Phyllis A. Wentworth
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Assistant 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 51 General Psychology
PSY 52 Child Development
PSY 55 Abnormal Psychology
PSY 70 Sports Psychology
Affiliations:
American Psychological Association
Cheiron: The International Society for the History of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Publications:
Journal Articles
(1997).
Generativity and authoritarianism: Implications for personality, political involvement, and parenting.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,
72(5),
1202-1216.
(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.
(2001).
Crossing the line: Case studies of identity development in first generation college women.
Journal of Adult Development,
8(1),
9-21.
(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.
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 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)
"Joseph Jastrow: Public Pundit or Impartial Scientist?"
Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association.
Boston,
MA
(August, 1999)
"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)
"Teaching General Psychology at an Open Enrollment Institution: Challenges and Opportunities"
National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology.
St. Petersburg Beach,
FL
(January, 2006)
"The First Year: Lessons Learned"
Mass Colleges Online.
Lowell,
MA
(June, 2008)
"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)
Awards:
Massachusetts Colleges Online Course of Distinction Award Recipient, 2008
Quincy College Presidential Award for Excellence, 2005
