The Future of Women in Psychological Science

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ID21786321
AuthorsJune Gruber (0000-0002-7789-1353, University of Colorado Boulder, corresponding author), Jane Mendle (0000-0002-0038-2593, Cornell University), Kristen Lindquist (0000-0002-5368-9302, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Toni Schmader (0000-0002-4815-7483, University of British Columbia), Lesley A Clark (0000-0002-2571-4347, University of Notre Dame), Lee Anna Clark (University of Notre Dame), Eliza Bliss-Moreau (Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, and the California National Primate Research Center, Davis, California), Eliza Bliss‐moreau (0000-0002-0740-5612, University of California, Davis), Modupe Akinola (0000-0002-1219-2543, Columbia University), Lauren Y Atlas (0000-0001-5693-4169, National Institutes of Health), Lauren Atlas (National Institutes of Health), Deanna M Barch (0000-0003-1693-8506, Washington University in St. Louis), Lisa Feldman Barrett (0000-0003-4478-2051, Northeastern University), Jessica L Borelli (0000-0001-8471-6732, University of California, Irvine), Tiffany N Brannon (0000-0003-0008-3507, University of California, Los Angeles), Silvia A Bunge (0000-0001-8431-7627, University of California, Berkeley), B Campos (0000-0001-5650-971X, University of California, Irvine), Jessica F Cantlon (0000-0003-0207-5615, Carnegie Mellon University), Jessica Cantlon (Carnegie Mellon University), Rona Carter (0000-0002-1967-2144, University of Michigan), Adrienne R Carter-Sowell (Texas A&M University), Adrienne R Carter‐Sowell (Hologic (Germany)), Serena Chen (0009-0002-7146-3494, University of California, Berkeley), Michelle G Craske (0000-0002-3704-5240, University of California, Los Angeles), Amy J C Cuddy (Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center), Alia J Crum (0000-0002-0892-1811, Stanford University), Alia Crum (Stanford University), Lila Davachi (0000-0003-4317-0889, Columbia University), Angela L Duckworth (0000-0002-2644-3729, University of Pennsylvania), Sunny J Dutra (0000-0003-2956-5913, William James College), Naomi I Eisenberger (0009-0002-6425-4416, University of California, Berkeley), Melissa J Ferguson (0000-0003-2840-0033, Cornell University), Melissa Ferguson (0000-0003-0818-9891, Cornell University), Brett Q Ford (0000-0002-7943-4447, University of Toronto), Barbara L Fredrickson (0000-0002-3890-2646, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Sherryl H Goodman (0000-0002-6653-2961, Emory University), Alison Gopnik (0000-0002-7183-0867, University of California, Berkeley), Valerie Purdie Greenaway (0000-0002-0648-0784, Columbia University), Kate L Harkne (0000-0002-0319-8994, Queen's University), Kate L Harkness (Queen's University), Mikki Hebl (0000-0002-8319-7851, Rice University), Wendy Heller (0000-0002-6854-558X, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Jill M Hooley (0000-0002-1162-3540, Harvard University), Jill Hooley (Harvard University), Lily Jampol (Humu, Inc., Mountain View, California), Sheri L Johnson (0000-0002-9945-4816, University of California, Berkeley), Jutta Joormann (0000-0002-5531-8513, Yale University), Katherine D Kinzler (0000-0003-2940-508X, Cornell University), Hedy Kober (0000-0001-9893-1046, William James College), Ann M Kring (0000-0003-4836-8229, University of California, Berkeley), Elizabeth Levy Paluck (0000-0001-5599-3458, Princeton University), Tania Lombrozo (0000-0001-5637-1431, Princeton University), Stella F Lourenco (0000-0003-3070-7122, Emory University), Kateri Mcrae (0000-0002-6629-9733, University of Denver), Joan K Monin (0000-0002-1729-0230, Yale University), Judith T Moskowitz (0000-0002-1399-3318, Northwestern University), Misaki N Natsuaki (0000-0001-5585-7827, University of California, Riverside), Gabriele Oettingen (0000-0002-6139-1493, New York University), Jennifer H Pfeifer (0000-0002-6771-1873, University of Oregon), N Prause (0000-0002-1420-9177), Darby Saxbe (0000-0001-8951-4216, University of Southern California), Pamela K Smith (0000-0002-0211-4728, University of California San Diego), Barbara A Spellman (0000-0003-2823-1292, University of Virginia), Virginia E Sturm (0000-0002-1717-298X, University of California, San Francisco), Virginia Sturm (Memory and Aging Center, University of California, San Francisco), Bethany A Teachman (0000-0002-9031-9343, University of Virginia), Renee J Thompson (0000-0002-4479-096X, Washington University in St. Louis), Renee Thompson (0000-0003-1463-5173, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis), Lauren M Weinstock (0000-0001-9970-235X, John Brown University), Lisa A Williams (0000-0002-0021-5613, UNSW Sydney)
Year2021
Volume16
Issue3
Pages483-516
Publication date2021-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePerspectives on Psychological Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1745-6916 • E-ISSN: 1745-6924
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1745691620952789
PMID32901575
OpenAlexW3083796049
LanguageEN
Citations received32
References cited222

There has been extensive discussion about gender gaps in representation and career advancement in the sciences. However, psychological science itself has yet to be the focus of discussion or systematic review, despite our field’s investment in questions of equity, status, well-being, gender bias, and gender disparities. In the present article, we consider 10 topics relevant for women’s career advancement in psychological science. We focus on issues that have been the subject of empirical study, discuss relevant evidence within and outside of psychological science, and draw on established psychological theory and social-science research to begin to chart a path forward. We hope that better understanding of these issues within the field will shed light on areas of existing gender gaps in the discipline and areas where positive change has happened, and spark conversation within our field about how to create lasting change to mitigate remaining gender differences in psychological science

Conversation · Gender equity · Hard and soft science · Psychological research · Psychological science · Social science · Sociology · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Career Development and Diversity · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Psychology · Social Psychology

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