Dissociation and Being-in-the-World

The concept of “dissociation” describes a variety of phenomena that involve a divided or disunified experience, ranging from everyday experiences such as daydreaming to the fascinating and controversial phenomenon of dissociative identity disorder (DID)—formerly called multiple personality disorder. Because of the wide assortment of phenomena, theoretical unity has been difficult to achieve, and there is no received consensus of what dissociation is, with many arguing the concept is imprecise, confusing and/or ambiguous. The aim of the thesis is to use resources from Heidegger’s existential-hermeneutic phenomenology to articulate core structures of dissociative experiences. In pursuing this aim, I identify three problems that any satisfactory theory of dissociation must confront: the motleyness problem, the ontological problem, and the normative problem. Before developing the Heideggerian account, I first track the development of these three problems over a two-part philosophical history of dissociation. After identifying consciousness as one of the ontological commitments that run through the history of consciousness, I then situate dissociation within the philosophy of mind by critically evaluating Tim Bayne’s unity of consciousness thesis with reference to whether it can satisfactorily accommodate dissociative phenomena. After showing that the three problems remain a significant challenge to theorizing dissociative phenomena, I move to articulate dissociative experiences using the Heideggerian ontological structures of Jemeinigkeit (“mineness”) and Unheimlichkeit (“uncanniness”). I conclude by evaluating this Heideggerian account of dissociation against the three problems

Introduction: Toward an Engaged Feminist Heritage Praxis

We advocate a feminist approach to archaeological heritage work in order to transform heritage practice and the production of archaeological knowledge. We use an engaged feminist standpoint and situate intersubjectivity and intersectionality as critical components of this practice. An engaged feminist approach to heritage work allows the discipline to consider women’s, men’s, and gender non-conforming persons’ positions in the field, to reveal their contributions, to develop critical pedagogical approaches, and to rethink forms of representation. Throughout, we emphasize the intellectual labor of women of color, queer and gender non-conforming persons, and early white feminists in archaeology

The Study of Trauma: A Historical Overview

The two volume APA Handbook of Trauma Psychology is the most comprehensive guide, text, and reference work on the subject to date. It provides a survey of all the major areas and subtopics of empirical knowledge and practical applications in the field of trauma psychology, written by top experts in the field. Volume 1 is divided into sections on the nature of trauma, its psychological impact, major conceptual frameworks for understanding traumatization, and trauma as viewed from the diverse perspective of various disciplines. Volume 2 covers various applications of trauma psychology, including various modalities of trauma assessment, major treatment approaches across the lifespan, and multi-client and organizational practice. The APA Handbook of Trauma Psychology will be an essential resource to specialists in trauma who need comprehensive information, to practitioners who seek to familiarize themselves with the range of approaches for trauma assessment and treatment, or for students as a graduate level or advanced undergraduate level textbook.https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facbooks/1542/thumbnail.jp

Supervising Complex Trauma Cases to Foster Personal as well as Professional Growth

Treating complex trauma cases requires a level of developmental attainment that encompasses an extensive capacity for emotional regulation, interpersonal flexibility and skill, and conceptual sophistication. Supervision of these cases, therefore, is most effective when it promotes personal as well as professional development. Based on the premise that most complex trauma survivors present not only with trauma-related difficulties, but also with gaps and warps in development resulting from having grown up in a deficient family environment, Contextual Trauma Therapy aims to foster adult development as well as trauma resolution. Such an approach to supervision necessitates, above all, an organically evolving supervisory relationship that parallels the development-promoting aspects of Contextual Trauma Therapy. This approach deemphasizes pathology and inadequacy, and instead focuses on problemsolving, existing capabilities and potential for growth. The Contextual Trauma Model of Supervision works from a three component framework analogous to that employed in Contextual Trauma Therapy: a collaborative relationship; supervisor-guided practical skills transmission, and superviseeguided case conceptualization. This presentation will identify means of fostering personal as well as professional development in supervisees, with illustrations provided via a discussion between a late career psychologist and former trainees at various points in their careers

A Versatile Approach to Noncanonical, Dynamic Covalent Single- and Multi-Loop Peptide Macrocycles for Enhancing Antimicrobial Activity

Peptide oligomers offer versatile scaffolds for the formation of potent antimicrobial agents due to their high sequence versatility, inherent biocompatibility, and chemical tunability. Though many methods exist for the formation of peptide-based macrocycles (MCs), increasingly pervasive in commercial antimicrobial therapeutics, the introduction of multiple looped structures into a single peptide oligomer remains a significant challenge. Herein, we report the utilization of dynamic hydrazone condensation for the versatile formation of single-, double-, and triple-loop peptide MCs using simple dialdehyde or dihydrazide small-molecule cross-linkers, as confirmed by MALDI-TOF MS, HPLC, and SDS-PAGE. Furthermore, incorporation of aldehyde-containing side chains onto peptides synthesized from hydrazide C-terminal resins resulted in tunable peptide MC assemblies formed directly upon resin cleavage post solid-phase peptide synthesis. Both of these types of dynamic covalent assemblies produced significant enhancements to overall antimicrobial properties when introduced into a known antimicrobial peptide, buforin II, when compared to the original unassembled sequence