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Chapter 25 - Identity and My Life Story in Psychology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2022

By
Susan Krauss Whitbourne
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

As someone who studies identity across the lifespan, the reflections on my life history have provided an interesting exercise in the life review process. From my research on psychosocial development to my career in teaching, I have explored in this chapter the primary themes that have organized my own involvement in the field. Many of the key events in my career resulted from fortuitous coincidences, including my collaborations with colleagues and students. I feel particularly grateful for the mentoring I received earlier in my career and which I have tried to pay forward with emerging psychologists. In addition to my professional identity, my identity with respect to family has also figured heavily in my life history, and I have incorporated into this chapter the ways in which my children (and now grandchildren) are important influences on who I am today.

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Reflections from Pioneering Women in Psychology , pp. 318 - 327
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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