As part of Women’s History Month, Dr. Paula Caplan will present “Sexism Thrives…Here, There, and Everywhere (on campuses, in the mental health system, in the Courts and the Military)” March 30th from 7-9 p.m. in Glass Hall, Room 101.
Paula J. Caplan is a clinical and research psychologist, author of books and plays, playwright, actor, and director. She was born and raised in Springfield, Missouri, attended Greenwood Laboratory School from kindergarten through twelfth grade, received her A.B. with honors from Radcliffe College of Harvard University, and received her M.A. and Ph.D. in psychology from Duke University. She is the daughter of Jerome A. and Tac Caplan of Springfield. Currently, she is a Research Associate at the DuBois Institute, Harvard University, and previously she has been a Lecturer at Harvard in Women, Gender, and Sexuality and in the Psychology Department. She is former Full Professor of Applied Psychology and Head of the Centre for Women’s Studies in Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, and former Lecturer in Women’s Studies and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.