About Me
Hello! My name is Victoria Karalun. I am forty-years-old, have been married for eighteen years, and have a twelve-year-old son. I also have seven cats and six goldfish. I grew up in England but moved to California on my own at the age of twenty. My interests and passions involve writing, reading, photography, researching, art history, learning languages, watching movies, listening to records, travel, and self-growth. I am a deep thinker and am naturally analytical and curious about human nature. I previously ran a photography business which had a focus on birth photography; I photographed over one hundred births. Through birth photography, I became very familiar with pregnancy, labor, and delivery, which fed into my interest in women's issues. As a result, much of my research has centered on pregnancy and birth. I have presented my original research at forty conferences in California, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, Missouri, and Louisiana. I graduated from Crafton Hills College in 2022 and was the commencement speaker to approximately 3,000 attendees. I was an active part of my college's Honors program, including being an Honors Ambassador. I was president of Communications Club and co-president of Psychology Club. I have spent time volunteering for a local midwifery practice and fostering cats.
Present & Future
Goals
My goal is to bring love, beauty, and understanding to the world. All of my work is to that goal. With college behind me, my focus is now on my writing.
Areas of Research Interest
Personality; positive psychology; social psychology; parenting; lifespan development; childbirth and women's issues; gender issues; memory; abnormal psychology; ethnography.
Published, Authored, & Awards
Writing
Photography
Photography
2013
- Regular columnist for Sacred Pregnancy magazine.
2018
- Palouse Review spring 2018 edition: Can the Red Tent Ritual be Relevant to Society Today?
- Palouse Review fall 2018 edition: A Study of Modern Midwifery in Small Town America.
2019
- Midwifery Today magazine, September 2019 issue: The Psychology and Illusion of Choice in Birth
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2013
- Regular columnist for Sacred Pregnancy magazine.
2018
- Palouse Review spring 2018 edition: Can the Red Tent Ritual be Relevant to Society Today?
- Palouse Review fall 2018 edition: A Study of Modern Midwifery in Small Town America.
2019
- Midwifery Today magazine, September 2019 issue: The Psychology and Illusion of Choice in Birth
- Palouse Review fall 2019 edition: Joker Movie: Stockholm Syndrome or Society's Wake-Up Call?
2020
- Regular columnist for Redlands Daily Facts newspaper
- Palouse Review spring 2020 edition: The Curiosity of the Rise in Feminism and the Entrance of the Male to the Birthing Room
Photography
Photography
Photography
2012
- Contributing videographer to Reflections on Cesarean documentary (as yet unfinished).
2013
- Winning image from International Association of Professional Birth Photographers contest published in Midwifery Today magazine.
- Regular photographic contributor to Sacred Pregnancy magazine.
- Front cover image for Sacred Pregnancy magazine.
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2012
- Contributing videographer to Reflections on Cesarean documentary (as yet unfinished).
2013
- Winning image from International Association of Professional Birth Photographers contest published in Midwifery Today magazine.
- Regular photographic contributor to Sacred Pregnancy magazine.
- Front cover image for Sacred Pregnancy magazine.
2014
- Photography featured in The Milky Way documentary (also featuring Carrie-Anne Moss, Minnie Driver, and Alanis Morissette.)
- Front cover image for Doctor Berlin's Informed Pregnancy Guide.
Awards
Photography
Awards
2012
- Voted People's Choice Best Birth Picture of the Year 2012 by International Association of Professional Birth Photographers.
2019
- Recipient of the Amanda Markey Memorial Scholarship.
2020
- Student of the Year award for Communication Studies at Crafton Hills College.
- San Manuel ISEEK Scholarship.
- Exemplary Research award from Honors Transfer Council of California.
Conference Presentations
2017
CHC:
Oral;Jinger Duggar - Case Study Assessment by the Authentic Happiness Laboratory
Poster; Who Would Date a Person with Bipolar?
2018
WPPA: Poster; Jinger Duggar - Case Study Assessment by the Authentic Happiness Laboratory
CRASSH: Poster; Jinger Duggar - Case Study Assessment by the Authentic Happiness Laboratory
HTCC: Oral; Jinger Duggar - Case Study Assessment by the Authentic Happiness Laboratory
SSSR: Oral; Does Religiosity or Political Orientation Drive the Interpretation of Scripture or the Constitution?
SCCUR: Oral; A Study of Midwifery Care as Resistance to Patriarchy
CHC:
Oral: A Study of Midwifery Care as Resistance to Patriarchy
Poster: Does Religiosity or Political Orientation Drive the Interpretation of Scripture or the Constitution?
2019
WPPA: Poster; MGTOW: Beta Male Flourishing or Patriarchal Paranoia?
SPSP: Poster; Refutation of the Cancer Conspirary: An Experiment with a U.K. Sample
AAR: Oral; The Red Tent: Re-Ritualization as Resistance to Patriarchal Medicine
HTCC:
Poster: Does Religiosity or Political Orientation Drive the Interpretation of Scripture or the Constitution?
Oral: The Red Tent: A Study of Midwifery and Re-Ritualization as Resistance to Patriarchy
CHC:
Poster: Hospital Birth vs. Home Birth: Perceptions of Safety and Male Domination
Oral: The Religious Objection to Vaccination: Act of Conscience or Convenient Ploy?
WPA: Oral: Hospital Birth vs. Home Birth: Perceptions of Safety and Male Domination
[Image credit: Shari Kuchenbecker.]
SCCUR: Oral: The Curiosity of the Rise in Feminism and the Entrance of the Male to the Birthing Room
SSSR: Oral: The Religious Objection to Vaccination: Act of Conscience or Convenient Ploy?
CHC: Oral: The Curiosity of the Rise in Feminism and the Entrance of the Male to the Birthing Room
2020
WPPA:
Oral: The Flow Experience in Childbirth: Home Birth vs. Hospital Birth
Oral: Narratives: A New Psychological Theory [Co-presented with T.L. Brink.]
SPSP: Poster: Myers-Briggs vs. Big 5: A Study of Google Trends 2004-2019
