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About Dr. Diana Russell


 

Education
Professional Employment
Major Research Grants
Awards
Honors and Fellowships
Published Books
Books in Progress
Future Planned Books
Final Reports and Dissertation
Scholarly Articles, Chapters, Introductions: Published/ In Press/ Accepted for Publication
Journalistic Articles, USA
Publication/ In Press in other Countries
Book Reviews
Articles on My Web Site

Unpublished Papers/ Documents/ On-Line
Convocation Address
Presentations at Professional Meetings in U.S.A.
University Sponsored Lectures, Panels, Etc. in U.S.A. (Selected)
Keynote and Plenary Addresses in U.S.A.
Community Sponsored Lectures, Panels, Workshops, etc. in U.S.A. 
International Keynotes, Lectures, Panels, Workshops, etc.
Interviews by the News Media (Selected)
Offices Held
Consultant and Expert Witness in Legal Cases
Other Community Service
Who's Who Volumes Listed in (Selected)
Speaking Experience

 

Education

Ph.D. 1970 Harvard University, Department of Social Relations. Social Psychology.

M.A. 1967 Harvard University, Department of Social Relations. Social Psychology.

Postgraduate Diploma 1961 London School of Economics and Political Science. Social Science and Administration. Passed with Distinction.

B.A. 1958 University of Capetown, South Africa. Psychology.

Professional Employment
 
1991 to date Self-Employed. Researcher, writer, consultant and public speaker.   
1991 to date Professor Emerita of Sociology, Mills College, Oakland, CA.
1992 (Sept) to 1993 Research Associate. Institute of  (Jan) Criminology, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
1991 (Spring) Research Associate. Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
1991 to date Professor Emerita of Sociology. Mills College, Oakland, CA.
1983-91 Full Professor of Sociology. Mills College, Oakland, CA.
1975-83 Associate Professor of Sociology. Mills College, Oakland, CA.
1969-75 Assistant Professor of Sociology. Mills College, Oakland, CA.
  Courses taught: Women in Contemporary Society; Sociology of Marriage, Family and Kinship; Sociology of Oppression; Sociology of Sex Roles; Human Sexuality; Social Movements and Social Change; Violence Against Women.
1967-68 Research Associate. Center of International Studies, Princeton University.
1963-64 Research Assistant. Professor Talcott Parsons, Department of Social Relations, Harvard University.
1961-62 Research Assistant. Professor Raymond Firth, Department of Social Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science, England.

Major Research Grants 

1992-93 Principal Investigator. Funder: Human Sciences Research Council.
Project title: An exploratory sociological  study of incestuous abuse in South Africa .Funding: R25,000.
980-82 Principal Investigator.

Funder: Department of Health and Human Services Grant, National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, Grant 90-CA-813/01
 Project title: Intrafamily child sexual abuse: A San Francisco survey. Secondary analysis of data on the impact of intrafamily child sexual abuse in San Francisco.
Funding: $70,000. 

1977-79 Principal Investigator.
Funder: National Institute of Mental Health Grant, National Center for the Prevention and Control of Rape, Grant RO1MH28960.
Project title: The prevalence of rape and sexual assault. Designed and implemented a survey of the prevalence of rape and other sexual assault in San Francisco.
Funding: $180,000. 

Awards

Awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by the Oakland/Eastbay Chapter of the National Organization for Women to honor my service and dedication to women's lives. April 14, 2002.

Awarded the Olympe de Gouges Award for Women's Human Rights at the 7th International Congress on Women at the University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway, on June 20, 1999.

Exposing Nuclear Phallacies designated an Outstanding Book on human rights in the United States by the Gustavus Myers Center, Fayetteville, Arizona, on December 10, 1990.

Recipient of the 1988 Pioneer Award. One such award is given each year by the California Governor's Victim Service Awards Program "to recognize distinguished leadership and outstanding contributions in furthering the field of victim services."

Co-recipient of the 1986 C. Wright Mills Award for The Secret Trauma: Incest in the Lives of Girls and Women. Awarded by the Society for the Study of Social Problems for a book that exemplifies outstanding social science research on a significant social problem.

Recipient of the 1986 American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award for The Secret Trauma: Incest in the Lives of Girls and Women.

Recipient of the Research Award given by the Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women, 1986.

Honors and Fellowships

 Medal for being named to the Veteran Feminists of America's Honor Roll for Feminist Writers, 2002.

Awarded the "Humanist Heroine" Award for 2001 by the American Humanist Association, May 18, 2001.

Exhibition of Photographs of women heroines in the South African liberation struggle taken by D.E.H. Russell and Marie Hart in 1987 and published in Lives of Courage: Women for a New South Africa (1989), plus a speech by D.E.H. Russell to be read to audiences. Exhibition launched on South Africa's National Women's Day, August 9, 1998, in the Cape Town Castle, after which it will tour around the country (e.g., to Johannesburg, Pietermaritzburg, Paarl).

D.E.H. Russell. The incidence and prevalence of intrafamilial and extrafamilial sexual abuse of female children, published in Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, Vol. 7, No. 2, 1983, pp. 133-146:

 
-- This article was ranked fourth out of 50 child abuse journal articles and book chapters by an international group of 104 child protection professionals in 1997. These professionals were asked to rank order 15 of the 50 publications that they considered to be the most important in the field.

-- This article was the fifth most frequently cited of the 30 highest ranking papers on child abuse in the Science Citation Index and in the Social Science Citation Index from 1984 to 1993.

-- This article was one of only four papers that were included in the top 10 articles for the citation survey and the professional survey combined. (R. K. Oates and A. C. Donnelly, Influential papers in child abuse," Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, Vol. 21, No. 3, 1997, pp. 319-326.

 

Overseas Research Fellowship funded by the Centre for Science Development, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, in 1992. 

Photographic portrait of me in the Oakland Museum History Department for the 1991 Gifted Woman Project, "to celebrate the contributions of the region's most influential and accomplished women." Prints available at Vision Gallery in San Francisco. Published in Gifted Woman (San Francisco, CA: Pacific Photographic Press, 1992). 

Research Consultant on sexual violence for the California Commission on Crime Control and Violence Prevention, 1981-1982. 

Harvard Fellowships, 1963-64, 1965-66. 

Recipient of the Mostyn Lloyd Memorial Prize, awarded to the best student studying for the Postgraduate Diploma in Social Science and Administration at the London School of Economics in 1961. 

Published Books 

Russell, D.E.H. and R. Harmes. Eds. Femicide in Global Perspective. New York: Teachers College Press, 2001. 

Russell, D.E.H. and R. Bolen. The Epidemic of Rape and Child Sexual Abuse in the United States. Newbury Park, California: Sage Publications, 2000. 

Russell, D.E.H. The Secret Trauma: Incest in the Lives of Girls and Women. Second edition with a new introduction. New York: Basic Books/Perseus Press, 1999. (First edition, Basic Books, 1986.) 

Translated into Japanese by Satoru Saito, Ph.D. Tokyo, Japan: Health Work Association, 2002. 

Russell, D.E.H. Dangerous Relationships: Pornography, Misogyny, and Rape. Newbury Park, California: Sage Publications, 1998; and London, England: Sage Publications, 1998.  Revised, expanded edition of Against Pornography: The Evidence of Harm, Berkeley, CA: Russell Publications, 1994.

Russell, D.E.H. Behind Closed Doors in White South Africa: Incest Survivors Tell Their Stories. Basingstoke, Hampshire, U.K., Macmillan Press, 1997. US Edition: New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. 

Russell, D.E.H. Incestuous Abuse: Its Long-Term Effects. Pretoria, South Africa: The Human Sciences Research Council Publishers, 1995. 

Russell, D.E.H. Against Pornography: The Evidence of Harm. Berkeley, California: Russell Publications, 1994. Excerpts on D.E.H. Russell's website at http://www.dianarussell.com/porntoc.html 

Russell, D.E.H. (Ed.). Making Violence Sexy: Feminist Views on Pornography. New York: Teachers College Press, 1993, and Buckingham, England: Open University Press, 1993.

Radford, J., and Russell, D.E.H. (Eds.). Femicide: The Politics of Woman Killing. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1992, and Buckingham, England: Open University Press, 1992. Out of Print. Reprinted by UMI, Books on Demand, 300 North Zeeb Road, PO Box 1346, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-9937, 2003.

Russell, D.E.H. Rape in Marriage. Revised/expanded edition. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1990. (First edition, Macmillan, New York, 1982.) 

Russell, D.E.H. Lives of Courage: Women for a New South Africa. New York: Basic Books, 1989; Cape Town, South Africa: David Philip Publishers, 1990; London, England: Virago Press, 1990. Out of Print. Reprinted by Authors Guild, On-Demand Book Service, New York, 2003. Check Backinprint.com. 

Edited edition translated into French by F. Siety: Apartheid: Winnie Mandela et des Femmes d'Afrique du Sud racontent .... Paris, France: First Inc., 1991. Out of print. 

Russell, D.E.H. (Ed.). Exposing Nuclear Phallacies. New York: Teachers College Press, 1989. Out of Print. Reprinted by UMI, Books on Demand, 300 North Zeeb Road, PO Box 1346, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-9937, 2003.

Russell, D.E.H. Sexual Exploitation: Rape, Child Sexual Abuse, and Workplace Harassment (8th printing). Newbury Park, California: Sage Publications, 1984; and London, England: Sage Publications, 1984.

Russell, D.E.H., with R. Linden, D. Pagano, L. Star (Eds.).Against Sadomasochism: A Radical Feminist Analysis. San Francisco, California: Frog in the Well, 1982. Out of Print.

