Rona Marcia Fields (née Katz; 27 October 1932 – 2 April 2016)[1] was an American psychologist,[2] feminist and author, specialising in post-colonial studies and child psychology.[3][4][5][6]

Rona M. Fields
Born27 October 1932
DiedApril 2, 2016(2016-04-02) (aged 83)
EducationLake Forest College
Loyola University Chicago
University of Southern California
Occupation(s)Psychologist, feminist and author

Biography

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Rona Katz was born into a Jewish American family in 1932 and attended Spalding High School for Crippled Children in Chicago.[citation needed] She studied for her undergraduate degree at Lake Forest College; masters at Loyola University Chicago; and Ph.D. at the University of Southern California.[1] In the 1970s, she studied the effects of The Troubles on civilians, accusing the British state of psychological genocide against the Irish people.[7]

In 1972, Fields was hired by Clark University, Massachusetts as a full-time associate professor. After being denied tenure in 1976,[8] Fields filed charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, alleging sexual harassment and that an associate professor who had just been awarded tenure made sexual advances toward her, and when she rejected them, he warned that her refusal "was no way to get tenure."[9] The resulting case, Fields v. Clark University, resulted in her being reinstated for a two-year probationary period and then reconsidered for tenure, and awarded back pay, attorney's fees, and costs.[10][11]

Fields later taught at San Fernando Valley State College, Howard University, George Mason University and George Washington University.[12]

Personal life

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Rona Katz married Armond Fields in 1963. She was later married to Charles Fox, a psychology and sociology professor.[13] She had three children.[4]

Bibliography

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  • A society on the run: A psychology of Northern Ireland (1973)[14]
  • The Women of Ireland: A Case Study in the Effects of 800 Years of Colonial Victimization (1974)[15]
  • The Portuguese Revolution and the Armed Forces Movement (1976)[16]
  • Society Under Siege: A Psychology of Northern Ireland (1977; also published as Northern Ireland: Society Under Siege)[17][18]
  • The Future of Women (1985)[19]
  • Martyrdom: The Psychology, Theology, and Politics of Self-Sacrifice (2004)[20][21][22]
  • Against Violence Against Women: The Case for Gender as a Protected Class (2013)[23][24][25]

References

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  1. ^ a b "A Personality Description of the Unwed Pregnant Adolescent". ecommons.luc.edu.
  2. ^ Nations, United States Commission on Improving the Effectiveness of the United (1993). Defining Purpose: The U.N. and the Health of Nations : Final Report of the United States Commission on Improving the Effectiveness of the United Nations. The Commission. p. 100.
  3. ^ MD, Peter A. Olsson (25 February 2014). The Making of a Homegrown Terrorist: Brainwashing Rebels in Search of a Cause. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781440831027 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ a b "RONA M. FIELDS Obituary (1932 - 2016) The Washington Post". Legacy.com.
  5. ^ TODAY, Laura Petrecca, USA. "Escaped Ohio women face a tough emotional rebound". USA TODAY.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ LR, Redacción (10 February 2020). "Estuvo 33 años secuestrada, sus vecinos lo sabían y no dijeron nada: la triste historia de Morella". larepublica.pe.
  7. ^ Miller, Ian (2 October 2021). "Silence, distance and neutrality: the politics of emotional distress during the Northern Irish troubles". Social History. 46 (4): 435–458. doi:10.1080/03071022.2021.1967641. S2CID 240001702.
  8. ^ "817 F.2d 931". law.resource.org.
  9. ^ "Rona Fields, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Clark University, Defendant, Appellant.rona Fields, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Clark University, Defendant, Appellee, 817 F.2d 931 (1st Cir. 1987)". Justia Law.
  10. ^ "Fields v. Clark University, 817 F.2d 931 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com.
  11. ^ Labor, United States Congress House Committee on Education and (8 December 1990). "Hearings on H.R. 4000, the Civil Rights Act of 1990: Joint Hearings Before the Committee on Education and Labor and the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session, Hearings Held in Washington, DC ..." U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  12. ^ Clauss-Ehlers, Caroline S. (18 February 2010). Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural School Psychology. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9780387717982 – via Google Books.
  13. ^ Salazar, Ruben (1 May 1998). Border Correspondent: Selected Writings, 1955-1970. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520213852 – via Google Books.
  14. ^ Miller, David (25 September 2014). Rethinking Northern Ireland: Culture, Ideology and Colonialism. Routledge. ISBN 9781317884774 – via Google Books.
  15. ^ Fields, Rona M. (8 December 1974). "The Women of Ireland: A Case Study in the Effects of 800 Years of Colonial Victimization". KNOW, Incorporated – via Google Books.
  16. ^ Henriksen, Thomas H. (8 September 1978). "The Portuguese Revolution and the Armed Forces Movement by Rona M. Fields New York, Praeger, 1976. Pp. xviii + 288. $26.95. - The Portuguese Armed Forces and the Revolution by Douglas Porch London, Croom Helm, 1977. Pp. 273. £7.95". The Journal of Modern African Studies. 16 (3): 509–511. doi:10.1017/S0022278X00002561. S2CID 153782219 – via Cambridge University Press.
  17. ^ Fields, Rona M. (9 March 2020). Northern Ireland: Society Under Siege. Routledge. ISBN 9781000678413 – via Google Books.
  18. ^ Fields, Rona M. (8 December 1977). Society Under Siege: A Psychology of Northern Ireland. Temple University Press. ISBN 9780877220749 – via Google Books.
  19. ^ Fields, Rona M. (1985). The future of women. General Hall, Inc. ISBN 978-0-930390-60-0.
  20. ^ "Martyrdom". products.abc-clio.com.
  21. ^ Fields, Rona M.; Fields, Rona F.; Owens, Cóilín; Berenbaum, Michael; Firestone, Reuven (8 December 2004). Martyrdom: The Psychology, Theology, and Politics of Self-sacrifice. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780275979935 – via Google Books.
  22. ^ "Rona Fields interviewed by Clare Spark about the psychology of Northern Ireland | Pacifica Radio Archives". www.pacificaradioarchives.org.
  23. ^ Fields, R. (8 February 2016). Against Violence Against Women: The Case for Gender as a Protected Class. Springer. ISBN 9781137447692 – via Google Books.
  24. ^ "Against violence against women the case for gender as a protected class". search.library.uq.edu.au.
  25. ^ Fields, Rona M. (8 December 2013). Against Violence against Women. doi:10.1057/9781137447692. ISBN 978-1-137-43917-8.