Background
Gergen, Mary was born on December 12, 1938 in Tyler, Minnesota, United States. Daughter of John Anthony and Ellen Vivian McCanney.
( Feminist Reconstructions in Psychology introduces a dis...)
Feminist Reconstructions in Psychology introduces a distinctive new mode in doing psychology. This psychology is based on an increasingly popular range of ideas called social constructionism. Within the book, new forms of theory and methods of inquiry relating social constructionism to feminist topics are introduced. Each chapter highlights different topics of special concern within gender studies, especially the psychology of women. The book draws from the central tenets of postmodern inquiry, as played out in the positive framework of social constructionism. Emphasized are reflexivity, the social basis of reality making, the breakdown of traditional narrative forms, the loss of objectivity as a scientific standard, and the possibilities for new forms of doing research. In this respect, the book is unique and serves to provide a point of view on an intriguing movement that is gaining momentum across the social sciences and humanities.
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psychology and women's studies educator
Gergen, Mary was born on December 12, 1938 in Tyler, Minnesota, United States. Daughter of John Anthony and Ellen Vivian McCanney.
Bachelor of Science, University Minnesota, 1960. Master of Arts, University Minnesota, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, Temple University, 1980.
Research assistant Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1965-1968, Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College, 1969-1974. Consultant American Telephone & Telegraph Company, New York City, 1978-1984. Assistant professor psychology and women's studies Pennsylvania State University, Media, 1984-1991, associate professor, 1991-1998, professor, since 1998.
Consultant Sandoz Pharma, Basel, Switzerland, 1993-1997, Novartis, Basel, 1999.
( Feminist Reconstructions in Psychology introduces a dis...)
Official prison visitor Pennsylvania Prison Society, Philadelphia, since 1998. Founder, secretary-treasurer The Taos Institute, since 1993. Fellow American Psychological Association (secretary Division 35 1995-1997).
Married Michael Francis Gebhart, June 18, 1960 (divorced). Children: Lisa Jane, Michael Gebhart. Married Kenneth J. Gergen, October 4, 1969.