in Child Abuse and Neglect.  May 1990.  Philadelphia,     PA.

deYoung, M.  "Mothers in Paternally Incestuous Families:  Another Look at Collusion." Paper presented to Temple University's interdisciplinary research symposium,          Meeting the Challenge: Research in Child Abuse and Neglect.  May 1990.  Phila-    delphia,  PA.

deYoung, M.  "Child Sexual Abuse:  Clinical and Political Issues."  Visiting Scholar Seminar presented to the Family Life Development Center and the Child Protect-      ive Services Institute of New York, at Cornell University.  June 1989.  Ithaca, NY. 

deYoung, M. "Child Sexual Abuse as Social Gospel."  Paper presented to the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, Midwest Conference.  June 1988. Chicago, IL.

deYoung, M.  "Sociology in Conflict: Institutional Constraints on Research, Publication, and Teaching."  Paper presented to the North Central Sociological Association.  April 1987.  Cincinnati, OH.

deYoung, M.  "Child Sexual Abuse as Social Gospel."  Paper presented to the North Central Sociological Association.  April 1987.  Cincinnati, OH.

deYoung, M.  "Child Sexual Abuse." Paper presented to the Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Public Health Conference, University of Illinois Medical School.  April 1985.  Peoria, IL.

deYoung, M.  "Mad or Bad?  The Mentally Ill Aggressor as Depicted on Television." Paper presented to the Popular Culture Association Annual Conference. April 1984. Baltimore, MD.

 

RECENT WORKSHOPS, TRAININGS AND SEMINARS PRESENTED:

October 2007- “The Devil Goes to Day Care.”  Invited presentation to the Center for Inquiry-Michigan.  Grand Rapids, MI.

August 2004: “Rape Culture.” Presentation to the Eyes Wide Open sexual assault prevention and information program at Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI.

April 2003: “Cultural Competence in Child Maltreatment Interventions.”  Invited lecture to the Community Resources course, Michigan State University College of Hum-an Medicine.  Lansing, MI.

March 2002:  “Community Risk Factors for Child Maltreatment.”  Invited lecture to the Community Resources course, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.  Lansing, MI.

April 2001:  “Beyond the Battered Child Syndrome.”  Invited lecture for the Physicians for Social Responsibility lecture series, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.  Lansing, MI.

November 2000: “Vicarious Traumatization,” a day-long interactive workshop with the staff of the various counseling programs at the YWCA in Grand Rapids, MI.

March 2000:  “Expressed or Repressed: The Controversy Over Memory.”  Presentation to the Women’s Festival Conference at Grand Valley State University. Allendale, MI.

November 1999: "Child Sexual Abuse," a two-hour presentation to Kent County, MI teachers and counselors as part of the Reproductive Health Institute Training Pro-gram.  Grand Rapids, MI.

May 1999:  "Making Sense of the Senseless: Culture and Violence," a three-hour interactive workshop for the Michigan District Court Probation Officers Association An-nual Conference.  Midland, MI.

October 1998:  "Child Sexual Abuse," a two-hour presentation to Kent County, MI teachers and counselors as part of the Reproductive Health Institute Training Program. Grand Rapids,  MI.

November 1997:  "Child Sexual Abuse," a two-hour presentation to Kent County, MI teachers and counselors as part of the Reproductive Health Institute Training Pro-gram. Grand Rapids, MI.

October 1996:  "Child Sexual Abuse," a two-hour presentation to Kent Intermediate School teachers and counselors as part of the state mandated Reproductive Health Institute Training Program.  Grand Rapids, MI. 

March 1996:  "Child Sexual Abuse," a two-hour presentation to Kent Intermediate School teachers and counselors as part of the state mandated Reproductive Health Institute Training Program.  Grand Rapids, MI. 

October 1995:  "Child Sexual Abuse," a two-hour presentation to Kent Intermediate School teachers and counselors as part of the state mandated Reproductive Health Institute Training Program.  Grand Rapids, MI. 

October 1994:  Co-conducted day-long strategic planning session for Neighbors of Belknap Lookout (NOBL).

October 1994:  "Child Sexual Abuse," a two-hour presentation to Kent Intermediate School teachers and counselors as part of the state mandated Reproductive Health Institute Training Program.  Grand Rapids, MI. 

July 1994:  "Trauma, Resistance, and Countertransference."  A three-hour interactive workshop for probation officers, presentence investigators, and counselors in the District Courts of West Michigan.  Grand Rapids, MI.

