Brinton Lykes
{{short description|American psychologist (born 1949)}}
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| thesis_title = Autonomous individualism vs. social individuality: Towards an alternative understanding of the self
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M. Brinton Lykes (born 1949) is an American psychologist who has established a reputation for her work on psychosocial effects of state-sponsored terror and organized violence.
Life
Lykes originally hailed from New Orleans. She obtained her first BA degree from Hollins University before proceeding to Harvard University where she obtained an M.Div. in Applied Theology. She obtained a Ph.D. in Community Psychology from Boston College.{{cite web|title=Brinton Lykes|website=Psychology's Feminist Voices|url=https://feministvoices.com/profiles/brinton-lykes|accessdate=17 July 2021}}
Lykes has worked at Boston College since 1992 where she was promoted from assistant professor to full professor in the Lynch School of Education. She has held various posts including department chair and Associate Dean.
Work
Lykes work has focused on understanding the impact of state-sponsored violence and terror. She has worked mostly in Central America, in particular with the Maya peoples{{Cite journal|last=Brinton Lykes|first=M.|date=1994-02-01|title=Terror, silencing and children: International, multidisciplinary collaboration with Guatemalan Maya communities|journal=Social Science & Medicine|volume=38|issue=4|pages=543–552|doi=10.1016/0277-9536(94)90250-X|pmid=8184317}} of Guatemala. She has used participatory action research and oral history as her primary research methods.{{cite web|title=PFV Interview with Brinton Lykes| website=YouTube | date=30 November 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDgIvn1flF4|accessdate=14 April 2017}} She is the co-founder of the Martín-Baró Fund for Mental Health and Human Rights.{{cite web|title=The Martin Baro Fund|url=http://www.martinbarofund.org/|accessdate=14 April 2017}}
She is the co-editor of the International Journal of Transitional Justice.
In 2016, Lykes was promoted from Associate Director to Co-Director of the Center for Human Rights and International Justice at Boston College.{{Cite web |title=Center bids farewell to David Hollenbach SJ; Daniel Kanstroom and Brinton Lykes named Center co-directors - Lynch School of Education |url=https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/centers/chrij/news/hollenbach_farewell.html |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Boston College |language=en}}
Awards
Lykes has received a variety of awards for her work including the APA International Humanitarian Award{{cite web|title=M. Brinton Lykes: International Humanitarian Award|url=http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=2013-42570-047|accessdate=28 April 2017}} of the American Psychological Association and the Ignacio Martín-Baró Lifetime Peace Practitioner Award of the APA Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence.{{cite web|title=Ignacio Martín-Baró Martin Lifetime Peace Practitioner Award|url=http://www.apa.org/about/awards/div-48-martin.aspx|accessdate=29 April 2017}}
Publications
- Lykes, M. Brinton. 1996. A conversation between William Ryan and M. Brinton Lykes. Section VI in ‘Myths about the powerless: contesting social inequalities’. Edited by M. Brinton Lykes, Ali Banuazizi, Ramsay Liem and Michael Morris. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Temple University Press.
- Lykes, M. Brinton. 1996. Introduction in ‘Myths about the powerless Contesting social inequalities’. Edited by M. Brinton Lykes, Ali Banuazizi, Ramsay Liem and Michael Morris. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Temple University Press.
- Lykes, M. B. & Sibley, E. (2014). Liberation psychology and pragmatic solidarity: North-South collaborations through the Ignacio Martín-Baró Fund. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 20(3), 209–226.
- Lykes, M.B. (2014). Maya Women of Chajul. In Coghlan, D. & Brydon-Miller, M. (Eds). The SAGE encyclopedia of action research. (Vols. 1–2) (pp. 529–532) . Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
- Lykes, M.B. (2014). Ignacio Martín-Baró. In Coghlan, D. & Brydon-Miller, M. (Eds). The SAGE encyclopedia of action research. (Vols. 1–2) (pp. 523–526). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE
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