Russell, D.E.H., and N. Van de Ven. Crimes Against Women: The Proceedings of the International Tribunal. Second edition. East Palo Alto, California: Frog in the Well, 1984. First edition. Millbrae, California: Les Femmes Publishing, 1976. Distributed by Russell Publications, Berkeley, California, 2004.

Translated into Italian by N. Casperini: Crimini Contra le Donne: Atti del Tribunal Internazionale, 1977.

Translated into Dutch: Misdaden Tegen de Vrouw: Tribunal Brussel 1976. Amsterdam: Feministiese Uitgeverij de Bonte Was, 1977.

Russell, D.E.H. The Politics of Rape. New York: Stein & Day, 1975, 1984. New York: Madison Books, Inc. Out of Print. Reprinted by Authors Guild, On-Demand Book Service, New York, 2003. Check Backinprint.com.

Edited edition translated into Italian by C. Paloschi: La Politica dello Stupro. Rome: Stampato in Proprio- Limehetimena, 1976.

Russell, D.E.H. Rebellion, Revolution and Armed Force: A Comparative Study of Fifteen Countries with Special Emphasis on Cuba and South Africa. New York: Academic Press, 1974. Out of Print. Reprinted by UMI, Books on Demand, 300 North Zeeb Road, PO Box 1346, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-9937.

 This book was banned in South Africa as "undesirable."

 Books in Progress

 Russell, D.E.H. Stolen Innocence: The Damaging Effects of Child Pornography -- On and Off the Internet. Seeking publisher.

 Future Books Planned

Russell, D.E.H. The Epidemic of Sexual Abuse and Violence Against Women in South Africa. This book is about 75 percent completed. Seeking publisher. 

Russell, D.E.H. Incest Secrets: White Women in South Africa Break Their Silence. This book is about 75 percent completed. Seeking publisher.

Russell, D.E.H. Lethal Hate Crimes Against Women. This book is about halfway completed. Seeking publisher. 

Russell, D.E.H. The Many Faces of Violence Against Women in the United States. This volume will include some of my best known previously published articles/chapters on violence against females in the United States, some of my important but neglected pieces, as well as new material. All types of male violence against women will be covered, including sexual harassment, rape by husbands and other less intimate perpetrators, woman battery, incestuous and extrafamilial child sexual assault, torture, femicide and pornography-related violence. 

Final Reports and Dissertation

Russell, D.E.H. Incestuous Abuse in South Africa: An Exploratory Study. Final Report for the Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa, October 1994. 

Russell, D.E.H. Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse: A San Francisco Survey. Final Report for the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. April 1983. 

Russell, D.E.H. Rape, Child Sexual Abuse, and Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: An Analysis of the Prevalence, Causes, and Recommended Solutions. Final Report for the California Commission on Violence Prevention and Crime Control, Sacramento, November 1982. 

Russell, D.E.H. A Comparative Study of the Relation between the Loyalty of the Armed Forces and the Outcome of Mass Rebellions in the Twentieth Century. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University, 1970. 

Scholary Articles, Chapters, Introductions: Published/ In Press/ Accepted for Publication

 Russell, D.E.H. Listing of my selected contributions to feminism from prior to 1975 included in Barbara Love (Ed.), The Pioneer Feminist Project. To be published in 2004. Database, edouglass.org/PFP.

 Russell, D.E.H. Why write a book on rape in marriage. In Claire Renzetti, Jeff Edleson and Raquel Kennedy Bergen (Eds.), Classic Papers on Violence Against Women. To be published by Allyn and Bacon, Boston, Mass, in 2004. 

Russell, D.E.H. Pornography and violence. Excerpt from Against Pornography: The Evidence of Harm. Berkeley, CA: Russell Publications, 1994. In H. Cothran (Ed.), Pornography: Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 2002, pp. 

Russell, D.E.H. Pornography as a cause of rape. Excerpt from Dangerous Relationships: Pornography, Misogyny, and Rape. Newbury Park, California: Sage Publications, 1998. In M. Williams (Ed.), Rape: Contemporary Issues Companion. San Diego, CA.: Geenhaven Press, 2001, pp. 85-94. 

Russell, D.E.H. Pornography as a cause of rape. Excerpt from Dangerous Relationships: Pornography, Misogyny, and Rape. Newbury Park, California: Sage Publications, 1998. In Richard P. Halgin (Ed.), Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Abnormal Psychology. Guilford: Connnecticut: Dushkin/McGraw-Hill, 2000, pp. 200-212. 

Bolen, R.M., Russell, D.E.H., and Scannapeico, M. Child sexual abuse prevalence: A review and reanalysis of relevant studies. In C. Itzin (Ed.), Home Truths About Child Sexual Abuse: Influencing Policy and Practice. London, England: Routledge, 2000, pp. 169-196. 

Russell, D.E.H. The great incest war: Moving beyond polarization. Introduction to the second edition of The Secret Trauma: Incest in the Lives of Girls and Women. New York: Basic Books/Perseus Press, 1999, pp. xvii-xlii. Reprinted in Coalition Commentary: A Publication of the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Spring 2000, pp. 1, 3-15. 

Russell, D.E.H. Second letter responding to Neil Malamuth's critique of first letter in Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 13, No. 6, 1998, pp. 763-764. 

Russell, D.E.H. Letter responding to Neil Malamuth's critique of D.E.H. Russell's chapter, The experts cop out, in Making Violence Sexy. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 13, No. 4, 1998, pp. 535-537.

Russell, D.E.H. Femicide. In H. Tierney (Ed.), Women's Studies Encyclopedia. Second revised and expanded edition. Westport, CT., Greenwood Press, 1998.

Russell, D.E.H. Incest. In H. Tierney (Ed.), Women's Studies Encyclopedia. Second revised and expanded edition. Westport, CT., Greenwood Press, 1998.

Russell, D.E.H. Rape. In H. Tierney (Ed.), Women's Studies Encyclopedia. Second revised and expanded edition. Westport, CT., Greenwood Press, 1998.

Russell, D.E.H. Incest. In W. Mankiller, G. Mink, M. Navarro, B. Smith and G. Steinem (Eds.), The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History. New York: Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1998, pp. 609-611.

Russell, D.E.H. Intimacy for sale. In M. Hall (Ed.), Sexualities. Women & Therapy, Vol. 19, No. 4, 1996, pp. 15-25; and in M. Hall (Ed.), Sexualities. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, 1996, pp. 15-25.

Russell, D.E.H. Politicizing sexual violence: A voice in the wilderness. In P. Chesler, E. Cole and E. Rothblum (Eds.), Feminist Foremothers in Women's Studies, Psychology, and Mental Health, Part II, Women & Therapy, Vol. 17, Nos. 3/4, 1995, pp. 425-434; and in P. Chesler, E. Cole, and E. Rothblum (Eds.). Feminist Foremothers in Women's Studies, Psychology, and Mental Health. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, 1995, pp. 425-434.

Russell, D.E.H. "I didn't remember for 33 years": An incest survivor tells her story. The Journal of Psychohistory, Vol. 23, No. 2, Fall, 1995, pp. 149-190.

Russell, D.E.H. The prevalence, trauma and socio-cultural causes of incestuous abuse of females: A human rights issue. In R. Kleber, C. Figley and B. Gersons (Eds.), Beyond Trauma: Cultural and Societal Dynamics. New York: Plenum Publishing, 1995, pp. 171-186.

Russell, D.E.H. From Nazi Germany to South Africa: A personal story of incest and "necklace" murder. The Journal of Psychohistory, Vol. 23, No. 1, Summer, 1995, pp. 73-91.

Russell, D.E.H. The making of a whore. Violence Against Women: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1995, pp. 77-98. Reprinted in R. Bergen (Ed.), Issues in Intimate Violence. Newbury Park, California: Sage Publications, 1998, 65-76.

Russell, D.E.H. The trauma of rape: The case of Ms. X. In P. Searles and R. Berger (Eds.), Rape and Society: Readings on the Problem of Sexual Assault. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1995, pp. 9-15. Reprint of chapter in D.E.H. Russell, The Politics of Rape, 1975.

Russell, D.E.H. White man wants a black piece. In P. Searles and R. Berger (Eds.), Rape and Society: Readings on the Problem of Sexual Assault. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1995, pp. 129-138. Reprint of chapter in D.E.H. Russell, The Politics of Rape, 1975.

Mayall, A., and D.E.H. Russell. Racism in pornography. In G. Dines and J. Humez (Eds.), Gender, Race and Class in Media. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1995, pp. 287-297.

Reprint of article with same title in D. E. H. Russell (Ed.), Making Violence Sexy: Feminist Views on Pornography, 1993.

Russell, D.E.H. Expert testimony on the implications for incest and rape survivors of anti-abortion legislation enacted in the state of Utah in Jane L. v. Bangerter, No. 91-C-345-G (D. Utah), 1992.

Russell, D.E.H. The prevalence of sexual assault on females in the United States. Reproductive Life: Advances in Research in Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology. In K. Wijma and B. von Schoultz (Eds.). Park Ridge, NJ: Parthenon Publishing Group, 1992, pp. 501-507.

Russell, D.E.H. The sociocultural causes of sexual assault. Reproductive Life: Advances in Research in Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology. In K. Wijma and B. von Schoultz (Eds.). Park Ridge, NJ: Parthenon Publishing Group, 1992, pp. 487-492.

Harmes, R., and D.E.H. Russell. Selected bibliography on marital rape. Violence Update, Vol. 2, June, 1992, pp. 6-7.

Russell, D.E.H. My turn: A response to Neil Gilbert. Violence Update, Vol. 2, No. 7, 1992, pp. 6, 11.

