Susannah Mulvale Department of Psychology York University 4700 Keele Street Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 susannahmulvale@gmail.com EDUCATION 2016 – present Doctor of Philosophy, Psychology (In Progress) Specialization: Historical, Theoretical, and Critical Studies of Psychology York University, Toronto ON Supervisors: Dr. Thomas Teo, Dr. Alexandra Rutherford 2014 - 2016 Master of Arts, Psychology Specialization: History and Theory York University, Toronto ON Thesis title: From psychologism to psychologization: Beyond the boundaries of the discipline and practice of psychology *Nominated for the Faculty of Graduate Studies Thesis Award Supervisors: Dr. Thomas Teo, Dr. Alexandra Rutherford 2010 - 2012 Master of Arts, Philosophy University of Guelph, Guelph ON Research Paper Topic: Husserl and psychologism Supervisor: Dr. Jay Lampert 2003 - 2009 Bachelor of Arts with distinction, Philosophy, Minor Psychology Concordia University, Montreal QC ACADEMIC HONOURS AND AWARDS 2018-2019 Ontario Graduate Scholarship Value: $15,000 2017 Sigmund Koch Student Paper Award International Society for Theoretical Psychology Biennial Conference, Tokyo, Japan Value: $500 2017 Student Travel Award International Society for Theoretical Psychology Value: $500 2017 Mary J. Wright Student Paper Award History and Philosophy of Psychology Section Canadian Psychological Association Annual Convention, Toronto ON Value: $100 2015-2016 SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canadian Graduate Scholarship, Master's Program Value: $17,500 ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE 2020 Fall - 2021 Winter Writing Instructor, York University Writing Centre 2020 Fall Teaching Assistant, York University History of Psychology Course Director: Dr. Alexandra Rutherford 2020 Summer Teaching Assistant, York University Critical Thinking in Psychology Course Director: Krista Phillips 2014 - 2020 Research Assistant Supervisor: Dr. Alexandra Rutherford Psychology’s Feminist Voices http://www.feministvoices.com/ 2020 Winter Teaching Assistant, York University Abnormal Psychology Course Director: Dr. Alexandra Rutherford 2019 Fall Teaching Assistant, York University History of Psychology Course Director: Dr. Michael Pettit 2018 Fall Teaching Assistant, York University Research Methods in Psychology Course Director: Dr. Rebecca Jubis 2017 Lab Coordinator Supervisor: Dr. Thomas Teo Psychological Humanities, Critical Psychology, and Subjectivity Peripatos 2017 Fall Teaching Assistant, York University Critical Thinking in Psychology Course Director: Dr. Ron Sheese 2017 Winter Teaching Assistant, York University History of Psychology Course Director: Dr. Alexandra Rutherford Fall 2016 -Winter 2017 Teaching Assistant, York University Writing in Psychology Course Director: Dr. Ron Sheese 2016 Fall Teaching Assistant, York University Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology Course Director: Dr. Michael Pettit 2016 Winter Teaching Assistant, York University History of Psychology Course Director: Dr. Alexandra Rutherford 2015 Fall Teaching Assistant, York University History of Psychology Course Director: Katherine Harper 2012 Winter Teaching Assistant, University of Guelph Philosophy of Feminism Course Director: Dr. Victoria Burke 2011 Fall Teaching Assistant, University of Guelph Critical Thinking Course Director: Dr. Don Dedrick 2011 Winter Teaching Assistant, University of Guelph Existentialism Course Director: Dr. Jay Lampert 2010 Fall Teaching Assistant, University of Guelph Introductory Philosophy: Major Texts Course Director: Dr. Patricia Sheridan ACADEMIC CONFERENCES, PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOPS 2021 “UPSA’s Guide to Graduate School” Panel member at York University Undergraduate Psychology Student Association’s event, 27 February 2021 2019 “Inside Psychology’s Feminist Voices: Reflections on activism, scholarship, and inclusive pedagogy” Co-presented at Association for Women in Psychology, Newport, Rhode Island, 01 March 2019 2018 “Capitalist Realism” Presented at Pathologies of Capitalism Conference, City University of New York, New York City, New York, 15 November 2018 2018 “Understanding depression: A phenomenological and critical lens” Presented at the History and Philosophy of Psychology Section of the Canadian Psychological Association Conference, Calgary, Alberta, 21 June 2018 2017 “The perils of individualism in psychology: Philosophical and sociological critiques” Presented at International Society for Theoretical Psychology, The Ethos of Theorizing Conference, 21 August 2017 *Winner of Student Paper Award 2017 “Merleau-Ponty on embodiment: Implications for psychology” Presented at Canadian Psychological Association National Convention, Toronto, Ontario, 8 June 2017 2017 “Writing women in psychology: Representation