Susan Pinker
| Susan Pinker | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1957 Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| Residence | Montreal |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Fields | Clinical psychologist/Developmental psychologist |
| Institutions | Dawson College, McGill University |
| Alma mater | McGill University |
| Known for | The Sexual Paradox |
| Notable awards | William James Prize |
Susan Pinker is a Canadian clinical psychologist, developmental psychologist, professor, journalist and writer. She writes an advice column, "Problem Solving" for The Globe and Mail and a blog, "The Open Mind", for Psychology Today.[1] She has written newspaper columns on a wide range of subjects, winning several awards. In her 2008 book, The Sexual Paradox, she argues for biological differences between the sexes as a root cause for persistent disparities between men and women in the world of work. The book has been translated into twelve languages.[2] Pinker has taught at McGill's Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology for over two decades, as well as at Dawson College.[1]
Education
Pinker was educated at McGill University and the University of Waterloo, after which she spent 25 years in clinical practice and teaching psychology, first at Dawson College, then at McGill University.
Awards
Her 2008 book, The Sexual Paradox, was awarded The William James Book Award by the American Psychological Association in 2009.
Her writing has been recognized in awards from the Canadian Medical Association (2000), the Periodical Writing Association of Canada (2002, 2010), and she has been nominated for the John Alexander Media Award (2000), the Aventis Pasteur Medal for Excellence in Health Research Journalism (1999), the YWCA Woman of Distinction Award (2007), and the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction (2009).
In 2014 Susan was given the Holden Award by the International Society for Intelligence Research, and will be a Poynter Fellow in Journalism at Yale University.
The Business Brain
The Business Brain column applied the latest evidence from the fields of neuroscience, behavioral economics and social psychology to the world of business. It appeared every Monday in The Globe and Mail from 2003-2011.[3]
The Sexual Paradox
Pinker's book, The Sexual Paradox: Men, Women and the Real Gender Gap, is focused on how fundamental sex differences play out in the workplace. By comparing fragile boys who later succeed, with high achieving women who opt out, Pinker turns several assumptions upside down: that the sexes are biologically equivalent, that smarts are all it takes to succeed and that men and women have identical interests and goals. After decades of women's educational coups and rising through the ranks, men still outnumber women in business, physical science, law, engineering, and politics. In explaining this ratio, Pinker’s stance is that discrimination plays just a bit part. If the majority of children with school and behavioral problems are boys, then why do so many overcome early obstacles, while rafts of high achieving women choose jobs that pay less or opt out at pivotal moments in their careers?
The Village Effect
Pinker's second book, The Village Effect: How Face-To-Face Contact Can Make Us Healthier and Happier, explored how our social bonds, face-to-face contact, and networks affect our thinking, learning and happiness, and survival such as resilience and longevity. It was released on 26 August 2014 by Random House in Canada, Spiegel and Grau in the US, Atlantic Books in the UK, and Book21 in Korea.
Personal life
Pinker is married and has three children. She lives in Montreal.[4] She is the sister of evolutionary psychologist Steven Pinker.
References
- 1 2 "Bloggers". psychologytoday.com. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
- ↑ Globe columnist wins award, Toronto Globe and Mail, August 13, 2009
- ↑ "The Business Brain column". susanpinker.com. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ↑ "About this Book". randomhouse.ca. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
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