Russell, D.E.H. Wife rape. In Andrea Parrot and Laurie Bechhofer (Eds.), Acquaintance Rape: The Hidden Crime. New York: John Wiley, 1991, pp. 129-39.

Russell, D.E.H. Fatima Meer: South African community leader and fighter against apartheid. Sage: A Scholarly Journal on Black Women, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1989, pp. 69-73.

Russell, D.E.H. South African feminism through the eyes and life of Tozi Ntuli. Feminist Issues, Vol. 9, No. 2, Fall 1989, pp. 51-80.

Russell, D.E.H. Incest. In H. Tierney (Ed.), Women's Studies Encyclopedia, Vol. 1. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1989, pp. 187-189.

Russell, D.E.H. Rape In H. Tierney (Ed.), Women's Studies Encyclopedia, Vol. 1. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1989, pp. 312-316.

Russell, D.E.H. Detention in South Africa: A woman's experience. Feminist Issues, Vol. 8, No. 2, 1988, pp. 3-24.

Russell, D.E.H., R.A. Schurman, and K. Trocki. The long-term effects of incestuous abuse: A comparison of Afro-American and White-American victims. In G. Wyatt and G. Powell (Eds.), The Lasting Effects of Child Sexual Abuse. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, 1988, pp. 119-134.

Russell, D.E.H. Foreword. K. Yllo and M. Bograd (Eds.), Feminist Perspectives on Wife Abuse. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, 1988, pp. 7-9. 

Russell, D.E.H. Pornography and rape: A causal model. Political Psychology, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1988, pp. 41-73.

Revised version in C. Itzin (Ed.), Pornography: Women, Violence and Civil Liberties. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1992. Revised version reprinted in C. Swift (Ed.), Prevention in Human Services, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1995; and C. Swift (Ed.), Sexual Assault and Abuse: Sociocultural Context of Prevention. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, 1995, pp. 45-91. Revised version entitled "Pornography causes harm to women," reprinted in M. R. Walsh (Ed.), Women, Men, and Gender: Ongoing Debates. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996, pp. 158-169. Revised version in D. Cornell (Ed.), Feminism & Pornography. Oxford: England: Oxford University Press, 2000, pp. 48-93.

Russell, D.E.H. The nuclear mentality: An outgrowth of the masculine mentality. Atlantis: A Women's Studies Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2, 1987, pp. 10-16.

Herman, J., D.E.H. Russell, and K. Trocki. The long-term effects of incestuous abuse in childhood. American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 143, No. 10, 1986, pp. 1293-1296.

Russell, D.E.H., C. Anderson, S. Cooper, C. Plummer, and L. Sanford. The sexually abused boy: A critique. Preventing Sexual Abuse, Vol. 1, No. 4, 1986, pp. 12-13.

Russell, D.E.H. The prevalence and seriousness of incestuous abuse: Stepfathers vs. biological fathers. Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1984, pp. 15-22.

Russell, D.E.H., and Finkelhor, D. The gender gap among perpetrators of child sexual abuse. In D.E.H. Russell, Sexual Exploitation: Rape, Child Sexual Abuse, and Workplace Harassment (8th printing). Newbury Park, California: Sage Publications, 1984, pp. 215-231. A slightly different version of this article was published in Finkelhor, D., and Russell, D.E.H. Women as perpetrators. In D. Finkelhor, Child Sexual Abuse: New Theory and Research. New York: Free Press, 1984, pp. 171-187.

Russell, D.E.H. The incidence and prevalence of intrafamilial and extrafamilial sexual abuse of female children. Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, Vol. 7, No. 2, 1983, pp. 133-146. Reprinted in Lenore Walker (Ed.), Handbook on Sexual Abuse of Children. New York: Springer, 1988. 

Russell, D.E.H., and N. Howell. The prevalence of rape in the United States revisited. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Vol. 8, No. 4, Summer 1983, pp. 688-695.

Russell, D.E.H. Research on how women experience the impact of pornography. In D. Copp and S. Wendell (Eds.), Pornography and Censorship: Scientific, Philosophical and Legal Studies. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1983.

Russell, D.E.H. The prevalence and incidence of forcible rape and attempted rape of females. Victimology: An International Journal, Vol. 7, No. 1-4, 1982, pp. 81-93.

Russell, D.E.H. Sadomasochism: A contra-feminist activity. In R.R. Linden, D.R. Pagano, D.E.H. Russell, S.L. Star (Eds.). Against Sadomasochism: A Radical Feminist Analysis. East Palo Alto, CA: Frog in the Well, 1982.

Russell, D.E.H. Pornography and violence: What does the new research say? In L. Lederer (Ed.), Take Back the Night: Women on Pornography. New York: William Morrow, 1980, pp. 218-238. 

Russell, D.E.H. Pornography and the women's liberation movement. In L. Lederer (Ed.), Take Back the Night: Women on Pornography. New York: William Morrow, 1980, pp. 301-306.  Reprinted in L. Richardson and V. Taylor (Eds.) Feminist Frontiers: Rethinking Sex, Gender, and Society, New York: Random House, 1987. 

Russell, D.E.H. Rape. The Academic American Encyclopedia,

Princeton: Areté Publishing Company, 1980, p. 88. 

Russell, D.E.H. Introduction to Battered Wives, by D. Martin. San Francisco: Glide Publications, 1976. 

Armor, D.J., J.B. Giacquinta, R. Gordon McIntosh, and D.E.H. Russell. Professors' attitudes toward the Vietnam War. Public Opinion Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 2, 1967, pp. 159-175. 

Journalistic Articles, USA 

Russell, D.E.H. Being a Radical Feminist Activist in the 21st Century: Protesting Sexual Slavery in Berkeley, California. Rain and Thunder: A Radical Feminist Journal of Discussion and Activism. Issue # 21, Winter Solstice 2003, pp. 15-19. 

Russell, D.E.H. San Francisco should say no to child porn. San Francisco Examiner, March 28, 2002, p. A11. 

Russell, D.E.H. AIDS as mass femicide. Off Our Backs, January 2001, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 6-9. Also on D.E.H. Russell's website at http://www.dianarussell. com/oob.html 

Russell, D.E.H. Why did Chanti die? An activist takes on Berkeley landlord for alleged sex-trafficking. Off Our Backs, November 2000, Vol. 30, No. 10, pp. 10-11, 13.Also on D.E.H. Russell's website at http://www.dianarussell. com/oob.html 

Russell, D.E.H. Questions about the death of a young sex slave in Berkeley Remain. San Francisco Chronicle, Open Forum, April 6, 2000, p. A27. 

Russell, D.E.H. The trials and tribulations of writing a book against porn. Merge, March 1999, 12-13, 16.

Menasche, A. and D.E.H.Russell. Violence, pornography, and women-hating: An interview with Diana Russell. Against the Current, July/August, 1997, pp. 32-35. 

Russell, D.E.H. Sexism was overlooked. Editorial on the verdict in the O.J. Simpson trial. Oakland Tribune, October 8, 1995, p. A23. Also published in Off Our Backs, Vol. 25, No. 10, 1995, p. 16. 

Russell, D.E.H. Nadine Strossen: The pornography industry's wet dream. On the Issues, Vol. 4, No. 3, 1995, pp. 32-34. Also at http://www.echonyc.com/~onissues/russell.htm, and on yes" D.E.H. Russell's website at http://www.dianarussell.com/ Strossen.html 

Russell, D.E.H. The divine right of the father: Incest in the white Afrikaner tribe. Off Our Backs, Vol. 23, No. 3, 1993, pp. 10-11. 

Russell, D.E.H. Fay Stender and the politics of murder. On the Issues, Vol. 18, Spring 1991, pp. 28-30, 40-41. Revised version of article in Chrysalis, Vol. 9, 1979, pp. 11-13. 

Russell, D.E.H. The "sinister third force" -- First hand. Christianity and Crisis, Vol. 50, No. 19, January, 1991, p. 419. 

Caputi, J. and D.E.H. Russell. Femicide: Speaking the unspeakable. Ms.: The World of Women, Vol. 1, No. 2, September/October 1990, pp. 34-37. 

Russell, D.E.H. Let's stop pornography -- now. Guest Editorial. The Oakland Tribune, Oakland, September 28, 1990. Longer version: From expert witness to jail inmate. Off Our Backs, Vol. 20, No. 10, November 1990, p. 4. 

Russell, D.E.H., and J. Caputi. Canadian massacre: It was political. New Directions for Women, March/April, 1990, p. 17. 

Caputi, J., and D.E.H. Russell. Killed for a cause. Open Forum, San Francisco Chronicle, December 14, 1989, p. A39. Expanded version in Sojourner: The Women's Forum, January 1990, p. 7. 

Russell, D.E.H. The incest legacy. The Sciences, March/April 1986, pp. 28-32. 

Russell, D.E.H. Violence and sexual abuse: A report from Nairobi. Sexual Coercion and Assault: Issues and Perspectives, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1986, pp. 14-17. 

Russell, D.E.H. Censorship issue is muting the feminists' attack on pornography. The Center Magazine, Vol. XIV, No. 5, May/June 1981. 

Russell, D.E.H., and L. Lederer. Questions we get asked most often. In L. Lederer (Ed.), Take Back the Night: Women on Pornography. New York: William Morrow, 1980. 

Russell, D.E.H. Banned and house-arrested in South Africa: A personal account. Worldview, Vol. 23, No. 5, May 1980, pp. 6-9. 

Russell, D.E.H. A commentary on the International Tribunal. Quest, Vol. 4, No. 2, February 1978. 

Russell, D.E.H. Crimes against women. Ms. Magazine, February 1977, pp. 81-83, 86. 

