Martha
L. Deed
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Retired from the practice of Psychology
This page covers years through 2003
Publication credits through 2003 listed
Work history as a Psychologist not listed
Martha L. Deed, Ph.D.
1037 Sweeney Street
North Tonawanda, New York 14120
Telephone/Messages: (716) 695-3042
Licensed Psychologist, New York State,
1971
Ph.D. Boston University, 1969
B.A. New School for Social Research, New York, New York 1964
Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1959-1962
Certificat de Langue Francaise, Degre Moyen, Sorbonne, Paris, 1975
New York State Department of Health
| 1996 - Present | Member, Medical Records Access Review Committee |
| 1992 - 1996 | Alternate, Medical Records Access Review Committee |
American Psychological Association (Retired from membership, 2002)
| 1994 - 1995 | Member, Advisory Board, Presidential Task Force on Family Violence |
| 1990 - 1992 | Member, Task Force on Child Custody (Division 35 Women) |
| 1997 | US Department Justice Community Oriented Police Services
(COPS) grant for program evaluation of a community domestic violence intervention project in Niagara County (NY) administered by Niagara County Sheriff's Department. I did program evaluation projects. |
| 1996 | National Institutes of Justice grant for victim impact study of New
York State's Family Protection and Domestic Violence Intervention Act. I assisted in research design for successful grant proposal, but did not participate in implementation of the grant. |
| 1996 - 1997 | Catholic Charities, Buffalo, NY Declined. Teaching grant. I had left the university. |
| 1994 - 1995 1995 - 1996 |
Catholic Charities, Buffalo, NY. For curriculum development of batterers
intervention program internships for law students and teaching the curriculum |
| 1995 - 1996 Summer 1996 |
Baldy Center, University at Buffalo. Research grants |
| 1995 and 1996 | New York State Bar Foundation grants for research on law school's impact
on law students' attitudes toward family violence and report and recommendations for continuing legal education on family violence |
| 1994 | Multidisciplinary Pilot Program Grant, University at Buffalo, shared
with other faculty to develop family violence research program at the Law School |
| 1993 - 1994 | New York State Psychological Association, Clinical Division grant to
study impact of managed care on NYS psychologists private practice in Upstate and Western NY |
| 1993 - 1994 | Canadian-American Legal Studies grant from Canadian Consulate shared
with other faculty members to plan international conference of law students |
| 1964 - 1969 | As a graduate student: Fellowships from Boston University Graduate School,
American Friends Service Committee, Friends World Committee for Consultation |
| 2001 - 2006 | Member, Family Violence Intervention Project Advisory Board, Member
of Education Subcommittee, and Speaker, Niagara County (NY) |
| 1998 - 2004 | Mentor, Career Exploration Internship Program, Williamsville Central Schools |
| 1994 - 2001 | Member, Niagara County Domestic Violence Task Forces: Lockport, Niagara Falls (NY) |
| 1999 - 2002 | Red Cross Disaster Services Mental Health Volunteer, Buffalo, NY |
| 1996 - 2000 | Member, Health Subcommittee, Erie County Commission on the Status of
Women. Helped plan hearings, spoke at hearing on mental health needs of women and children |
| 1994 | Member, Long-Range Planning Study of Family Violence Needs in Erie County
(NY) and served on the Statistics Subcommittee. Conducted by Erie County Coalition Against Family Violence |
Publications
and Presentations
Editorial
| 1989 - 2000 | Contributing editor, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. Anonymous peer review submissions |
| 1994 - 1995 | Reviewed drafts and rewrote protions of Violence Against the Family:
Report of the American Psychological Association Presidential Task Force on Violence and the Family (APA, 1996). |
| 1994 | Do I Really Want Managed Care? . Brochure written and designed by Deed for professional interdiciplinary publication by Psychological Association of Western New York (PAWNY), National Association of Social Workers, Society for Clinical Social Work, and Western New York Psychiatric Society. |
| 1994 | Referral Service: Comprehensive, Statewide, Psychological Services. Brochure concept and text. New York State Psychological Association. |
| 1965 -1966 | Edited Fritz Kunkel, M.D. The Psychology of Personal Crisis (Inward Light, 1966). |
| 1956 - 1959 | Editor-in-chief, reporter, page editor of high school newspaper: writing,
editing, columnist, page layouts, proofreading; Rockland County Journal News, proofreader as summer job. |
Professional
Addressing Issues of Legal Practice Related to Family Violence
Through Continuing Legal Education with Law Student Survey Results. A
Report to the New York State Bar Association. Funded by the New York
State Bar Foundation. 1997.
Custody Fights: A Triptych. 1996. Circles: The Buffalo Women's Journal
of Law and and Social Policy, 6: 27-34 (with Millie Niss).
Solo Practitioners, Part I. 1994. NYSPA Notebook. November 6(7): 9, 27.
Solo Practitioners, Part II. 1995. NYS Psychologist January 7(1): 21,32.
Five Articles, other topics, NYSPA Notebook, 1995.
Mandated Reporting Revisited: Roe v. Superior Court. 1993. Law and Policy.
14: 219-239.
