List of women psychologists

This is a list of women psychologists.

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+ Surnames beginning with A Name Lifetime Field Comments 18991998 19121975 19012001 19131999 Developmental psych. Known for her work in early emotional attachment with the Strange Situation design, as well as her work in the development of attachment theory. 19172006Clinical psych.Recognized as the first clinical psychologist in the Philippines. 19012002 1953present 19081988 1952present Counseling psych. ?present 19081996 19082001 Psychometrics Introduced concept of responsibility to the test taker. 1972 president of the American Psychological Association, the third woman to be president. In 1987, she received the National Medal of Science. 1942present 18921974 19032002 The first contemporary theorist to develop appraisal theory of emotions, which moved the direction of emotion theory away from "feeling" theories (e.g. James-Lange theory) and "behaviorist" theories (e.g. Cannon-Bard theory) and toward the cognitive approach. 1945present Counseling psych. Primarily recognized for her efforts in developing the area of multicultural counseling. 19462013 19322015 Lauren Y. Atlasfl. 2000sNeuropsychologyStudying pain and psychopharmacology 19201992 19272005 Socionics Founder of socionics, the pseudoscientific theory of information processing and personality types. 19111988

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+ Surnames beginning with B Name Lifetime Field Comments 18771952 19312009 1954present 18561943 1949present 18981977 18971995 1951present 18831970 18991994 Most notable for her contributions toward the Berkeley Growth Study in which she studied the relation between the heights of adults and children, developing a tool that helped pediatricians examine the abnormalities of their patients' heights. 1948present 19442014 Known for her works in androgyny and gender studies. 1946present Better known for her poetry 18881977 19312001 18901970 19092013 ?present Clinical psych. 1847–1931 Child development 18861996 1945present Virginia Braun1972–presentcritical psychologyBest known for her contributions to qualitative methodology, especially Thematic Analysis with collaborator Victoria Clarke. 19262015 19031988 18961969 1952present 19142004 18811966 19272013 19311996 ?present 1956present 18971986 19021992 1949present 1960present 19011995 19452020 18931974 19021943 1951present Cognitive science

C + Surnames beginning with C Name Lifetime Field Comments 18631930 Self-psych. The first woman to become president of the American Psychological Association. She was also a philosopher. Her career focused on self-psychology and the belief that the conscious self should be the foundation of psychological study. 19472021 18801966 18931989

Sapna Cheryan 1978present Social psychology 1940present 19371993 Clinical psychology 19442020 1953present 19171983 Social psych. Most famous for her work with the gendered doll study that demonstrated latent racism in young children. She was also used as an expert witness in the Brown v. Board of Education court case.Victoria ClarkepresentCritical psych.Clarke's main area of focus is qualitative research and particularly the reflexive approach to thematic analysis she has developed with Virginia Braun ?present 18991952 ?present 1958present 19372016 1972present Evolutionary psych. 18901984 ?present 18921961 18921988

D + Surnames beginning with D Name Lifetime Field Comments ?present 19411987 18601935 1941present 19021993 1932present Researcher of gender and women's roles. 18841982 PsychoanalysisIn 1924 she became the head of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Training Institute, making her the first woman in charge of a psychoanalysis clinic. Also recognized as the first woman psychoanalyst to be analyzed by Freud. ?present 19231992 19272017 19262002 18751932 19041970 19021959 Carol Dweck1946presentSocial psych.

E + Surnames beginning with E Name Lifetime Field Comments 1938present 1980present 1965present Social psych. 18711948 18651924 Psychoanalysis The first woman psychoanalyst. She received psychoanalysis from Freud as a patient, and they eventually became colleagues and friends. Ernest Jones, The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud (Penguin 1964) p. 474Lisa Appignanesi & John Forrester, Freud's Women (London 2005) p. 204 and p. 144 1952present 1952present 19152004 18781954 1968Present Clinical Psychology HCPC; BABCP; Network of Christians in Psychology 19272018 1938present 19252010

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+ Surnames beginning with F Name Lifetime Field Comments 18791950 18831952 ?present 1975present Evolutionary Psychology 18891985 Social psych. 1988present 1981present Evolutionary psychology 19102000 1937present Recognized as an expert in posttraumatic stress disorder. She developed prolonged exposure therapy. 18891941 1944present Community psych. 1942present Marjorie Franklin1887–1975psychoanalysis Social psych. 19081958 18951982 The youngest daughter of Sigmund Freud, considered to be one of the founders of psychoanalytic child psychology. ?present 19092003

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+ Surnames beginning with G Name Lifetime Field Comments 1953present 18681933 19331993 19382020 19172020 19102002 Known for the study of perception in infants and toddlers and for the "visual cliff" experiment in which precocial animals, and crawling human infants, showed their ability to perceive depth by avoiding the deep side of a virtual cliff. ?present Feminist 18781972 Industrial/organizational The first industrial/organizational psychologist, who specialised in time and motion studies. Her life is depicted in the semi-autobiographical works of her children, Cheaper by the Dozen and Belles on Their Toes. . 1936present Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela1955–presentPsychoanalysis Social psych.Best known for her work in reconciliation, and her award-winning book, A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Story of Forgiveness 1950present 18861959 Developmental psych. Known for her development of novel measurement techniques, including event sampling and the Draw-A-Man test. 1961present 19242014 19232024 1979present ?present 1940present 19041984 1963present 19321977

