Eighteen women psychologists address issues of diversity while exploring the effects of essentialism - the presumed sameness of all women. By exposing how their own work incorporates their gender and ethnicities, the contributors embark on a journey of awareness built on communication and collaboration. Discussing dilemmas of gender and ethnicity
Biography
Karen Fraser Wyche is Assistant Professor of Education and Afro-American Studies at Brown University. She obtained her M.S.W. at the University of Maryland and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Her research interests include social supports in minority women and gender and ethnic understanding in children. She self-identifies as an African American woman. Faye J. Crosby is Professor of Psychology at Smith College. She earned her Ph.D. in Social Psychology in 1976. Her research focuses on the relationships between objective and subjective reality and especially on perceptions of fairness. She self-identifies as a White woman.