Phyllis A. Wentworth
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Associate Professor of Psychology
Office: E112
Extension: x2866
Education:
Ph.D., University of New Hampshire
M.A. Mount Holyoke College
B.A.. Boston College
Courses Taught:
PSY 101 General Psychology
PSY 252 Child Development
PSY 253 Adolescent Psychology
PSY 255 Abnormal Psychology
PSY 270 Sports Psychology: A Multicultural Approach
Affiliations:
American Psychological Association
Cheiron: The International Society for the History of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Publications:
Journal Articles
(2002).
Midlife educational, career, and family outcomes of women educated at two single-sex colleges.
Sex Roles: A Journal of Research,
47(5-6),
237-247.
(2001).
Crossing the line: Case studies of identity development in first generation college women.
Journal of Adult Development,
8(1),
9-21.
(1999).
The moral of her story: Exploring the Philosophical and Religious Commitments in Mary Whiton Calkins' Self-Psychology.
History of Psychology,
2(2),
119-131.
(1999 Dec).
Psychology Today’s Best of the Century.
Psychology Today,
37.
(1997).
Generativity and authoritarianism: Implications for personality, political involvement, and parenting.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,
72(5),
1202-1216.
Other Materials
“Radio Broadcast:Rachel & Benno.”
1999.
Presentations:
Panel Discussions
"Teaching general psychology at an open enrollment institution: Challenges and opportunities"
28th Annual National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology.
St. Petersberg,
FL
(January 2-5, 2006)
Posters
"Can fiction make abnormal psychology more real?"
28th Annual National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology.
St. Petersberg,
FL
(January 2-5, 2006)
Presentations
"The Values Walk: An Activity for the First Day of Class (or later)"
Bristol Community College’s Professional Day.
Bristol Community College
Fall River,
MA
(March, 2010)
"“Aren’t Sports Color Blind?” Talking about Race and Gender in a Sports Psychology Class"
The Association for Women in Psychology Annual Meeting.
Newport,
RI
(March, 2009)
"Aren’t Sports Colorblind? Talking about Race and Gender in a College Sports Psychology Class"
Meeting of the Association for Women in Psychology.
Newport,
RI
(March, 2009)
"The First Year: Lessons Learned"
Mass Colleges Online.
Lowell,
MA
(June, 2008)
"Teaching General Psychology at an Open Enrollment Institution: Challenges and Opportunities"
National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology.
St. Petersburg Beach,
FL
(January, 2006)
"Productive Tensions: Three Historiographical Themes from Ann Taves’s Fits, Trances, & Visions"
Cheiron: The International Society for the History of Behavioral and Social Sciences.
University of Southern Maine
Portland,
ME
(June, 2000)
"The reincarnation of the old-time orphan asylum"
32nd Annual Meeting of Cheiron: The International Society for the History of Behavioral and Social Sciences.
University of Southern Maine
Portland,
MA
(June 22-25, 2000)
"Joseph Jastrow: Public Pundit or Impartial Scientist?"
Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association.
Boston,
MA
(August, 1999)
"The Good Science: Mary Whiton Calkins and the Psychology of Self"
Cheiron: The International Society for the History of Behavioral and Social Sciences.
University of Richmond
Richmond,
VA
(June, 1997)
Awards:
Bristol Community College's Silver Shield Award Recepient, 2009
