Gloria Leon

Academia, Chernobyl, Expeditions and the Greeks (eBook, PDF)

A Research Psychologist on the Move

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781839982736
• Artikelnr.: 63739337

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.