Russell, D.E.H. On pornography. Chrysalis, No. 4, 1977, pp. 11-15. 

Russell, D.E.H. Report on the International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Vol. 2, No. 2, Winter 1976, pp. 476-482, and republished in Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, Vol. II, No. 1, Spring 1977. 

Russell, D.E.H. I never set out to rape anybody. . . . Ms. Magazine, December 1972. Reprinted in the British edition of Cosmopolitan, May 1973, p. 37. 

 Publication/ In Press in other Countries

 Australia 

Russell, D.E.H. Pornography and sexual violence against women: A pictorial and causal analysis. Chapter for anthology based on a selection of the presentations delivered at the Conference -- Seeking Solutions: Australia's Inaugural Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Conference. Gold Coast, Australia. September 6, 2001. 

Russell, D.E.H. U.S. pornography invades South Africa: A content analysis of Playboy and Penthouse. In D. Bell and R. Klein (Eds.), Radically Speaking: Feminism Reclaimed. Melbourne, Australia: Spinifex Press, 1996, pp. 429-435. (Edited version of article with same title published in S. Jagwanth, P. Schwikkasd, and B. Grant (Eds.), Women and the Law. Pretoria, South Africa: Human Sciences Research Council Publishers, 1994, pp. 285-323.) 

Belgium 

Russell, D.E.H. La sororité internationale est plus puissante. Les Cahiers du Grif, December 14/15, 1976, pp. 74-76. 

Canada 

Russell, D.E.H., and J. Caputi. The list of victims grows daily. Toronto Sun, December 9, 1989.

Russell, D.E.H. The birth of FANG -- A feminist anti-nuclear group. Atlantis: A Women's Studies Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1, 1986, pp. 173-174. 

China 

Russell, D.E.H. Rape in marriage. Translated into Chinese. Women's Study. Vol 1, No. 14, 1991, pp. 28-30.

Denmark 

Russell, D.E.H. Sexisme, vold og atomkrigsmentalitet (Sexism, violence and the nuclear mentality). Translated into Danish by E. Strandgaard. In Susan Possing (Ed.), Angst og mod to Sider af samme sag, NYT Forum, October 1990, pp. 15-29. 

France 

Russell, D.E.H. Quand les hommes sont fascinés par les missiles. Nouvelles Questions Feministes, Vol. 11-12, 1985, pp. 87-94. 

Great Britain 

Russell, D.E.H. Between a rock and a hard place: The politics of white feminists conducting research on black women in South Africa. Feminism and Psychology, Vol. 6, No. 2, May 1996, pp. 176-180. Also in S. Wilkinson and C. Kitzinger (Eds.), Representing the Other: A Feminism and Psychology Reader. Sage Publications, London: England, July 1996, pp. 89-93. 

Russell, D.E.H. Organizing against incestuous abuse in South Africa. Feminist Forum in Women's Studies International Forum, Vol. 17, No. 1, January 1994. 

Mayall, A., and D.E.H. Russell. Racism in pornography. Feminism and Psychology: An International Journal, Vol. 3, No. 2, 1993, pp. 275-281. An edited version of a chapter with the same title in D. E. H. Russell (Ed.), Making Violence Sexy: Feminist Views on Pornography, New York: Teachers College Press, 1993. 

Russell, D.E.H. Gang rape in the townships. Trouble & Strife, Vol. 24, Summer 1992, pp. 30-34. 

Russell, D.E.H. From expert witness to jail inmate. Feminist Forum: Women's Studies International Forum, Vol. 14, No. 1/2, 1991, pp. xx-xxii. 

Russell, D.E.H. Life in a police state: A black South African woman speaks out. Women's Studies International Forum, Vol. 12, No. 2, 1989, pp. 157-166. 

Latin America 

Russell, D.E.H. La tortura de la esposa en un Hogar-Carçel (Torture in marriage). Cosmopolitan (Spanish Edition), Vol. 19, No. 1, January 1991, pp. 62-65.

The Netherlands

Russell, D.E.H. Pornografie en de vrouwenbewegig (Pornography and the women's liberation movement). Translated into Dutch by Ruben Heule. Wetenschap & Samenleving, Vol. 1, January 1980. Vol. 1, January 1980, pp. 26-29.

Russell, D.E.H. Pornografie in feministisch perspektief (On pornography). Translated into Dutch by F. Albach. Wetenschap & Samenleving, Vol. 1, January 1980, pp. 21-25.

South Africa

Russell, D.E.H. Pornography and rape: A comparison of South Africa and other nations. Women's Studies, Vol. 10, No. 1, 1998, pp. 27-39.

Russell, D.E.H. Pornography: Towards a non-sexist policy in the new South Africa. Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity, No. 36, March, 1988, pp. 58-67.

Russell, D.E.H. Comment on the verdict in the O.J. Simpson trial (Revised form of the editorial published in USA). The Weekly Mail, December, 1995.

Russell, D.E.H. Towards justice for incest survivors in the new South Africa: Some proposals. Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity, No. 27, October, 1995, pp. 62-73.

Hansson, D., and D.E.H. Russell. A bibliography on patriarchal force in South Africa. In S. Jagwanth, P. Schwikkasd, and B. Grant (Eds.), Women and the Law. Pretoria, South Africa: Human Sciences Research Council Publishers, 1994, pp. 431-474.

Russell, D.E.H. Pornography and rape: A causal model. Revised version of article previously published in USA. In S. Jagwanth, P. Schwikkasd, and B. Grant (Eds.), Women and the Law. Pretoria, South Africa: Human Sciences Research Council Publishers, 1994, pp. 102-129.

Russell, D.E.H. U.S. pornography invades South Africa: A content analysis of Playboy and Penthouse. In S. Jagwanth, P. Schwikkasd, and B. Grant (Eds.), Women and the Law.  Pretoria, South Africa: Human Sciences Research Council Publishers, 1994, pp. 285-323.

Russell, D.E.H. Wife rape and battery as torture. In S. Jagwanth, P. Schwikkasd, and B. Grant (Eds.), Women and the Law. Pretoria, South Africa: Human Sciences Research Council Publishers, 1994, pp. 324-346.

Russell, D.E.H. A political approach to incestuous abuse. In Children for Africa: Second African Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect. Cape Town: South African Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, 1994, pp. 170-176.

Russell, D.E.H. Pornography and violence against women: A critique of visuals in Playboy and Penthouse magazines. In Children for Africa: Second African Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect. Cape Town: South African Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, 1994, pp. 261-265.

Hansson, D., and Russell, D.E.H. Made to fail: The mythical option of legal abortion for survivors of rape and incest. The South African Journal on Human Rights, Vol. 9, No. 3, 1993. Also available at http:www.jutastat.co.za

Russell, D.E.H. All I am saying ... to set the record straight. Agenda: A Journal about Women and Gender, No. 18, 1993, pp. 58-61.

Russell, D.E.H. Fatima Meer: An interview. Revised version of article previously published in USA. Women's Studies, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1993, pp. 61-69.

Russell, D.E.H. Campus rape: Catch 22 for women. Work in Progress, Volume 88, April/May, 1993, pp. 23-26.

Russell, D.E.H. The story of Lulu Diba: Acquaintance rape at a rural university. Agenda: A Journal about Women and Gender, No. 16, 1993, pp. 67-80.

Russell, D.E.H. Bloedskande: Die donker geheime van die Boerepatriarge (Incest: The dark side of the Afrikaner Patriarch). Vrye Weekblad, 29 January-4 February, 1993, pp. 22-23.

Hansson, D., D.E.H. Russell, and R. Harmes. An international bibliography on marital rape with a comment on the current legal position in South Africa. The South African Journal on Human Rights, Vol. 8, Part 4, 1992, pp. 587-597.

Russell, D.E.H., D. Hansson, and M. van Zyl. A selected bibliography on male violence against women and girls in South Africa. Occasional Paper, Institute of Criminology, University of Cape Town, South Africa, July 1992.

Russell, D.E.H. The damaging effects of discounting the damaging effects: A response to Ann Levett's theories on child sexual abuse. Agenda: A Journal about Women and Gender, No. 11, December 1991, pp. 47-56.

Russell, D.E.H. Rape and child sexual abuse in Soweto: An interview with community leader Mary Mabaso. South African Sociological Review, Vol. 3, No. 2, 1991, pp. 62-83.

Russell, D.E.H. South African feminism through the eyes and life of Tozi Ntuli. Revised version of article previously published in USA, in Women's Studies, Umtata, Transkei, South Africa, Vol. 2, June 1991, pp. 81-103.

Russell, D.E.H. Life in a police state: A black South African woman speaks out. Revised version of article previously published in international journal, in Women's Studies, Umtata, Transkei, South Africa, Vol. 2, August 1992.

Russell, D.E.H. Ruth Mompati: The most powerful woman in the ANC. Excerpt from Lives of Courage. Femina, June 1990, pp. 44-45, 107-108, 129.

Book Reviews

Russell, D.E.H. Sexual Harassment of Working Women, by Catharine MacKinnon. Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 10, No. 2, March 1981. To be reprinted in Jeff Hunter (Ed.), Contemporary Literary Criticism, the Gale Group, New York: Vol. 181 (CLC-180), November 2003. An on-line version also to be available.

Russell, D.E.H. Understanding Sexual Attacks, by D.J. West, C. Roy and F.L. Nichols. Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 8, No. 5, September 1979.

Russell, D.E.H. Forcible Rape: The Crime, the Victim, and the Offender, edited by Duncan Chappell, Robley Geis, and Gilbert Geis. Sociology and Social Research, Vol. 63, No. 4, July 1979.

