Committee on Degrees in Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality
Tutorial Board, 2007-08
NAME: Paula J. Caplan Ph.D / GRADUATE DEPARTMENT: My Ph.D. is in Psychology, and I have taught Psych of Women, Psych of Sex and Gender, Myths of Motherhood, Girls’ and Women’s Psychological Development Across the Lifespan DISSERTATION / BOOK TOPIC OR TITLE: Books include: The Myth of Women’s Masochism Don’t Blame Mother: Mending the Mother-Daughter Relationship They Say You’re Crazy: How the World’s Most Powerful Psychiatrists Decide Who’s Normal Thinking Critically About Research on Sex and Gender (co-author: Jeremy B. Caplan) Lifting a Ton of Feathers: A Woman’s Guide to Surviving in the Academic World RESEARCH METHODS (textual analysis, historical research, interviewing, participant observation, etc.): Psychological empirical (quantitative); qualitative; case studies; interviewing; participant observation AREAS OF INTEREST: Feminism and sexism – including intersections with racism, classism, ageism, homophobia, ableism Psychiatric diagnosis (its unscientific nature and the many biases involved in it) Research on just about anything related to sex and gender
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: glad to send you my c.v. if you’ll email me and request it E-MAIL: paulacaplan@post.harvard.edu