Paula Joan Caplan
Licensed psychologist, Rhode Island


Degrees
Radcliffe College (Harvard University), Major: English — 1969 A. B. cum laude
Duke University — 197l M. A. Psychology; 1973 Ph.D. Psychology
John Umstead Hospital, Butner, NC and North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC —
1972-73 Clinical Psychology Internship

Employment History
Adjunct Professor (Research), Pembroke Center, Brown University, 2001-03.

Lecturer in Psychology, University of Rhode Island, Spring, 2002.

Producer of video, “The Test,” 2001-2002, on grant from The Flora Foundation.

Affiliated Scholar, Pembroke Center, Brown University, 1993-2001.

Full Professor with tenure, full member of graduate studies faculty, Department of Applied
Psychology, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 1987-95.

Visiting Professor, Erindale College, University of Toronto, 1994-95.

Head, Centre for Women's Studies in Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 1985-1987.

Associate Director, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education's Centre for Women's Studies in Education, 1984-1985.

Associate Professor of Applied Psychology, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 1982-1987. (tenure awarded in 1985)

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, 1979-1995.

Lecturer in Women's Studies, University of Toronto, 1979-1995.

Principal Investigator, Toronto Multi-agency Child Abuse Research Project (see Research Grants Section), 1979-1984.

Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Psychology, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. September, 1980-June 30, 198l.

Coordinator (1979-85) and Lecturer for University of Toronto Women's Studies course, "Scientific Perspectives on Sex and Gender." 1979-90, lecturer in that course.

Psychologist, Toronto Family Court Clinic, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry. 1977-1980.

Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, 1978-1979.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Neuropsychology Division, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, 1974-1976.

Honors
Veteran Feminist Writers of America Medal, 2002.

1986 Woman of Distinction Award, Toronto Young Women's Christian Association.

Recipient of Award for College and University Teaching, given by Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations, 1984.

1996, Eminent Woman Psychologist, American Psychological Association Division 35.

1994, Outstanding Young Graduate, Greenwood High School, Springfield, Missouri.

1993, Elected Fellow of American Psychological Association and of Division 35 (Women) of that
Association.

1991 Woman of the Year Award, Canadian Association for Women in Science.

Manning Fellow, Brown University, 1997.

Listed in American Men and Women of Science; International Authors and Writers Who’s Who; Who’s Who of American Women; Canadian Who's Who; Who’s Who of Canadian Women; International Who's Who of Professional and Business Women; Who’s Who in Ontario; Who’s Who of Women; 2000 Outstanding Writers of the 20th Century; and Who’s Who in Entertainment.

Nominated for First Toronto Women's Health Awards, 1988.

Nominated for Toronto Sun Women on the Move Awards, 1994.

Elected Fellow of Canadian Psychological Association. 1984.

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Neuropsychology, The Hosp ital for Sick Children, Toronto. 1974-1976.

National Institute of Child Development, Predoctoral Fellowship, granted through Duke University Centre for the Study of Aging and Human Development. 197l-1973.

National Institute of Mental Health (United States) Clinical Psychology Fellowship. 1969-197l.

Scholarly and Professional Activities

Executive and Editorial Positions:
Appointed member, Rhode Island Attorney General’s Task Force on Domestic Violence, Juvenile Subcommittee, Court Testimony Work Force, 2001-present.

Program reviewer, Association for Women in Psychology conference, 2002.

Spokesperson, Association for Women in Psychology, 2002- present.

Organizer, Congressional Briefing. Women, Drugs, and “Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder”: What is Behind the Pathologizing of Mood Changes? Longworth House Office Building, Room 1539, Washington, D.C. February 22, 2002.

Member, Child Advocacy Committee, Mental Health Association of Rhode Island, 2001-2002.

Member, Planning Committee for 1999 Annual Conference of Association for Women in
Psychology.

Member and Conference Proposal-writer, Radcliffe Alumnae Committee on the Equality of
Women at Harvard, Spring, 1996-97.

Advisor, National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s Task Force on
Women in Science and Engineering.

Member, International Advisory Board, Feminism and Psychology, 1993-95.

Editorial Board Member, Women and Therapy, 1992-1995.

Member, Program Committee, Judaism, Feminism, and Psychology Conference for Seattle, 1992

Member, Steering Committee, Equality Eve (Canada), 1990-1991.

Member, National Film Board of Canada, Ontario Centre, Women's Film Program Advisory Committee, 1990-1991.

Member, Editorial Board, Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 1990-1993.

Member, Committee on Nominations, Canadian Psychological Association, 1990-1991.

Consultant to Advisory Group on Self-defeating Personality Disorder, American Psychiatric Association's Revisions Committee for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders --IV, 1989-1990.

Advisor to Advisory Group on Late Luteal Phase Dysphoric Disorder, American Psychiatric Association's Revisions Committee for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders -IV, 1989-90.

Faculty sponsor and member, Women's Caucus Against Sexual Harassment, Ontario Institute
for Studies in Education, Toronto, 1988-1993.

Member, Canadian Mental Health Association's Women and Mental Health Committee, 1986.
Member, Advisory Board, Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic, 1986-1988.

Founder and Co-editor, Critical Papers Series, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Centre for Women's Studies in Education, 1985-1987.

Member, Advisory Committee for The First Women's Speakout on The Politics of Child Custody, New York, 1985-1986.

Past Coordinator, Canadian Psychological Association Section on Women and Psychology, 1983-1984.

Program Committee Member/Reviewer, American Orthopsychiatric Association Convention, 1983-1984.

Program Committee Member/Reviewer, Women's Institute of American Orthopsychiatric Association, 1984-1985.

Chairperson, School Psychology, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 1983-1984.