H + Surnames beginning with H Name Lifetime Field Comments 19292008 19051983 18861915Experimental psych.Recognized as the first Japanese woman to receive a doctorate in any field. 19282020 1979presentClinical psych.She is best known as the founder of a mental health platform called Therapy for Black Girls, which includes a podcast of the same name, that specializes in mental health issues relevant to Black women. 19181971 Developmental psychology 19061999 Clinical psychology Ruth Hartley See Ruth Horowitz. 1956present 19031992 18901985 ?present 19252020 19132007 19342016 1966present ?present Counseling psych. Known for her research on mental health of African-Americans and members of other minority groups. 18861939 Conducted pioneering work in the early 20th century, making significant contributions in three areas: psychology of women; clinical psychology; and educational psychology. She is best known for her work with exceptional children. 1949present 19071996 19152018 1939present 18851952 PsychoanalysisPsychoanalyst whose theories of sexuality and of the instinct orientation of psychoanalysis questioned some traditional Freudian views. She is credited with founding feminist psychology in response to Freud's theory of penis envy. 19101997 Also known as Ruth Hartley. 19001997 Developmental psych.Her main research focused on the development of triplets. She was one of the first women to earn a PhD in the area of psychology. She also earned a PhD in child development. 18721950 Noted for her work on aesthetics. She was one of the first women to receive a PhD from Harvard University. 19142010 19031992

I + Surnames beginning with I Name Lifetime Field Comments 19131997 18851948 1966present 19032000

J + Surnames beginning with J Name Lifetime Field Comments 19392011 19072001 Social psych. 19201998 Neuropsych. Clinical psych. 1978present Also known as an LGBT activist. 18801954 19352011 19252013 Sexology Pioneer in sexology, as part of the Masters and Johnson research team. 1968present 18971987

K + Surnames beginning with K Name Lifetime Field Comments 1943present 1958present 1945present Clinical psych. The Head Psychologist at St. Elizabeths Hospital. 18751973 1944present 19332013 Neuropsych. 1956present Barbara Klein?–presentClinical Psychology Attachment Noted for her work in twin development, attachment and parenting of twins. 18821960 Developed the "play technique" in child psychoanalysis that is widely used in contemporary play therapy, and was instrumental in the science of child psychoanalysis. 18961993 ?present 1959present 19262004 Language acquisition 1955present

L + Surnames beginning with L Name Lifetime Field Comments 1972present 19542019 18471930 Noted for her work on theories of color vision. 19142019 18591939 Positive psych. 19312014 1981present 1943presentClinical psychology Known for her research into suicide and borderline personality disorder, culminating in her development of dialectical behaviour therapy. 1949present 19182008 1944presentCognitive psychology Known for her pioneering work on the malleability of memory, including misinformation effect and false memories. 1930present Social psychology 1949present

M + Surnames beginning with M Name Lifetime Field Comments 19172018Developmental psych.Noted for her contributions to the fields of developmental psychology and gender studies. 19021996 Catriona Macleod1964–presentFeminist Psych 1947present 18971985 1946present 18931993 18511943 19311981 Social psychology 19402009 19041976 Neuropsychology 1947present Clinical psych. 18991988 1952present 19292020 Clinical psychology 19121995 19072003 18881978 1964present 19232010 19252013 1918present Neuropsych. Sometimes referred to as "the founder of neuropsychology". 19031983 1956present 18701952 Physician and educator best known for the Montessori education philosophy, and her writing on scientific pedagogy. 18781963 ?present Tracy Morison1981–presentFeminist psych. ?present Educational psych. Canada Research Chair in epistemic cognition and self-regulated learning 19022003

N + Surnames beginning with N Name Lifetime Field Comments 19111995 1947present 19162001 ?present Counselling psychology 1949present 1968present 19592013 18771916 19091987

O + Surnames beginning with O Name Lifetime Field Comments 1958present Joy Osofsky?–presentClinical and Developmental PsychologySome of her notable work has examined the aftereffects of Hurricane Katrina, experiences of children raised in broken households, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on communities. 19241996 Clinical psych. Became Denmark's first professor of clinical psychology in 1963. She was later elected to the Danish parliament in 1979, before returning to her position at the University of Copenhagen in 1984. See Maria Rickers-Ovsiankina

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+ Surnames beginning with P Name Lifetime Field Comments 1971present 19432018 18531918 ?present Developmental psychology One of the founding directors of the longitudinal Pacific Islands Families Study. 19252001 The first woman director, as well as the first African-American director, of the Peace Corps. 19001985 18741940 Developed "The Perky Effect", which examines the link between mental imagery and visual perception. 19222015 1972present Moral psych. Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Bioethics. 1921present 1958present 18951934 First African-American woman to earn a PhD in psychology. She is known for her studies involving the possible differences in the personality and self-esteem of African-American youth attending segregated versus integrated schools. 18961976 ?present

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