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Kate Price, M.A.

Project Associate at the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute

Kate has been with JBMTI since 2010. As project associate, she manages office operations and collaborations, including fiscal oversight. Kate is also responsible for marketing, networking, and strategic planning. Additionally, Kate is a social scientist specializing in the cultural constructions of childhood.

Working at JBMTI is her "dream job," in that she can join her passion for Relational-Cultural Theory and her long-standing commitment to women’s-centered education. Her B.A. in Environmental Education is from Lesley College and her M.A. in Gender and Cultural Studies is from Simmons College. Prior to joining JBMTI, Kate held positions at Simmons, Radcliffe and Harvard Colleges, and Harvard Business School.

She has spoken on child prostitution in the United States at Georgetown University Law School, Suffolk University, University of Toledo, and numerous non-profit organizations. Kate has served as a Big Sister with the Big Sister Association of Greater Boston, and as a foster parent through the MA Department of Children and Families and The Home for Little Wanderers.

She authored a chapter, "Collapsing This Hushed House: Deconstructing Cultural Images of Child Prostitution in the United States" included in the textbook Global Perspectives on Prostitution and Sex Trafficking: Europe Latin America, North America, and Global.

Her current research and advocacy focus on developing relational skills and capacities with children who have experienced physical and emotional trauma.

Recommended Books

  • Miller, Jean Baker (1976) Toward A New Psychology of Women
  • Walker, Maureen and Wendy Rosen (eds.) (2004) How Connections Heal: Stories from Relational-Cultural Therapy
  • Robb, Christina (2006) This Changes Everything: The Relational Revolution in Psychology
  • Levin, Diane and Jean Kilbourne (2008) So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do To Protect Their Kids
  • Kindlon, Dan and Michael Thompson (1999) Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys
  • Foucault, Michel (1976) The History of Sexuality: An Introduction
  • Levy, Ariel (2006) Female Chauvenist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture
  • Surrey, Janet and Samuel Shem (1999) We Have to Talk: Healing Dialogues Between Men and Women