Keynote Lectures


Definitely go hear Jennifer Freyd talk. When she explained Institutional Courage, Institutional Betrayal and DARVO to me, it was like getting words for things I'd felt but had never been able to articulate. So, so good!

Kim Scott, author of Radical Candor


Jennifer Freyd, PhD, is a frequent speaker.  She applies insights from her research on institutional courage, institutional betrayal, interpersonal betrayal trauma, inequality, and cognition to help educate audiences at organizations, universities, and the public.

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Example keynote and featured presentations:

If you are interested in booking Jennifer Freyd for a keynote lecture, contact her at jjfreyd@gmail.com with the subject line “Keynote Presentation.”


Example Presentation

From Silicon Valley to Wall Street, workplaces everywhere are dealing with the ugly effects of sexual harassment. In this presentation from the 2018 Wharton People Analytics Conference, Dr. Jennifer Freyd, Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon, editor of the Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, and co-author of Blind to Betrayal, discusses how to approach this sensitive topic from a scientific perspective.