and communication of gender in textbooks” Co-author on paper presented at Canadian Psychological Association National Convention, Toronto, Ontario, 8 June 2017 2016 “Thinking beyond therapeutic culture: An examination of psychologized society” Presented at Canadian Psychological Association National Convention, Victoria, British Columbia, 11 June 2016 *Winner of Student Paper Award 2016 "From psychologism to psychologization: Beyond the boundaries of the discipline and practice of psychology" Presented at York University’s History and Theory of Psychology Colloquium Series, Toronto, Ontario, 28 April 2016 2016 Co-facilitator, “Giving voice and rendering visible: The how, what, and why of feminist history” Structured Discussion Association for Women in Psychology Conference Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 5 March 2016 2015 Invited presentation, “Oral History” PSYC 3125, History of Psychology York University, 3 November 2015 2015 "Revisiting Husserl: The regression to psychologization" Presented at Coventry University, United Kingdom, International Society for Theoretical Psychology, Resistance and Renewal Conference, 27 June 2015 2012 Presenter and co-coordinator, “Deleuze’s Difference and Repetition – A workshop”, University of Guelph, 20 April 2012 2012 Commentator, “Lacan and the unconscious subject”, M.A. Conference, University of Guelph, 19 April 2012 2012 Invited lecture, “Heidegger and Being-towards-Death” PHIL 2170 Existentialism University of Guelph, 8 March 2012 2011 “Playfulness and self-mastery: The expression of identity” Presented at the University of Glouscestershire, United Kingdom, Philosophy at Play Conference, 9 April 2011 PUBLICATIONS AND ONLINE CONTRIBUTIONS Mulvale, S. (submitted). We want bread, and roses too! Theorizing an experience of being on strike. Mulvale, S. (2020). Takin’ it to the streets. Psychology’s Feminist Voices digital exhibit. https://feministvoices.com/exhibits/takin-it-to-the-streets-psychologists-and-social-change Mulvale, S., Teo, T. (2020). Psychologization and its vicissitudes. In Balz, V. and Malich, L. Psychology and critique: Forms of psychologization since 1945 (pp. 43-58). Springer. George, M., Mulvale, S., Davidson, T., Young, J. & Rutherford, A. (2020). Is it still a (White) man’s world? The politics of representation in social psychology textbooks. Awry: Journal of Critical Psychology. “Gender Matters”: Contributor to Gender-Based Analysis Video Series, Videos 3, 4, 6 Produced by Psychology’s Feminist Voices, 2017 http://www.feministvoices.com/gender-based-analysis/ Mulvale, S. & Cresswell, J. (2016). Review of the book The therapeutic turn: How psychology altered Western culture, by O. J. Madsen. British Journal of Psychology, 107(1), 203-204. Mulvale, S. (2014). Profile of Marie Gertrude Rand. In A. Rutherford (Ed.) Psychology's Feminist Voices Multimedia Internet Archive. Retrieved from http://www.feministvoices.com/gertrude-rand ACADEMIC SERVICE 2017 - present Department of Psychology Union Steward, CUPE 3903, York University 2018 Vice-President Community Relations, York University Graduate Students’ Association 2017 - 2018 Website management Critical Psychology Network Canada http://www.criticalpsychnetwork.com 2017 - 2018 Website development and membership management, Communications Committee International Society for Theoretical Psychology http://www.istp.wildapricot.org 2017-2018 Program Co-Chair, History and Philosophy of Psychology Section, Canadian Psychological Association 2016-2018 Councilor, Psychology Department, York University Graduate Students’ Association 2016 – 2019 Treasurer, Psychology Graduate Student’s Association, York University 2015 - 2019 Co-Chair, Psychology Graduate Student’s Association, York University 2015 - 2019 Student Representative, International Society for Theoretical Psychology 2015-2016 Secretary, Psychology Graduate Student’s Association, York University 2012 Coordination committee, Philopolis Conference, University of Guelph, 3 March 2012 2011 Moderator, Plato and the Experience of Philosophy Conference, University of Guelph, 12 November 2011 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS 2016 – present Canadian Psychological Association, History and Philosophy of Psychology Section; student affiliate 2015 – present American Psychological Association, Division 24, Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology; student affiliate 2015 – present American Psychological Association, Division 26, Society for the History of Psychology; student affiliate 2015 – present International Society for Theoretical Psychology; student affiliate OTHER PRESENTATIONS 2012 “Agamben, Kafka, and the Paradoxical Nature of the Law.” Presented at VSVSVS Gallery, Toronto, as part of Being in force without significance exhibit by artist Katie McCain, 27 July 2012