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Susan McNamara, MD

she/her/hers

Clinical Instructor

About

Appointments

Psychiatry
Clinical Instructor
Primary
Psychiatry

Psychiatry

Education & Training

MD: University of Connecticut School of Medicine (1995)

MALS: Wesleyan University (1991)

BA: SUNY Stony Brook (1975)

Research

Research at a Glance

Publications Timeline

A big-picture view of Susan McNamara's research output by year.

7Publications

Publications

2019

Locating the Father’s Eroticism
Susan McNamara and Ethan Grumbach, in Eroticism: Developmental, Cultural, and Clinical Realms, edited by Akhtar and Gulati. Routledge 2019.
Chapters

2015

Prologue: Category/Gender: Languages of Gender and Desire
Susan McNamara M.D. (2015) Prologue: Category/Gender: Languages of Gender and Desire, Psychoanalytic Inquiry, 35:8, 763-765.
Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
The Body One Is: The Best Form of Containment or The Crying Game Redux
Aisha Abbasi M.D. & Susan McNamara M.D. (2015) The Body One Is: The Best Form of Containment or The Crying Game Redux, Psychoanalytic Inquiry, 35:8, 786-794.
Publications for non-academic audiences

2013

“Strange and Otherwise Unaccountable Actions”: Category, Conundrum, and Trans Identities
Marcus, B. F., & McNamara, S. (2013). “Strange and Otherwise Unaccountable Actions”: Category, Conundrum, and Trans Identities. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 61(1), 45–66.
Peer-Reviewed Original Research
Gay Male Desires and Sexuality in the Twenty-First Century: How I Listen
McNamara, S. (2013). Gay Male Desires and Sexuality in the Twenty-First Century: How I Listen. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 61(2), 341–362.
Peer-Reviewed Original Research

2012

Emerging Views On Gender and Sexuality: Celebrating Twenty Years of New Perspectives On Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans People
Gelé, K., McNamara, S., Phillips, S. H., Shelby, R. D., Grossman, G., Vaughan, S. C., & Roughton, R. (2012). Emerging Views On Gender and Sexuality: Celebrating Twenty Years of New Perspectives On Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans People. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 60(5), 949–967.
Peer-Reviewed Original Research

2011

Seduction and Revenge in Virginia Woolf’s Orlando
Susan Mc Namara (2011) Seduction and Revenge in Virginia Woolf’s Orlando, The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 80:3, 619-641.
Peer-Reviewed Original Research

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

Get In Touch

Contacts

susan.mcnamara@yale.edu

Appointments

Psychiatry

Other Departments & Organizations

Education & Training

Research at a Glance

Publications Timeline

Publications

2019

Locating the Father’s Eroticism

2015

Prologue: Category/Gender: Languages of Gender and Desire

The Body One Is: The Best Form of Containment or The Crying Game Redux

2013

“Strange and Otherwise Unaccountable Actions”: Category, Conundrum, and Trans Identities

Gay Male Desires and Sexuality in the Twenty-First Century: How I Listen

2012

Emerging Views On Gender and Sexuality: Celebrating Twenty Years of New Perspectives On Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans People

2011

Seduction and Revenge in Virginia Woolf’s Orlando

Contacts