Court-Ordered Custody Evaluations: Helping or Victimizing Vulnerable Families.
1991. Psychotherapy 28:76-84. Digested in Clinical Research Digest
9 (July 1991): 2
Domestic Violence: Health Care Reform must provide for appropriate, comprehensive and compassionate treatment for the victims of domestic violence. Erie County Commission. 1994. Report of the Status of Women's Health in Erie County.July. Pp. 25-26.
Book Review: Oremland, Jerome. Interpretation and Interaction: Psychoanalysis or Psychotherapy? 1992. Readings. September.
Clinical Conflicts in the Child Sexual Abuse Arena .1988. Readings. December. Pp. 11-15.
At the Barricades: Maternity Re-examined. 1976. Journal
of Pastoral Psychology. Fall-Winter. Pp. 55-60.
Major Patterns of Religious Commitment Among Members of the Religious Society
of Friends. 1969. Boston University Doctoral Dissertation.
Attitudes of Four Religiously-oriented Psychotherapists. 1969. Pastoral Psychology.
April. Pp. 39-44.
Itto-En: "Compound of One Light." 1967. The Journal
of Religious Thought. 23: 61-73.
Attitudes of Four Religiously-oriented Psychotherapists. 1969. Pastoral
Psychology. April. Pp. 39-44.
Zen: Direct Pointing at the Soul of Man. 1965. The Aryan Path. (India).
October, November, December.
Steps Toward a Quaker Testimony on Racial Equality. 1965. Interracial
News Service. 36.
Fifteen Years After. 1964. Fifteen year follow-up study of Displaced
Persons resettled in the United States. Designed and conducted by me. Report
co-authored with Truman Stehr. United Church Reports, United Church of Christ.
Refereed conference presentations
Building Program Evaluation and Domestic Violence Intervention
Strategies from the Ground up by Utilizing Existing Community Resources. 1998.
Paper presented at Program Evaluation and Family Violence Research: An International
Conference, Durham, NH, (July 26-29). Co-authors: Mark A.Violante and Julie
Vogt.
Images of Mothers and Daughters in Court-Ordered Custody Evaluations. 1996.
Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Glasgow, Scotland. July.
The Domestic Violence Intervention Project in Lockport, New York: First Year
Observations. 1996. Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Glasgow, Scotland.
July.
Mandated Child Abuse Reporting, Confidentiality and Informed Consent: Ethical
Implications. 1993. American Psychological Association, Toronto.
Organizing to Combat Unfair Insurance Practicies by Third-Party Payors. 1992.
New York State Psychological Association Annual Meeting.
Perils of Psychotherapy with Custodially-Challenged Mothers. 1991. American
Psychological Association, San Francisco. Reported in Behavior Today 22
(October 28, 1991): 1-3 and Psychotherapy Today 2 (November 1991):
3-5.
Educated American Women Abroad. 1975. American Psychological Association,
Chicago (with Alexandra Kaplan).
Guest Lectures and Workshops
University at Buffalo School Psychology Department,
School of Social Work, Law School; Buffalo State, Niagara University guest
lectures on Mandated Abuse Reporting, Children and Divorce: Current Research,
Domestic Violence (1992-1999).
Courtwatching in Amherst: Considerations and Guidelines, Amherst Domestic
Violence Task Force (January 1995).
What Judges Can Do to Stop the Violence, Niagara County Coalition Against
Domestic Violence (October 1994).
Presenter, Parent Education and Custody Effectiveness (PEACE) Program Pilot Project. 1993. Eighth Judicial District, Western New York.
Campus Sexual Harassment: From the Inside Out (public lecture)
and
Childhood Abuse: Implications for Working with College Students, a workshop
for deans and counselors. 1993. Two-day consultation at Carleton College,
Northfield, Minnesota.
Children of Violence 1992. Half-day workshop for teachers, West Seneca Public Schools.
Domestic Violence: Old Problems in New Guises. 1992. College Club. May.
Current Issues in Child Custody. 1991. (Faculty with Lenore Walker). All day Pre- convention seminar. American Psychological Association, San Francisco.
Working with Child and Adult Victims of Childhood Abuse. One - Three hour seminars for mental health professionals: Erie County Mental Health Services, Trocaire Conference on Child Care, Niagara County Child and Family Services, Hamburg, Counseling Center and Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital, Hamilton Ontario (1982-1985).
Freelance
Exhibits
Aftershocks: Impact of a Family Murder Four Years Later, Photographs and Text
by Martha L. Deed. 2002. Safe Homes Conference, Niagara Falls, NY. May 2-3.
Fiction
Discovering Quakers I: "Au revoir, Paris!" 1976. Quaker
Life. December. P. 38
Discovering Quakers II: First Meetings. 1977. Quaker Life. January.
P. 38.
Discovering Quakers III: Among Friends in England. 1977. Quaker Life.
February. P. 38
Non-Fiction
Art from Life. 2003. www.somedancersandmusicians.com
Annual Battle with Lawn brings untold Enjoyment. 2002. Op-ed for The Buffalo
News. June 26. B8
A Community Walks Together: Michael Northrup's Acquittal Challenges Trinity
Greece. 2002. Living Water. January. Pp. A,C.
