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 5 - Accidental Professor
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 April 2022
- 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
Here I describe the course of my career, including how my interest in psychology developed, how I found my areas of research interest, and how I met the mentors who supported and guided me. I discuss barriers and challenges and how I overcame them, sum up what I believe to be my major contributions to the field of the psychology of women, and provide some advice that might help others succeed in academia. The chapter also contains some biographic information about my family and early life.
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- Reflections from Pioneering Women in Psychology , pp. 66 - 75Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022