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Chapter 12 - Stress Has Been Good to Me

My Career in Psychoneuroimmunology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2022

By
Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser
Edited by
Jamila Bookwala  and
Nicky J. Newton
Jamila Bookwala
Affiliation:
Lafayette College, Pennsylvania
Nicky J. Newton
Affiliation:
Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario
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Summary

This chapter describes how my career evolved from a notably inauspicious and unpromising beginning. I made a poor choice for my graduate mentor, among my many missteps, and I describe how I now mentor – using the lessons about productivity that have made a difference for me. I discuss the exceptional value of cross-disciplinary collaboration and how it makes research much more interesting and fun. I highlight important lessons I received that are particularly relevant to women: the perfect is the enemy of the good, and act as if you have a Y chromosome (selectively!). Readers are urged to consider how they can evolve, broadening their research focus over time so that their research remains topical and has broad appeal.

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Reflections from Pioneering Women in Psychology , pp. 152 - 163
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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