Consultant to Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science for October, 1984, special issue on the application of social psychology to social issues in Canada.

Member, Steering Committee, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education's Centre for Women's Studies in Education, 1983-1984.

Coordinator, Canadian Psychological Association Section on Women and Psychology, 1982-1983.

Member, Committee on the Status of Women, Canadian Psychological Association, 1982-1984.

Coordinator-elect, Canadian Psychological Association Section on Women and Psychology, 1981-1982.

Institute Organizer, Canadian Psychological Association Section on Women and Psychology, 1980-1981.

Newsletter Editor, Canadian Psychological Association Interest Group on Women and Psychology, 1979-1980.

Coordinator, First Canadian Women's Studies Conference, October 30-November 1, 1981.

Editor, Resources for Feminist Research/Documentation sur la Recherche Feministe, 1982-1984, 1985-1986; Advisory Board member, 1986-1987.

Examiner for Ontario Board of Examiners in Psychology oral examinations, 1982.

Reviewer of grant proposals for the Hospital for Sick Children Foundation.

Reviewer of proposals for Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Member, Women's Studies Program Committee, University of Toronto, 1979-84.

Bilingual Judge, Canadian Science Writers Association Award, 1983 and 1985.

Member, Board of Directors, Women in Transition (shelter for battered wives), Toronto, 1978-1979.

Memberships:
Association for Women in Psychology.

Society for Menstrual Cycle Research.

Fellow (of Division 35 and of Association), as of 1993, American Psychological Association.

Fellow, American Orthopsychiatric Association (allowed membership to lapse recently)

Fellow, Canadian Psychological Association.

Toronto Area Women's Research Colloquium.

Schools Committee, Harvard-Radcliffe Club of Toronto, 1981-1982.

Feminist Therapy Institute, 1987-1989.

Other:
Member, Seminar and Class Survey Committees, Harvard-Radcliffe Class of ‘69 30th Reunion
Committee, 1999.

Member, Brown University Parents’ Council, 1992-94.

Coordinator of project to prepare interpretations, for laypeople's and non-psychologist professionals' use, of Canadian Psychological Association's Guidelines for Therapy and Counselling with Women. Project of CPA Committee on the Status of Women, 1984-1989.

Career Number of Thesis and Dissertation Supervisorships Completed:
Master's 12
Ed.D. 1
Ph.D. 9

Completed Ph.D. Dissertations Supervised
June Ann Larkin. (1992). Walking through walls: The sexual harassment of high school girls.

Evelyn Sommers. (1992). Voices from within: Women in conflict with the law.

Glenna Anne Lambert. (1991). Gender roles and psychological functioning of women married to chemically dependent men.

Wendy Whitfield. (1991). Mother-daughter relationships in families in which fathers sexually abused daughters.

Jane Summers. (1991). The effects of manipulating encoding and retrieval variables on the memory performance of autistic children.

Nikki Gerrard. (1990). Racism and sexism in the mental health system: Voices of women of
color.

Patricia Tobin. (1990). Clinical recommendations in child custody disputes: An analysis of sex-related factors in the decision making process.

Gael M. MacPherson. (1990). The construct of auditory processing: Validation and assessment.

Helen Chan. (1987). A developmental study of route learning and spatial inference.

Completed Ed.D. Dissertation Supervised
Cindy Brooks. (1992). The effects of sex and race on students' hiring decisions.

Completed M.A. Theses Supervised
Margaret Jane Secord. (1987). Teaching children critical thinking.

Mona Attard. (1986). Gender differences on the arithmetic and coding subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children.

Jane Summers. (1985). The effects of sex on laypeople's attitudes toward psychotropic drug use: Learning about stereotypes.

Ellen Cohen. (1985). Educators' attitudes toward Bill 82.

Nicole Grace Walton-Allen. (1984). Laypeople's perceptions of family violence: An examination of stereotyped learning.

Janet A. Mullally. (1984). Do sex-related preschool differences lead to differential participation in science?

Reesa S. Hotz. (1984). A study of Canadian laypeople's perceptions of child abuse.

Laurie Case. (1984). Female adolescents and underachievement.

Rita Gale Baumgarten. (1984). Metalinguistic and short-term memory factors in reading and reading disability.

Ermelinda DiNardo. (1983). The relationship between child abuse and learning disabilities.

Patricia Tobin. (1982). The effects of practice and training on sex differences in performance on a spatial test.

Gael MacPherson. (1982). The construct validity of spatial abilities.

Graduate Courses Taught 1978-1992
1216--Introduction to Psychoeducational Assessment

1217--Theories of the Behavior Therapies

1225--Practicum in Diagnostics and Psychotherapy

1244--Seminar in Community Psychology and Community Development, Part II

1248--Psychology of Sexism in Education

1252--Individual Reading and Research in Applied Psychology (on each of the following topics: Relationship between child abuse and cognitive limitations, 1983; Psychology of post-partum depression, 1982; Advanced behavior therapy and techniques, 1982; Sex differences in infancy and childhood, 198l, 1984)

1255--Interviewing in School Psychology

1257--Females' Psychological Development

1258--The Psychology of Motherhood and Its Relatedness to Education

3202--Advanced Practicum in School Psychology
Also provided supervision for students in M.A.-level practica for 1220, 1221.
Lectured on feminist theory and its relationship to research methodology in O.I.S.E. Community Psychology Core course

Lectured on child abuse to all first- and second-year M.A. students in School Psychology, 1220 and 1221.

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Scientific Perspectives on Sex and Gender, University of Toronto.

Psychology 300 – Introductory Statistics, University of Rhode Island, College of Continuing Education.

Back to Resources page