Russell, D.E.H. Victims and Society, edited by Emilio C. Viano. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Vol. 4, No. 2, Winter 1978.

Russell, D.E.H. Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape, by Susan Brownmiller. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, Vol. 4, No. 1, Winter 1978.

Russell, D.E.H. Wife Beating: The Silent Crisis, by Roger Langley and Richard C. Levy. Victimology: An International Journal, Vol. 2, Nos. 3-4, 1977-78.

Russell, D.E.H. The Violent Home: A Study of Physical Aggression Between Husbands and Wives, by Richard J. Gelles. Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 6, No. 5, September 1977.

Russell, D.E.H. Sexual Behavior: Current Issues, edited by Leonard Gross, and Sexual Attractions and Love: An Instrumental Theory, by Richard Centers. Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 5, No. 5, September 1976.

Russell, D.E.H. Rape in Prison, by Anthony M. Scacco. Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 5, No. 3, May 1976.

Articles on My Web Site

Russell, D.E.H. AIDS as mass femicide: Focus on South Africa. In D.E.H. Russell and R. Harmes (Eds.), Femicide in Global Perspective. New York: Teachers College Press, 2001. Also on D.E.H. Russell's website at www.dianarussell.com

Russell, D.E.H. Why did Chanti die? An activist takes on Berkeley landlord for alleged sex-trafficking. Off Our Backs, November 2000, Vol. 30, No. 10, pp. 10-11, 13.

Also on D.E.H. Russell's website at http://www.dianarussell. com/oob.html 

Russell, D.E.H. The trials and tribulations of writing a book against porn. Merge, March 1999, pp. 12-13, 16. Also on D.E.H. Russell's website at www.dianarussell.com

Russell, D.E.H. "The People vs. Larry Flynt": A feminist critique and protest. 1998. On D.E.H. Russell's website at www.dianarussell.com

Russell, D.E.H. Nadine Strossen: The pornography industry's wet dream. On the Issues, Vol. 4, No. 3, 1995, pp. 32-34. Also on D.E.H. Russell's website at www.dianarussell.com

Russell, D.E.H. Pornography and rape: A causal model. Excerpts from D.E.H. Russell, Against Pornography: The Evidence of Harm. Berkeley, CA: Russell Publications, 1994. Also on D.E.H. Russell's website at www.dianarussell.com

Caputi, J., and Russell, D.E.H. Femicide: Sexist terrorism against women. In J. Radford and D.E.H. Russell (Eds.), Femicide: The Politics of Woman Killing. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1992. Also on D.E.H. Russell's website at www.dianarussell.com

Unpublished Papers/ Documents/ On-Line

Russell, D.E.H. Protesting sexual slavery in Berkeley. Op Ed article for ThinkIndia, an on-line newspaper. Front page story for a week. ThinkIndia.com, October 10, 2000. Formerly at http://www.thinkindia.com/channels/news/index.asp

Russell, D.E.H. Against pornography: The evidence of harm. The proceedings of the conference on Women's Worlds 99, held in Tromso, Norway, June 1999. On web site.

Russell, D.E.H. Affidavit analyzing the contents of videotapes for Interveners Kathleen Mahoney, Professor of Law, and Timothy Danson, Attorney, representing the parents in Her Majesty the Queen v. Paul Bernardo, for a Hearing on the Canadian Media's request to have access to Bernardo's videotapes of his sexual torture of several girls, April 5, 1995.

Russell, D.E.H. The prevalence of sexual assault on females in the United States. 1992.

Russell, D.E.H. The socio-cultural causes of sexual assault on females. 1992.

Russell, D.E.H. From foreign devils to ubiquitous icon: A photo essay on the Caucasian ideal of femininity in China today. 1991.

Russell, D.E.H. Rape and child sexual abuse in Soweto: An interview with community leader Mary Mabaso. Seminar Paper, Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town. March 1991.

Russell, D.E.H. Media distortions about the massacre of Africans in South Africa today. November 1990.

Russell, D.E.H. One man one vote: South Africa's idea of universal suffrage. May 1990.

Russell, D.E.H., and R. Saxton. Putting "women" into women's education. Prepared for the Session on The Academic Future of Mills as a College for Women, 1983 Conference of the Mills College Faculty, November 1983.

Convocation Address

Taking responsibility. Convocation address, Mills College, Oakland, September 12, 1979.

Presentations at Professional Meetings in U.S.A.

The harmful effects of adult pornography. Lecture presented at the Investigating and Prosecuting an Obscenity Case Symposium sponsored by the Department of Defence. Columbia, South Carolina, September 15, 2004.

The damaging effects of child pornography -- on and off the Internet: A new theory and visual presentation. Paper presented at the Victimization of Children and Youth: An International Research Conference. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. July 11-14, 2004.

The exposure of adult and juvenile males to child pornography as a cause of the sexual victimization of girls. Paper presented at the International Online Child Sexual Victimization Symposium sponsored by the Critical Incident Response Group's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC). Lansdowne Resort and Conference Center, Leesburg, Virginia, June 6-11, 2004.

The divine right of the father: Incest in the white Afrikaner tribe. Paper presented at the 4th Conference for Family Violence Researchers, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, July 22-24, 1995.

Lives of courage: Women for a new South Africa. Lecture and slide presentation with M. Hart. National Women's Studies Association Conference, Towson State University, Towson, June 16, 1989.

Pornography and incestuous abuse: A causal model; and, Incest and revictimization. Two presentations at the 3rd Conference for Family Violence Researchers, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, July 6-9, 1987.

Violence against women: A national epidemic. Keynote speech for the International Society for Research on Aggression, Chicago, July 26, 1986.

The Brownmiller legacy: A 10-year evaluation of unexplored issues in women and violence. Panelist for a symposium. Association for Women in Psychology Meetings, Oakland, March 9, 1986.

The epidemiology of violence against women. Panelist. American Medical Women's Association, San Francisco, November 9, 1985.

The sexual exploitation of girls and women: A national epidemic. Keynote speech for Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, San Diego, September 20, 1985.

Recovery from incestuous abuse in childhood. Paper co-authored with J. Herman and K. Trocki, presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Dallas, Texas, May 21, 1985.

A comparison of the prevalence and seriousness of incest with biological fathers and stepfathers. Paper presented at the Second Conference for Family Violence Researchers, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, August 7-10, 1984.

New frontiers in sexual abuse research. Paper presented at the Sixth National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Baltimore, Maryland, September 25-28, 1983.

Rape in marriage. Paper presented at the National Women's Studies Conference, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, June 26-30, 1983.

The prevalence of sexual abuse of females and selected demographic factors. Paper presented at the Second National Conference on Victimization of Children, Washington, D.C., May 6-8, 1982.

The effects of aggressive pornography. Discussant. American Psychological Association Meetings, Los Angeles, August 24-28, 1981.

Rape: Perceptions, behavior and prevention. Discussant. American Psychological Association Meetings, Los Angeles, August 24-28, 1981.

Rape in marriage: A case against legalized crime. Paper presented for a panel on Victimization of Women: The Family and the State, American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, November 6-8, 1980.

The prevalence and impact of marital rape in San Francisco. Paper presented for the panel on Marital Rape, American Sociological Association Meetings, New York, August 26-31, 1980.

Toward a new school of feminist sociology. Paper presented for a panel with the same title, at the Pacific Sociology Meetings, Sacramento, April 20, 1977. Also the organizer of this panel.

The International Tribunal on crimes against women. Paper presented for panel on International Perspectives on the Women's Movement, International Studies Association Meetings, San Francisco, March 19, 1976.

Rape and the masculine mystique. Paper presented at the American Sociological Meetings in New York, August 30, 1973.

University Sponsored Lectures, Panels, Etc. in U.S.A. (Selected)

Colloquium on femicide: The politics of woman killing in global perspective. UC Santa Cruz. October 29, 2001.

Pornography and sexual violence against women: The visual evidence of harm. Lecture sponsored by the Center for Student Empowerment, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington. May 10, 2001.

Question-and-Answer about my research and activism. Gender Studies class at the University of Reykjavik, Iceland. March 10, 2000.

Against pornography: The visual evidence of harm. Lecture/slide presentation at Humboldt State University, Arcata, California. March 7, 1996.

Against pornography: The evidence of harm. Presentation to class in Women's Studies 39A: Feminism and Pornography, UC Berkeley, Berkeley. February 21, 1995.

Against pornography: The visual evidence of harm. Lecture/slide presentation for Psychology of Women Colloquium, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda. October 27, 1994.

Sexual assault. Lecture delivered at the Michigan State University, E. Lansing, Michigan. May 16, 1992.

Women in the anti-apartheid movement. Lecture delivered at Smith College, Northhampton, Massachusetts. December 6, 1990.

Cultural imperialism. Slide presentation on women in China. Faculty Seminar, Mills College, Oakland. November 29, 1990.

Sexual violence and the college student. Lecture delivered at Albion College, Albion, Michigan. October 31, 1990.

Women in the anti-apartheid movement. Lecture delivered at Drew University, Madison, New Jersey. October 10, 1990.

Femicide, pornography, and violence against women. Lecture delivered to a sociology class on deviance at Drew University, Madison, New Jersey. October 9, 1990.

The effects of pornography on violence against women. Lecture sponsored by the Psychology Colloquium Committee and the Psychology Students Association, California State University, Long Beach, April 19, 1989.

Lives of courage: Women for a new South Africa. Lecture and slide presentation sponsored by Haverford College, Philadelphia, February 21, 1989.

Incest in the lives of girls and women. Workshop sponsored by University of California Extension, Santa Cruz, May 21, 1988.

The contribution of feminist theory to research on sexual assault. Lecture to Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, January 23, 1986.

