About Psychology: Essays at the Crossroads of History, Theory, and Philosophy

Contributors

Contributors Colin M. Burchfield is a graduate student at BrighamYoung University.He teaches courses in clinical and personality psychology. Kurt Danziger, is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at York University. Author of numerous articles and books including Naming the Mind: How Psychology Found Its Language and Constructing the Subject: Historical Origins of Psychological Research. Amy Fisher Smith is Assistant Professor of Psychology at University of Dallas. Her training is in clinical psychology, and she has a wide background and experience with several therapeutic modalities and populations including inpatient psychiatric, sexual abuse offender, substance abuse, and domestic violence. Currently, she is Member-at-Large of the Division of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology of the American Psychological Association. Her publications have focused on the area of psychotherapy and values. Scott Greer is Assistant Professor of Psychology at University of Prince Edward Island. Recent publications include “Freud’s ‘Bad Conscience’:The Case of Nietzsche’s Genealogy” in the Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Greer is also “Chair-elect” (2000–03) for the Section on History and Philosophy of Psychology, Canadian Psychological Association. Darryl B. Hill isAssistant Professor of Psychology at Concordia University. He is interested in macrosocial influences on self and identity, especially gender and sex identities in the postmodern context, and has published on the connections between theory and practice in social psychology in the Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology. He is past Assistant Editor of the History and Philosophy of Psychology Bulletin of the Section on History and Philosophy of Psychology, Canadian Psychological Association. 165 166 About Psychology Meredith M. Kimball is Professor of Women’s Studies and Psychology at Simon Fraser University. Her teaching interests include adult development and aging, theories of gender, and history of feminisms. She has published in the areas of gender similarities and differences in achievement, gender and math, and theories of gender similarities and differences. Her current project is a study of women in the history of psychology and psychoanalysis. She has published a paper on Bertha Pappenheim and is just beginning work on a study of the work of Mary Whiton Calkins. Michael J. Kral is Associate Professor of Psychology,University ofWindsor, where he is a past Director of Clinical Psychology Training. His interests include cultural psychology, kinship and social change, theory and method, and well-being among Inuit and First Nations. He is co-editor of Handbook for Psychologists and Psychological Service Providers and Suicide in Canada, and past editor of History and Philosophy of Psychology Bulletin of the Section on History and Philosophy of Psychology, Canadian Psychological Association. Jack Martin is the Burnaby Mountain Endowed Professor at Simon Fraser University. He is author of articles in American Psychologist,Theory and Psychology , and the Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, and author of Psychology and The Question of Agency (with J. Sugarman and J. Thompson), and The Psychology of Human Possibility and Constraint (with J. Sugarman). Karen M. Seeley is Adjunct Lecturer in Anthropology at Columbia University and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology at Barnard College. She teaches courses in interdisciplinary psychology and anthropology, and with special interest in culture & mental health. She is author of Cultural Psychotherapy: Working With Culture in the Clinical Encounter. Brent D. Slife is Professor of Psychology at BrighamYoung University.As a Fellow of several organizations, including the American Psychological Association , he recently served as the President of the Division of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology and the Editor of the Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology for almost a decade. He has authored over 100 articles and books, with three new books: Critical Issues in Psychotherapy:Translating New Ideas into Practice (2001), Psychotherapists as Crypto-Missionaries: Managing Values in “Post” Modern Era (due 2003), and Developing Critical Thinking in Psychology (in press). Henderikus J. Stam is a Professor in theTheory Program in the Department of Psychology at the University of Calgary. His research is focused on the history of early twentieth-century North American psychology and the history of the brief flourishing of Phenomenological Psychology in Europe. In addition, he has published on foundational problems in psychology. He is the founding and current editor of the journal “Theory and Psychology.” Contributors 167 Jeff Sugarman is Assistant Professor of Education at Simon Fraser University . He is co-author (with J. Martin) of The Psychology of Human Possibility and Constraint (SUNY, 1999) and (with J. Martin and J.Thompson) Psychology and the...