Northrup Mistrial Satisfies No One. 2001. Opinion. Niagara
Gazette. April 10. 9-A.
Those who are truly apologetic don't attempt to escape the consequences of
their actions. 1998. Op-ed for The Buffalo News.
October 7. B-2
Violence Against Women, Abuse. 1998. Article for The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History. Boston , MA: Houghton Mifflin.
Losing Custody: A Commentary. 1994. Woman to Woman. Spring. P.3.
Behind Closed Doors: Escaping violence is not easy. Especially
when it lives in your home. 1991. Buffalo Magazine (Buffalo News).
November 3. Pp. 6-7, 9-13.
One Mother's Plea to her runaway Daughter. 1989. The Buffalo
News. May 14. E1
Caught in the Custody Crunch.1989. The Buffalo News. August 25. Pp. C6, C7.
Runaway Justice 1988. Friendly Woman. 4(2): 6-7.
Building a Backyard Resort.1987. Homestyles. May/June 1987. Pp. 18-21.
Women Have Babies. 1979. Friendly Woman. 4(2): 6-7.
DaughterMotherDaughter. 1977 Friendly Woman. 2 Summer. Pp. 4-5.
Queries on Family Life. 1973. Friends General Conference
Quarterly. Summer. P 7.
A Study of Quakers. 1970. Friends Journal and pamphlet. Popularization
of my doctoral dissertation.
Steering Slowly Toward Regions of Light. 1966. Friends Journal. April 15. P. 201.
Photo Credits (In addition to web photo credits)
Living Water. 2002. Portrait.
New York Bar Foundation. 1997. Cover photograph for Report.
Homestyles. 1987. Two photographs.
Quaker Life. 1977. Portrait.
Poetry
Frigid. 2003. Stirring. September.
Research and Dire Predictions. 2003. Magazine Sudden (Canada).
Muse Interruptus, Helen's Pinks. 2003. Margaret's Garden (www.landofbrokenpromises.co.uk)
Includes photographs.
Southern Fly Pie. 2003. Artvoice. April 23. P. 24.
Kayaking on the Erie Canal. 2003. Shampoo. February.
In a Kayak, Sibling Rivalry, Sixty. 2003. Miller's Pond Online. Spring.
Untitled, Poetry Shards, Blessing for a New Year (Poetry). 2001. The Awakenings
Review. Vol. 1, Number 2: 89-90.
Touch-Points. 1968. Friends Journal. May 15., P. 240.
Children of Rufus. 1967. Quaker Life. June. P. 186.
Retreat. 1967. Friends Journal. January 1. P. 6.
Idolatry. 1967. Inward Light. Fall. P. 29.
Urbanization: A Fragment (1966). FLUX (Boston University School of
Theology Newsletter), March 15. P. 4
For Jim Reeb (1965). Inward Light. Fall. P. 50.
Zen (1965). The Aryan Path, October. P. 2.
Web Art
Toilet. 2003. Collaboration with Millie Niss. Museum of the Essential
and Beyond (www.arteonline.arq.br/museu). (Brazil). Lyrics and vocal
by Deed.
The Vic-20, Resurrected by my Mother. 2002. Text by Millie Niss. Photographs
by Deed. Museum of the Essential and Beyond/Attic (www.arteonline.arq.br/museu/attic).
(Brazil).
Deedsquare (forthcoming) in "Sitting" a collaborative web art installation
involving artists from the United States and United Kingdom. Forthcoming in
Beehive.
Birth of a Fawn. 2003. Martha's Garden in Margaret's Garden (www.landofbrokenpromises.co.uk).
Includes photographs.
Statement. 2003. www.erasures.net. Three pieces including photographs, graphics,
texts.
Readings
Garage Sale read by invitation. 2003. Ecumenical Service for
Domestic Violence victims and service providers, Youngstown
(NY) October 2, and at "The Bridge Walk" Ft. Erie (Ontario) October
22.
Featured Reader with other members of WRITE. 2003. Just Buffalo Literary Center
Writers Group Series at Hibiscus Room, Buffalo.
Featured Reader with Mary O'Herron. 2003. Just Buffalo Literary Center Reading
Series at Rust Belt Books, Buffalo. September 21.
Featured Reader with Millie Niss. 2003. The Screening Room, Amherst. August
31.
Featured Reader with Millie Niss. 2003. "Truckstop Intellectuals"
(cable tv). July 11, 14 (repeat)
Talks
Jury System, People v. Montstream. 2001, 2002, 2003. Two days
each year Holy Angels Academy students taking High School Law course.
Construction of a Crime: Church Members' Response to Family Violence. 2003.
Women's group of Baptist Church in Newfane (May) and Lockport Clergy Association
(September).
Writing Seminars and Instruction
Workshop with WRITE. 2003. Hope House, Buffalo, Poetry-to-Go
Personal Experience Writing. 1999. Writer's Conference, WNY Writing Project,
Canisius College
Assist students at University at Buffalo Law School to write on law and mental
health topics. 1994 - 1997
Publishing student writing, workshop. 1993. Carleton College