New research on child sexual abuse and its implications for practice. Lecture sponsored by the Council for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, Jackson, Michigan, November 15, 1985.

Incest: New research findings. Lecture sponsored by the Center for Research on Women, Stanford University, May 21, 1984.

Jeffrey Masson's book, The Assault on Truth: Freud's Suppression of the Seduction Theory. Panelist. Wheeler Auditorium, University of California, Berkeley, February 17, 1984.

Rape in marriage. Lecture to Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, San Francisco, October 14, 1982.

Pornography and violence against women. Lecture sponsored by the Department of Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz, February 18, 1981.

Pornography and violence against women. Lecture to the Hutchins Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, Santa Barbara, February 3, 1981.

Pornography and violence against women. Lecture co-sponsored by the Committee on Arts and Lectures and the University of California, Santa Barbara Women's Center, University of California, Santa Barbara, February 3, 1981.

Pornography and violence against women. Lecture sponsored by the Women's Resource Center and the Law and Society Program, University of California, Riverside, October 31, 1979.

The politics of rape. Lecture sponsored by the University of Hawaii, Campus Center Ballroom, Honolulu, April 7, 1978.

Rape and the masculine mystique. Lecture to University of California Medical School, San Francisco, March 1975.

The causes of rape. Lecture sponsored by the Applied Social Psychology Program, University of California, Riverside, April 15, 1974.

Rape: A sociological perspective. Lecture to University of Washington, Seattle, April 10, 1972.

Whither South Africa: Successful rebellion or successful coercion? Colloquium for Department of Anthropology, Stanford University, March 1971.

Keynote and Plenary Addresses in U.S.A.

Sexual violence against women: A national epidemic. Keynote speech for the Annual Conference, Decide to End Sexual Violence. Sponsored by the Florida Council Against Sexual Violence. Orlando, Florida. September 17, 2003.

Keynote Speech: Rape, incest and pornography, at a Conference on Sexual Assault. Sponsored by the Reach Center. Hudson, New York. November 1, 2002.

Plenary Speaker: Wife rape: The most neglected form of rape, at the State Wide Coalition on Domestic Violence Conference, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Sponsored by the Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence. September 3-5, 2002.

Keynote Speech: The politics of rape: It's impact on our work, at the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault's Statewide Leadership Conference in Sacramento, CA. June 18, 2001.

"Humanist Heroine, 2001" Award Lecture on "Violence against women globally," at the American Humanist Association 60th Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA. May 18, 2001.

Keynote Speech: "Against pornography: The evidence of harm," at the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Orlando, Florida. September 22-25, 1999.

Sexual assault: A national epidemic. Keynote speech for Sexual Assault Awareness Week sponsored by the Office of Women's Affairs, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware. October 8, 1990.

Sexual assault of adolescents. Keynote speech for Conference on Sexual Assault -- The Adolescent Victim: A Multidisciplinary Approach, sponsored by the Department of Human Services and the Chicago Sexual Assault Network, Chicago. April 3, 1990.

 Ending family violence. Keynote speech for the Fall Victim Services Training and Technical Assistance Conference, sponsored by the State of California's Office of Criminal Justice Planning, Palo Alto, California. November 1, 1989.

 Lives on the line: Women for a new South Africa. Keynote speech for National Women's History Month, sponsored by the Women's Resource Center, California State University, Sacramento. March 4, 1988.

 Sexual assault: A national epidemic. Keynote speech for the Wyoming State Conference on Sexual Assault, sponsored by Crisis Intervention Services, Cody, Wyoming. October 15, 1987. 

The relevance of current research findings on child sexual abuse for prevention. Keynote speech for Conference on Child Sexual Abuse Prevention, sponsored by Learning Publications, San Francisco. July 11, 1986. 

Marriage: License to rape. Keynote speech for Conference on Marital Rape, sponsored by the Domestic Violence Project, Ann Arbor, Michigan. November 16, 1985.

Violence against women: A national epidemic. Keynote speech for Conference on Women, Power and Violence, sponsored by Phoenix South Hasbrook Institute, Phoenix. May 18, 1985.

 Violence against women: A national epidemic. Keynote speech for Conference on Planning to End Violence Against Women, sponsored by the Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of California, Los Angeles. May 4, 1985. 

Ending family violence: Challenge for the last frontier. Keynote speech for the Institute on Family Violence, Anchorage, Alaska. December 10, 1984.

 Rape in marriage. Keynote speech sponsored by the Rape and Sexual Assault Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. May 25, 1984. 

The sexual exploitation of women and girls. Keynote speech sponsored by the Sexual Battery Committee of the Gainesville Commission on the Status of Women, University Center, Gainesville, Florida. May 17, 1984.

New frontiers in research on incest. Keynote speech for Conference on Women's Theories and Stories of Incest: Survivor Treatment Issues II, sponsored by Women's Family Services, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco. October 30, 1983.

Sexual violence: Is it our social norm? Keynote speech for Facing Rape Week, sponsored by student and community groups, Stanford University, Palo Alto. October 3, 1983.

Rape in marriage. Keynote speech for Rape Awareness Week, sponsored by Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs and Seattle Rape Relief, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. April 23, 1983.

The politics of rape. Keynote speech for Rape Awareness Week, sponsored by the Women's Center and the Special Events Committee, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska. March 21, 1983.

The politics of sexual assault. Keynote speech for the California State Coalition of Rape Crisis Centers sponsored by Yolo County Sexual Assault Center, Sacramento. May 9-10, 1980.

The sexual politics of violence against women. Keynote speech for the Second Northwest Conference on Violence against Women and Children, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. October 4-5, 1979.

Cultural roots of violence against women and children. Keynote speech sponsored by Pasadena-Foothill Valley YWCA, Pasadena, California. September 14-15, 1979.

The politics of sexual violence. Keynote speech at Conference on Sexual Violence: The Treatment of Rape and Incest Victims Within the Mental Health System, Colorado Women's College, Denver. May 17-18, 1978.

Crimes against women of the world. Keynote speech at Conference, Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, Oregon. March 6, 1978.

Crimes against women. Keynote speech at Conference on Violence Against Women: A Matter for Public Policy, sponsored by the National Organization of Women, Detroit, Michigan. October 7-8, 1977.

The politics of rape. Keynote speech at Conference on Helping Rape Victims, Georgia, Atlanta. April 29, 1976. 

Rape and the masculine mystique. Keynote speech at Conference on Rape, University of California, Davis. March 9, 1974. 

Community Sponsored Lectures, Panels, Workshops, etc. in U.S.A. 

Lecture: Against Pornography: The Visual Evidence of Harm. Women's Coffee House, New York. November 15, 2003.

One day training session on rape, child sexual abuse, and pornography sponsored by the Guardian Angel Home, Joliet, Indiana. May 3, 2002. 

Speaker about Lakireddy Bali Reddy having gotten away with murder. News Conference honoring Marcia Poole. Pasand Restaurant, Berkeley, California, April 10, 2001. 

Speaker at Civil Disobedience Protest denouncing Bayer Corporation and other pharmaceutical corporations for suing the South African government for their plan to distribute free or inexpensive AIDS drugs to infected mothers in South Africa. Berkeley, March 5, 2001. 

Speaker at the Berkeley City Council in support of their resolution to endorse the boycott of Pasand Restaurant by Women Against Sexual Slavery. December 19, 2001. 

Speaker at the Take Back the Night Rally. Sproul Hall Steps, UC Berkeley Campus, April 20, 2000. 

Lecture: Against Pornography: The Visual Evidence of Harm. Sponsored by Stigamot, an incest center in Reykjavik, Iceland, March 11, 2000. 

Speaker at Rally and march to demand the penalization of Johns -- not prostitutes -- in Tromso, Norway, June 24, 1999. 

Speaker at News Conference on "The Truth About 'The People vs. Larry Flynt,'" Holiday Inn Downtown, Los Angeles, March 24, 1997. 

Lecture: Violence against women: An overview;

Lecture: Wife rape and femicide;

Lecture: Pornography and rape: The visual evidence of harm; Lecture: Incestuous abuse and the false memory/recovered memory debate. Annual Sexual Assault Conference sponsored by Converse County Coalition Against Family Violence, Douglas, Wyoming, July 17, 1996. 

Lecture: Incestuous abuse and the false memory/recovered memory debate. Sponsored by the Psychiatry Residency Training Program, San Mateo County General Hospital, San Mateo, May 14, 1996. 

Lecture/slide presentation: Against pornography: The visual evidence of harm. Sponsored by Four Winds Foundation, Education Series, Katonah, New York, April 26, 1996. 

Speech: Femicide: The politics of woman killing. Demonstration to protest the murder of prostitutes in San Francisco, sponsored by local community groups, Capp Street, San Francisco, December 9, 1995. 

Lecture: Pornography and rape: The visual evidence. Liberia Papyrus (Bookstore), sponsored by local feminists, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 29, 1995. 

Panelist: What Have We Learned, Anita Hill? Community Forum sponsored by Action Against Sexual Violence. San Francisco, April 25, 1992. 

Speech: In memory and in rage: Mass femicide in Montreal. Take Back the Night march, San Francisco, December 8, 1990. 

Speech: In memory and in rage: Mass femicide in Montreal. Take Back the Night march organized by the National Organization for Women, Northhampton, Massachusetts, December 6, 1990. 

Lecture: From bitches to witches: Sexual terrorism against women. Institute for the 12th National Coalition Against Sexual Assault Meetings, Denver, Colorado, July 14, 1990. 

Lecture: Lives of courage: Women for a new South Africa. The 4th International Congress on Women, Hunter College, New York, June 4, 1990. 

