Academia, Chernobyl, Expeditions and the Greeks: A Research Psychologist on the Move

by Gloria Leon

Overview

The memoir Academia, Chernobyl, Expeditions and The Greeks: A Research Psychologist on the Move recounts memorable experiences over the course of the author’s career as an academic psychologist engaged in research on stress and coping in extreme environments. Throughout the memoir, the author presents short summaries of her research methods and findings; however, the focus of the book is on her personal experiences – the events, people, and the environment with its natural beauty or devastation that she encountered while conducting this research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781839982750
Publisher:	Anthem Press
Publication date:	03/08/2022
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Gloria Rakita Leon is professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Minnesota. She is internationally known for her research on stress and coping in extreme environments.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations; Foreword by Carol Amaratunga; Preface; Academia; 1. University of Maryland Overseas Extension Division, Orléans, France; 2. University of Maryland, College Park; 3. Rutgers University, New Brunswick/Newark, New Jersey; 4. University of Minnesota; The Russian Drama; 5. The Beginning; 6. Moscow Trip; 7. Minnesota Bering Bridge Conference; 8. Moscow, Archangelsk, Magadan Trip; 9. Interlude; 10. Moscow, Kiev, Chernobyl, St. Petersburg, Ryazan Trip; 11. Interlude; 12. Moscow and Minsk Trip; 13. Epilogue; Expedition Adventures; 14. Steger International Polar Expedition; 15. Expedition Network; 16. Soviet-American Bering Bridge Expedition; 17. All-Women Expedition (Awe), South Pole; 18. Sverdrup Centennial Expedition, Canada; 19. Two-Woman Antarctic Traverse; 20. Greenland Studies; 21. Expedition Ice Maidens; 22. Epilogue; Greece Connections; 23. Athens, Peloponnese Peninsula; 24. Athens, Delphi, Greek Islands; 25. Athens, Corinth, Istanbul, Cappadocia; 26. Interlude; 27. Athens, Kephalonia; 28. Athens, Temple of Poseidon, Marathon; 29. Epilogue; Afterword; Selected References; Index.