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Journeys Through Feminist Psychological Science: Lessons Learned and a Look to What Lies Ahead

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This volume sought to highlight not only the ways in which feminist psychological science can move us beyond a simple focus on gender differences, but also the best practices currently in use by feminist scholars. In our conclusion, we consider some important lessons learned from this volume and from a survey of the landscape of feminist psychological science today. We will also offer some thoughts about ways in which feminist psychology can move forward—as it is already doing—and continue to shape how we investigate, understand, and work to address pressing social issues, both within the academy and beyond its borders.

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    Emma Sulkowicz was a student at Columbia University whose senior thesis performance art project, “Carry That Weight,” served as a protest against the continued presence on campus of her assailant.

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  1. Psychology, Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA

    Nicola Curtin

  2. Psychology and Women’s Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Lilia M. Cortina

  3. Psychology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, USA

    Tomi-Ann Roberts

  4. Psychology, Smith College, Northampton, MA, USA

    Lauren E. Duncan

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  1. Psychology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

    Tomi-Ann Roberts

  2. Psychology, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

    Nicola Curtin

  3. Psychology, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA

    Lauren E. Duncan

  4. Psychology and Women’s Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Lilia M. Cortina

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Curtin, N., Cortina, L.M., Roberts, TA., Duncan, L.E. (2016). Journeys Through Feminist Psychological Science: Lessons Learned and a Look to What Lies Ahead. In: Roberts, TA., Curtin, N., Duncan, L., Cortina, L. (eds) Feminist Perspectives on Building a Better Psychological Science of Gender. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32141-7_21

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