Lecture: Lives of courage: Women for a new South Africa. La Pena, Berkeley, May 23, 1990. 

Speech: Femicide. Speak-out on the massacre of 14 women students in Montreal. Sponsored by the Feminist Union, University of California, Berkeley, December 13, 1989. 

Workshop: Pornography and its relationship to child abuse. International Conference on Child Abuse: Prevention Connection. Sponsored by the Child Assault Prevention Training Center of Northern California, Oakland, California, May 15-16, 1989. 

Lecture: Pornography and rape: A causal model. Lecture for Conference on Trafficking in Women Internationally, organized by the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, New York, October 22-23, 1988. 

Workshop: Incest in the lives of girls and women. Sponsored by the Women's Center, Waukesha, Wisconsin, May 17, 1988. 

Panelist: Feminist Writing. National Writers Union Conference, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, January 30, 1988. 

Advanced training seminar: Current research on child sexual abuse and its implications. Sponsored by Children's Institute International, Los Angeles, November 14, 1986. 

Lecture: Sexual assault: A national epidemic;

Workshop: The secret trauma: Key new findings on incest. Sponsored by Albany County Rape Crisis Center, Albany, New York, September 4, 1986. 

Panelist: Pornography and violence. Sponsored by WAVPM and the East Bay Socialist School, Women's Building, San Francisco, March 25, 1983. 

Lecture: Pornography: A feminist perspective. Conference on Liberty, Decency, Feminism: Three Perspectives on Pornography, sponsored by the Women's Resource Center, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, May 16-17, 1980. 

Lecture: Rape and the masculine mystique. East Bay Gynecological Society, Oakland, May 23, 1979. 

Lecture: Pornography and the women's liberation movement. Conference on Feminist Perspectives on Pornography, sponsored by Women Against Violence in Pornography and Media (WAVPM), San Francisco, November 17-19, 1978. 

Lecture: Philosophical overview of violence against women. Conference on Rape: Crime and Crisis, sponsored by the Center Against Sexual Assault, Phoenix, Arizona, September 23-24, 1977. 

Lecture: Crimes against women. The World of Criminal Justice and Violence, California International Women's Year Conference, Los Angeles, June 18, 1977. 

Lecture: Pornography and sexual assault;

Lecture: Crimes against women. Second Annual Western Regional Conference on Sexual Assault, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 23-30, 1977. 

International Keynotes, Lectures, Panels, Workshops, etc.

 AUSTRALIA 

Keynote speech: Pornography and sexual violence against women -- A lecture and slide presentation. Seeking Solutions: Australia's Inaugural Comestic Violence and Sexual Assault Conference. Goldcoast, Australia. September 6, 2001. 

Workshop: Pornography as a cause of sexual violence against women. September 6, 2001. 

Lecture: "Thirty years of activism: My actions against violence against women," sponsored by Casa House, Melbourne, Australia, held at the University of Melbourne, Australia. September 11, 2001. 

BELGIUM 

Introductory speech: The goals and organization of the  International Tribunal. International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women, Brussels, March 4-8, 1976. 

Testimony: Femicide in the United States. International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women, Brussels, March 4-8, 1976.

Lecture: The politics of rape. Women's Center, Brussels, November 1974.

 CANADA 

Keynote speech: Family violence. Conference on Family Violence: Toward a Gentler Future. Sponsored by the Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, May 21-22, 1992.

Lecture: The role of pornography and the mass media in promoting family violence. May 21-22, 1992. 

Keynote speech: The secret trauma: Incest in the lives of girls and women. Conference on Child Abuse, sponsored by Community Resources and Initiatives in Toronto, May 25, 1988.

Keynote speech: Research: Effective utilization in treatment and prevention. Conference on Child Abuse: Challenges and Achievements, sponsored by the Ontario Centre for the Prevention of Child Abuse, Toronto, June 16-17, 1987. 

Lecture: The myth of value free research. June 16-17, 1987 

Keynote speech: New findings on incest. Conference on Counselling the Sexual Abuse Survivor. Sponsored by Klinic Community Health Centre, Winnipeg, February 20-22, 1985. 

Keynote speech: Crimes against women: An international perspective. Conference on Women in a Violent Society, sponsored by the Calgary Status of Women Action Committee, Calgary, April 21-23, 1978. 

Lecture: Pornography and violence against women. April 21-23, 1978. 

CHINA 

Lecture: Sexual assault within the family. The Sino-United States Conference on Women's Issues. Sponsored by the All-China National Women's Federation and Global Interactions, Phoenix, Arizona; Beijing, China, June 26, 1990. 

GERMANY 

Lecture: Violence against women: An international scandal. The Women's Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Berlin, November 14, 1990. 

Testimony: Sexual Violence in the Family. World Congress for International Women's Year, East Berlin, October 1975. 

Lecture: The politics of rape. Women's Center, West Berlin. August 1974. 

ICELAND 

Lecture: Against Pornography: The Visual Evidence of Harm. Sponsored by Stigamot, an incest center in Reykjavik, Iceland, March 11, 2000. 

ISRAEL 

Lecture: The secret trauma: Incest in the lives of girls and women. Sponsored by the Rape Crisis Center, Tel Aviv, May 22, 1986. 

Lecture: The secret trauma: Incest in the lives of girls and women. Sponsored by Women's Studies, Haifa University, May 15, 1986. 

Lecture: The secret trauma: Incest in the lives of girls and women. Sponsored by the Program for Sex Differences in Society, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, May 8, 1986. 

Lecture: Incest. Kibbutz Gezer, Nahal Ayalon, May 8, 1986. 

KENYA 

Workshop 1: Feminist anti-nuclear work. NGO Forum, United Nations' End of the Decade on Women Conference, Nairobi, July 10-19, 1985. 

Workshop 2: Incest. July 10-19, 1985. 

MEXICO 

Presentation: The International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women. International Women's Year Tribune, Mexico City, June-July, 1975. 

THE NETHERLANDS 

Keynote speech: The prevalence and sociocultural causes of sexual assault. World Conference on Trauma and Tragedy, sponsored by the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Amsterdam, June 21-26, 1992. 

NORWAY 

Presentation on "Against pornography: The visual evidence of harm." Women's Worlds 99: The 7th Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, Tromso, Norway, June 25, 1999. 

Speech on sexual assault research. Sponsored by the Crisis Center, Sarpsborg, June 15, 1992. 

Lecture: Methodology and the prevalence of child sexual abuse, for Norwegian workshop on methodology and sexual assault. Sponsored by the Centre of Feminist Studies, Oslo. June 12, 1992. 

SOUTH AFRICA 

Lecture: Pornography and violence: A critique with visual presentation. Sponsored by the UCT Women's Movement, October 6, 1993. 

Lecture: Pornography: The visual evidence of harm. Lecture to class on Constitutional Law, Law School, University of Cape Town, September 14, 1993. 

Lecture: A political approach to incestuous abuse. Children for Africa: Southern Africa Conference, sponsored by South African Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, Cape Town, September 6-11, 1993. 

Workshop: Pornography and sexual abuse. September 6-11, 1993. 

Workshop: Incestuous abuse: An experiential workshop. September 6-11, 1993. 

Lecture/slide presentation: Playboy and Penthouse: US pornography invades South Africa. Sponsored by Rape Crisis, Stellenbosch, March 22, 1993. 

Lecture: Incestuous abuse. Sponsored by Safeline, Athlone, Cape Town, March 16, 1993. 

Lecture: Battery as torture. Conference on women under the criminal justice system. Sponsored by the Centre for Criminal Justice, Pietermaritzburg, February 4-7, 1993. 

Lecture: Pornography and violence against women: Some visual evidence. February 4-7, 1993. 

Pornography and violence against women. The Black Sash's Women's Group, October 14, 1993. 

Panel presentation: Marital rape. Sponsored by Women in Law, Cape Town, June 11, 1991. 

Panel presentation: Putting women on the agenda. Sponsored by Idasa, Cape Town, May 8, 1991. 

Seminar presentation: Rape and child sexual abuse: An interview with community leader Mary Mabaso. Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town, March 26, 1991. 

Panel presentation: Feminist perspectives on Lives of Courage. Sponsored by The Bookshop, Observatory, Cape Town, March 21, 1991. 

Panel presentation: The politics of white feminists conducting research on black women in South Africa. Conference on Women and Gender in Southern Africa organized by the Gender Research Group, Durban, January 30-February 2, 1991. 

Lecture: Lives of courage: Women for a new South Africa. The Institute for a Democratic South Africa, Pretoria, May 9, 1990. 

Presentation: Lives of courage: Women for a new South Africa. The Black Sash (Women's organization), Rondebosch, Cape Town, May 2, 1990.

SPAIN 

Keynote speaker: Incest and its impact on the lives of women: A political perspective. Seminar on incest organized by Asociacion de Mujeres para la Salud, Madrid, January 17-18, 1991.

SWEDEN 

Lecture: Pornography and rape: The visual evidence of harm. International Conference on Vĺldtäkt - en politisk handling organized by ROKS, Stockholm, January 24-25, 1997. 

Speech and workshop: The prevalence and sociocultural causes of sexual assault. International Congress on Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Stockholm, June 14-17, 1992. 

UNITED KINGDOM 

Keynote speech: The 1976 International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women. Violence, Abuse & Women's Citizenship: An International Conference, Brighton, UK, November 10-15, 1996. 

Lecture: Pornography as a cause of rape, sexual harassment, torture, and femicide: A visual presentation. November 10-15, 1996. 

Lecture: Femicide, the politics of woman killing. November 10-15, 1996. 

Workshop: Women's experiences of pornography: An international speakout. November 10-15, 1996. 