March 1994:  "Remembering."  Workshop for the Making Congregations Safe Places:  A Conference on Abuse.  Grand Rapids, MI.

November 1993:  "Advocating for the Rights of the Child."  Presentation to the Youth,   Substance Abuse and Violence Conference.  Grand Rapids, MI.  

October 1993:  "Child Abuse and Neglect:  Local Solutions to a Local Problem."  Keynote address sponsored by the Linda VanderVeen Trust.  Grand Rapids, MI.

March 1993:  "Identifying an Abused or Neglected Child."  Presentation at, "Helping the Abused Child: The Educator's Legal Responsibility in Reporting Child Abuse."  Holland, MI.

November 1992:  "Traumatic Bonding:  From Concept, to Application, to Cautious 'Political Manifesto.'"  Keynote address to the state Sexual Assault Information Network's annual meeting.  Lansing, MI.

October 1992:  "Child Sexual Abuse," a two-hour presentation to Kent Intermediate     School teachers and counselors as part of the state mandated Reproductive Health Institute Training Program. 

March 1992:  "The Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse:  An Exercise in Critical Thinking."  Presentation at, "Meeting the Challenge:  A Training Conference for Educators on the Mandated Reporting of Child Abuse."  Grand Rapids, MI.

May 1991:  Day-long focused clinical seminar on child sexual abuse, domestic violence and rape for the clinical staff of the Counseling Program of the YWCA.  Baldwin, MI. 

January 1991:  "Assessment and Treatment of Child Sexual Abuse."  Day-long focused clinical seminar for Grand Rapids Public School counselors and social workers.  Grand Rapids, MI.

December 1990:  "Child Sexual Abuse: Its Nature, Effects and Treatment.  Day-long focused clinical seminar sponsored by Family Outreach.  Grand Rapids, MI.  

November 1990:  "The World View of the Victim."  Focused seminar presented to The Clinical Seminar on Victimization Issues, sponsored by the Counseling and Do-mestic Violence Programs of the YWCA.  Grand Rapids, MI.

October 1990:  "The World View of the Victim of Domestic Violence."  Keynote address to  The Annual Conference on Domestic Violence, sponsored by the Michigan Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the Department of Mental Health.              Grand Rapids, MI.

May 1990:  "Assessment and Evaluation of the Credibility of a Young Child's Allegation of Sexual Abuse."  A three and one-half hour presentation to the Investigating and Assessing Child Abuse Cases Symposium, sponsored by the Kent County Council for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect.  Grand Rapids, MI. 

April 1990:  "Child Sexual Abuse."  A three hour presentation to the Michigan Association of Teachers of Emotionally Disturbed Children.  Boyne Mountain, Michigan.

March 1990:  "Assessment and Evaluation of Suspected Cases of Child Sexual Abuse." A three hour workshop presented to law enforcement officers and detectives.        Grand Rapids, MI.

 

EXPERT TESTIMONY:

Qualified as an expert witness in sexual victimization and/or traumatic stress in criminal trials in the following courts of law:

v     U.S. District Courts:

Western District of Michigan

v     Circuit Courts:

Allegan County, Michigan

Berrien County, Michigan

Calhoun County, Michigan

Isabella County, Michigan

Kent County, Michigan

Mecosta County, Michigan

Muskegon County, Michigan

Scotland County, North Carolina

v     Juvenile Courts:

                        Kent County, Michigan

                        Muskegon County, Michigan

                        Newago County, Michigan

Ottawa County, Michigan

Qualified as an expert witness in the civil trial of Melissa Fisher v. Scott Zerbe, Frederick Adrian, Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of Wyoming, The Michigan District of the Wisconsin Synod of the Lutheran Church, and the Wisconsin Evangelical Synod  in the Circuit Court of Kent County, Michigan. 

Qualified as an expert witness on sexual victimization in Administrative Hearings conducted by the Michigan Attorney General's Office in Kent, Muskegon, Berrien and Kalamazoo counties in Michigan.

Qualified as an expert witness on sexual victimization in a Michigan Department of Edu-cation Tenure Hearing in Zeeland, Michigan (1987).

Consultation provided in Michigan Department of Education teacher tenure cases in Zealand, Michigan (1987),  Holt, Michigan (1986), and in Coopersville, Michigan (1984).

Qualified as an expert witness on sexual victimization in a Michigan Department of Edu-cation Tenure Appeal Hearing in Lansing, Michigan (1991).