Linda M. Hartling, Ph.D.
Director


Life & Work

Linda M. Hartling, Ph.D., is the HumanDHS Director, and also a Member of the HumanDHS Global Core Team, HumanDHS Global Coordinating Team, HumanDHS Research Team, and HumanDHS Education Team. She is furthermore the Editor of the Journal of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies (JHDHS).

Linda is the Associate Director of the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute (JBMTI) at the Stone Center, which is part of the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts. Dr. Hartling is a member of the JBMTI theory-building group advancing the practice of the Relational-Cultural Theory, which is a new model of psychological development. In addition, Dr. Hartling coordinates and contributes to training programs, publications, and special projects for the JBMTI. She holds a doctoral degree in clinical/community psychology and has published papers on resilience, substance abuse prevention, shame and humiliation, relational practice in the workplace, and Relational-Cultural Theory.

Dr. Hartling is coeditor of The Complexity of Connection: Writings from the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute at the Stone Center (2004) and author of the Humiliation Inventory, a scale to assess the internal experience of derision and degradation.

 

Publications & Articles

  Hartling, Linda M. (2007)
From Humiliation to Appreciation: Walking Toward Our Talk
Presentation at the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA.
   
  Hartling, Linda M. (2006)
Bykr, A. S. and B. Schneider (2002). Trust in Schools: A Core Resource for Improvement. New York, Russell Sage Foundation. Please see the notes that Linda made on this book.
   
  Hartling, Linda M. (2006)
From Humiliation to Appreciation: Walking Toward Our Talk
Abstract prepared for the Second International Conference on Multicultural Discourses, 13-15th April 2007, Institute of Discourse and Cultural Studies, & Department of Applied Psychology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, as part of the 9th Annual Meeting of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies.
   
  Jordan, Judith, and Hartling, Linda M. (2006)
Relationship Tips
Jean Baker Miller Training Institute.
   
  Hartling, Linda M. (2005)
Humiliation: Real Pain, A Pathway to Violence
Preliminary draft of a paper prepared for Round Table 2 of the 2005 Workshop on Humiliation and Violent Conflict, Columbia University, New York, December 15-16, 2005.
   
  Hartling, Linda M. (2005)
Humiliation and Assistance: Telling the Truth About Power, Telling a New Story
Paper prepared for "Beyond Humiliation: Encouraging Human Dignity in the Lives and Work of All People," 5th Annual Meeting of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies in Berlin, 15th -17th September, 2005.
   
  Hartling, Linda M. (2005)
An Appreciative Frame: Beginning a Dialogue on Human Dignity and Humiliation
Introductory text prepared for "Beyond Humiliation: Encouraging Human Dignity in the Lives and Work of All People," 5th Annual Meeting of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies in Berlin, 15th -17th September, 2005.
   
  Hartling, Linda M. (2004)
Fostering Resilience throughout Our Lives: New Relational Possibilities. In D. Comstock (Ed.), Diversity in Development: Critical Contexts that Shape Our Lives and Relationships. Pacific Grove, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth.
   
  Jordan, J.V., Walker, M., & Hartling, L. M. (Ed.). (2004)
The Complexity of Connection: Writings from the Stone Center's Jean Baker Miller Training Institute.

New York: Guilford Press.
   
  Hartling, Linda M. (2003)
Strengthening Resilience in a Risky World: It is All About Relationships
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Work in Progress, No. #101. Wellesley, MA: Stone Center Working Papers Series.
   
  Hartling, Linda M. (2003)
Prevention Through Connection: A Collaborative Response to Women's Substance Abuse
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Work in Progress, No. #103. Wellesley, MA: Stone Center Working Papers Series.
   
  Hartling, L. M., Miller, J. B., & Jordan, J.V. (2003)
An Introduction to Relational-Cultural Theory
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Project Report, No. 10. Stone Center Working Papers Series.
   
  Jordan, J.V., & Hartling, L.M. (2002)
New Developments in Relational-Cultural Theory. In M. Ballou & L. Brown (Eds.), Rethinking mental health and disorder.
New York: Guilford Press.
   
  Hartling, L.M., & Sparks, E. (2002)
Relational-Cultural Practice: Working in a Nonrelational World.

Work in Progress, No. #97. Wellesley, MA: Stone Center Working Papers Series.
   
  Hartling, L.M., & Ly, J. (2000)
Relational References: A Selected Bibliography of Research, Theory, and Applications
. Project Report #7. Wellesley, MA: Stone Center Working Papers Series.
   
  Hartling, L.M., Rosen, W., Walker, M., & Jordan, J. (2000)
Shame and Humiliation: From Isolation to Relational Transformation
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Work in Progress, No. 88. Wellesley, MA: Stone Center Working Paper Series.
   
  Hartling, Linda M., Luchetta, Tracy (1999)
Humiliation: Assessing the Impact of Derision, Degradation, and Debasement
First published by: The Journal of Primary Prevention, 19(4): 259-278.
   
  Hartling, Linda M. (1995/1996)
Humiliation: Assessing the Specter of Derision, Degradation, and Debasement.
Doctoral dissertation.
Cincinnati, OH: Union Institute Graduate School.