Book contents
- Reflections from Pioneering Women in Psychology
- Reflections from Pioneering Women in Psychology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Hardly a Straight Line
- Chapter 2 Challenging Paradigms
- Chapter 3 From Young and Naïve to Old and Experienced
- Chapter 4 Being the Change You Want to See in the World
- Chapter 5 Accidental Professor
- Chapter 6 Finding a Place and Changing the Space
- Chapter 7 The More You Do, the Better It Gets
- Chapter 8 Happily Ever After
- Chapter 9 Love and Work
- Chapter 10 Overcoming Obstacles and Thriving
- Chapter 11 Out of the Box
- Chapter 12 Stress Has Been Good to Me
- Chapter 13 On Pioneering at Northwestern University… With a “Village” of Supports
- Chapter 14 Against All Odds
- Chapter 15 Tricked by Memory
- Chapter 16 Doing Psychology in Unsettled Times
- Chapter 17 Overcoming Obstacles
- Chapter 18 Knocking on Doors that Opened for Me
- Chapter 19 Paths Unexpected, but Rewarding, during an Academic Journey
- Chapter 20 Reflections on an Improbable Journey
- Chapter 21 The Delicate Art of Balancing Serendipity and Planfulness in an Academic Career
- Chapter 22 A “Skin in the Game” Scaffolded Career Path
- Chapter 23 A Wonderful Journey Along an Unforeseen Path
- Chapter 24 Choosing Both
- Chapter 25 Identity and My Life Story in Psychology
- Chapter 26 Doing What Matters: A Framework for Academic Success
- Conclusion
- Index
- References
Chapter 16 - Doing Psychology in Unsettled Times
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 April 2022
Book contents
- Reflections from Pioneering Women in Psychology
- Reflections from Pioneering Women in Psychology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Hardly a Straight Line
- Chapter 2 Challenging Paradigms
- Chapter 3 From Young and Naïve to Old and Experienced
- Chapter 4 Being the Change You Want to See in the World
- Chapter 5 Accidental Professor
- Chapter 6 Finding a Place and Changing the Space
- Chapter 7 The More You Do, the Better It Gets
- Chapter 8 Happily Ever After
- Chapter 9 Love and Work
- Chapter 10 Overcoming Obstacles and Thriving
- Chapter 11 Out of the Box
- Chapter 12 Stress Has Been Good to Me
- Chapter 13 On Pioneering at Northwestern University… With a “Village” of Supports
- Chapter 14 Against All Odds
- Chapter 15 Tricked by Memory
- Chapter 16 Doing Psychology in Unsettled Times
- Chapter 17 Overcoming Obstacles
- Chapter 18 Knocking on Doors that Opened for Me
- Chapter 19 Paths Unexpected, but Rewarding, during an Academic Journey
- Chapter 20 Reflections on an Improbable Journey
- Chapter 21 The Delicate Art of Balancing Serendipity and Planfulness in an Academic Career
- Chapter 22 A “Skin in the Game” Scaffolded Career Path
- Chapter 23 A Wonderful Journey Along an Unforeseen Path
- Chapter 24 Choosing Both
- Chapter 25 Identity and My Life Story in Psychology
- Chapter 26 Doing What Matters: A Framework for Academic Success
- Conclusion
- Index
- References
Summary
I entered the discipline of psychology in an era of cultural, social, and political upheavals – the dramatic uptake of feminism, campus opposition to US involvement in Vietnam, and mobilization for racial justice and civil rights. Women’s presence was not welcome in the academy. As a junior professor, I studied gendered power relations and women’s experiences of inequitable treatment – issues curtly dismissed by mainstream psychologists as unscientific. Colleagues in Feminist Studies introduced me to the 1980s “turn to language” and to critical science studies. Collaborative endeavors in Sweden, the UK, Norway, and Sri Lanka led me to question the quantitative imperative of US psychology and the presumption that Western-centric ways of being were universal. With the editorial team of Feminism & Psychology and as coauthor of Making a Difference, Gender and Culture in Psychology, and Doing Interview-Based Qualitative Research, I worked with colleagues to put forward alternate ways of doing psychology.
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