Workshop: Women's experiences of femicide: An international speakout. November 10-15, 1996. 

In conversation with Wendy Woods and Lauretta Ncgobo: Women in South Africa today. International Commonwealth Association, London, May 18, 1990. 

Interviews by the News Media (Selected) 

Newspapers

Interviewed about rape, pornography, crimes against women, the International Tribunal, and South African politics by The San Francisco Chronicle, The Oakland Tribune, The San Francisco Examiner, Berkeley Daily Gazette, San Diego Union, Los Angeles Times, Sacramento Union, Daily Mercury, The Daily Defender, Chicago Tribune, Time, Newsweek, and other papers in this country, as well as many newspapers in Europe and South Africa.

 Appearances on Television and Radio 

Interviewed on the subjects noted above, as well as on transsexualism and sadomasochism by over 200 TV and radio stations (a selected list is available upon request). They include the following shows: 

The Merv Griffin Show (syndicated nationally), February 16, 1977.

"Report on Women" CBS Radio, Washington D.C. (syndicated nationally), March 8, 1977. 

Studs Terkel Show, WFMT-FM, Chicago, March 28, 1977. 

"Woman" by Sandra Elkins for KNED-TV in Buffalo, N.Y. (syndicated nationally on 260 public broadcasting stations), May 1977. 

The Phil Donahue Show (syndicated nationally, audience eight million), September 14, 1982. 

The Geraldo Show (syndicated nationally), April 25, 1989, and April 22, 1994. 

The Oprah Winfrey Show (syndicated nationally), February 14, 1990. 

At many of the conferences I attend, I participate in press conferences, and am interviewed for news and other TV and/or radio programs.

Offices Held 

Editorial Board of Sexual Assault Report (SAR), 1997-

Editorial Board of Women's Studies in Umtata, Transkei, South Africa. Appointed in 1991. 

Editorial Board of The Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1985-1988. 

Editorial Advisory Board of Violence and Victims. Appointed in 1985. 

Contributing Editor for Sexual Coercion and Assault: Issues and Perspectives, 1985-1986. 

Advisory Board of National Family Life Education Network, 1985-1986. 

Editorial Board of Response to the Victimization of Women and Children, published by the Center for Women Policy Studies, Washington, D.C. Appointed 1984. 

Board of Directors, Bay Area Women Against Rape, Berkeley, 1982-1983. 

Board of Directors, Women Against Violence in Pornography and Media (WAVPM), 1978-1983. 

Contributing Editor, Chrysalis, A Magazine of Women's Culture, 1977-1980. 

U.S. Delegate at the World Congress for International Women's Year, East Berlin, October 1975. 

Member of Coordinating Committee of the International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women, and the national contact for the United States, 1974-1976. 

Secretary-Treasurer of the Section on the Sociology of Sex Roles, American Sociological Association, 1972-1974. 

Consultant and Expert Witness in Legal Cases

Expert Consultant retained by the Department of Corrections in the State of Washington to review and evaluate the Department's revised policy regarding regulating the access of offenders to sexually explicit materials in prison. February 6, 20001. 

Expert Witness retained by Sandra Springs, Attorney-at-Law, Oakland, California, for the plaintiff in Doe v. Laguna Salada Union School District, et al., a case of sexual and homohobic harassment in 6th-8th grade. Successfully settled in 1998. 

Expert Consultant retained by Melvin Sacks, Attorney-at-Law, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant in The People v. Nicole Bradley; defendant charged with murder and carrying an illegal weapon (a sawed-off shot gun). Failure to be paid ended work after four months in 1997. 

Expert Witness retained by Sandra Springs, Attorney-at-Law, Oakland, California, for the plaintiff in Jane Doe v. Albany Unified School District, a case of sexual harassment at high school, 1996. Successfully settled in 1998. 

Expert Witness retained by Jeffrey Steinberg, Attorney-at-Law, Santa Rosa, for the plaintiff in Giblin v. Calprop, a rape trauma case against the construction company for giving a worker access to plaintiff's home, resulting in her being raped by him, 1995. Successfully settled mid-trial in 1995. 

Expert Witness retained by Kathleen Mahoney, Professor of Law, and Timothy Danson, Attorney, Counsel for the French and Mahaffy families in the proceedings of Her Majesty the Queen v. Paul Bernardo. Prepared an affidavit for a Hearing on the Canadian Media's request to have access to Bernardo's videotapes of his sexual tortures of several young girls in Ontario, Canada. In my affidavit I analyzed the contents of these videotapes and argued against the media having access to them. April 5-6, 1995. 

Expert Witness for Sandra Springs, Attorney-at-Law, Oakland, for Jane Doe v. Antioch Unified School District, a sexual harassment case, 1995. Outcome of trial resulted in a large sum for the plaintiff. 

Consultant for Kathryn Dickson, Attorney-at-Law, Oakland, for the plaintiffs in Vandell v. Chevron, a sexual harassment case, 1994/5. Settled out of court, 1995. 

Expert Witness for the Center for The Reproductive Law and Policy, New York, for the plaintiffs in The Women of the State of Minnesota vs. Haas-Steffen, a class action suit against the State of Minnesota's restrictive abortion law, 1993/4. Judge found that restrictions on medical assistance funding for abortion violated state constitutional guarantees of privacy and equal protection. 

Expert Witness for the ACLU, New York, for the plaintiff in Jane L. v. Bangerter, a reproductive freedom class action suit against the State of Utah's restrictive abortion law, 1991/2. My testimony on the implications for incest and rape survivors of anti-abortion legislation enacted in the state of Utah was published in Jane L. v. Bangerter, No. 91-C-345-G (D. Utah), 1992. Victory for plaintiff achieved in 1995. 

Expert Witness for Jed Somit, Attorney-at-Law, Oakland, for the plaintiff in Shirley v. Wong, a sexual harassment case, 1991/2. Settled out of court. 

Expert Witness for Deborah Moranville, Attorney-at-law, Seattle, Washington, for the plaintiff in Nikki Craft v. State of Washington. I testified on the role of the media in violence against women in defence of Craft's action of civil disobedience in tearing up 4 violence-promoting covers of Esquire Magazine in Bellingham, Washington, August 23, 1991.

Plaintiff paid a small fine. 

Expert Witness for Robert Lubin of Goodman, Quintero, Lubin, Frederick, Bishop, Fontaine, Eastman & Jones, Redwood City, California, for the plaintiff in Oyster v. Cooney, et. al., a sexual harassment case, 1990. Settled out of court. 

Consultant to Sarah Lawrence, Attorney-at-law, Oakland, California, for the plaintiff in Gelfant v. Riley, who alleged she was raped by a policeman, 1990. Plaintiff sought a new attorney. 

Consultant to James Preston III of Lynch & Loofbourrow, Attorneys-at-Law, San Francisco. Prepared a report based on the analysis of my unpublished research data on rape in San Francisco to provide a prediction of the plaintiff's probable psychological and psychiatric responses to being raped, for Cook v. Ballena Apartments, 1980. Outcome unknown. 

Other Community Service

Co-founder of Women Against Sexual Slavery (an action group) in Berkeley, California, March 2000. 

Founded Women United Against Incest (an action group) in Cape Town, South Africa, March 1993. 

Initiated first TV program in South Africa on which incest survivors talked in person about their abuse experiences -- MNET. 

Prepared testimony for Hearings on Hate Crimes sponsored by the Human Rights Commission held in San Francisco January 17-18, 1990. 

Photographed women in South Africa in 1987. Some selected by the International Defense & Aid Fund for Southern Africa, London, England, for their documents library used by media, writers etc., 1988. 

Delivered invited testimony on the impact of pornography on women. The Attorney General's Commission on Pornography, Houston, Texas, September 11, 1985. 

Manuscript referee for Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, The Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Journal of Marriage and the Family, and Psychology of Women Quarterly

Manuscript reviewer for Sage Publications. 

Prepared testimony in support of California Assemblyman Floyd Mori's bill on spousal rape, Sacramento, August 21, 1979. 

Wrote and edited text for dramatic readings from my book, Crimes Against Women. Served as the narrator for a production directed by Gilda Grillo, produced by Gloria Steinem, for the National International Women's Year Conference, Houston, Texas, November 18, 1977. (Audience: approximately 1,000).

Founding member of Women Against Violence in Pornography and Media (WAVPM) in 1977. 

Initiated the International Feminist Network (IFN) in 1976. The headquarters of IFN are in Carouge, Switzerland. IFN was funded in the first few years by the royalties for Crimes Against Women

Co-organizer of two sessions entitled The International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women. International Women's Year Tribune. Mexico City, Mexico, June-July, 1975. 

Initiated the first course on Women's Studies at Mills College in 1969 and co-initiated a major in Women's Studies at Mills in 1975. 

Who's Who Volumes Listed in (Selected)

American Men and Women of Science: Social and Behavioral Sciences, 1978.

Contemporary Authors, 1979 and 1988. 

Directory of American Scholars, 11th Edition, 2002. 

International Authors and Writers Who's Who, 1977 and 1982. 

International Directory of Distinguished Leadership, Fourth Edition. 

International Who's Who of Professional and Business Women, First Edition.

Who's Who of American Women, 11th, 12th, and 13th Editions. 

Who's Who in Women's Studies.

Speaking Experience

Dr. Russell has lectured widely in the United States and abroad and has appeared on hundreds of radio and TV shows, including Oprah Winfrey, Donahue, Geraldo, Merv Griffin, Studs Terkel and National Public Radio.

Dr. Russell is eager to share some of the knowledge and experience she has acquired through her research and activism. To discuss a speaking opportunity please send email to russell@mills.edu

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