Mary E. Reuder
OccupationProfessor of Psychology
SpouseMarvin A. Iverson
Academic background
Alma materCollege of St. Catherine; Brown University; University of Pennsylvania
Academic work
InstitutionsQueens College, CUNY

Mary E. Reuder (1923 – 2017) was an American experimental psychologist, statistician, and licensed clinical psychologist known for her involvement in the American Psychological Association (APA) and her active mentorship of women in psychology. Reuder was the former chairperson of the Psychology Department of Queens College, City University of New York and a member of the faculty at Queens College for three decades.

Reuder served as President of APA Division 1 (Society for General Psychology),[1] and APA Division 36 (Psychology for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality),[2] and was a Fellow of seven of the APA divisions (1, 2, 3, 6, 32, 36, and 52).[1]

Reuder was co-editor of A Handbook for Women Mentors: Transcending Barriers of Stereotype, Race, and Ethnicity,[3] which aimed to provide a practical guide to help women be effective mentors to other women in academia or in professional careers.

Biography

Reuder was born March 12, 1923, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[1] She received her Bachelors of Science from the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, MN in 1944. She continued education by completing a Master’s degree at Brown University in 1945, and a PhD in Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania in 1951. After graduating, she worked for the United States Navy as a management specialist and as research psychologist for the Department of the Army.[1]

Reuder was a member of the faculty in the Department of Psychology at Queens College, CUNY from 1954 until her retirement in 1986. As an experimental psychologist, her research focused on varied topics including magnitude estimation,[4] associative learning,[5] tactile discrimination,[6] and effects of orientation (ego vs. task) on problem solving.[7] Reuder also coauthored several papers with her husband, social psychologist Marvin A. Iverson.[8][9] Iverson died as a consequence of an aneurysm in 1979 at age 55.[10]

Reuder died of natural causes on November 15, 2017, in Milford, Pennsylvania.[11]

Florence L. Denmark and Mary E. Reuder Award

APA Division 52 (International Psychology) established the Florence L. Denmark and Mary E. Reuder Award in 2003 to recognize and encourage outstanding psychologists who have made international contributions to further the understanding the development of women and/or gender. The award is named for Denmark and Reuder who were charter members of Division 52 and recognized for their scholarly contributions, international outlook, and mentoring.[12] Recipients include Ellyn Kaschak, Sharon Horne, M. Brinton Lykes, and Oliva Espín.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Brick, John (2018). "Mary E. Reuder (1923−2017)". American Psychologist. 73 (5): 700. doi:10.1037/amp0000302. ISSN 1935-990X. PMID 29999363. S2CID 51622938.
  2. ↑ "Div. 36 brings spirituality into research and practice". www.apa.org. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  3. ↑ Rayburn, Carole A., Denmark, Florence L., Reuder, Mary E., Austria, Asuncion Miteria (2010). A handbook for women mentors: transcending barriers of stereotype, race, and ethnicity. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Praeger. ISBN 978-0-313-36626-0. OCLC 630057596.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ Goldner, Jeffrey; Reuder, Mary E.; Riba, Benjamin; Jarmon, David (1971-01-01). "Neutral vs ego-orienting instructions: Effects on judgments of magnitude estimation". Perception & Psychophysics. 9 (1): 84–88. doi:10.3758/BF03213033. ISSN 1532-5962.
  5. ↑ Havlena, Robert A.; Reuder, Mary E. (1970-03-01). "Relationship between Stimulus Class and Response Class in Quantity and Communality of Associations". The Journal of Psychology. 74 (2): 259–265. doi:10.1080/00223980.1970.9923737. ISSN 0022-3980.
  6. ↑ Moseson, Lila; Reuder, Mary E. (1969-07-01). "Developmental Relationships Between Two-Point Discrimination and Locus of Stimulation". The Journal of General Psychology. 81 (1): 59–65. doi:10.1080/00221309.1969.9710772. ISSN 0022-1309. PMID 5810611.
  7. ↑ Reuder, Mary E. (1956). "The effect of ego orientation and problem difficulty on muscle action potentials". Journal of Experimental Psychology. 51 (2): 142–148. doi:10.1037/h0048757. ISSN 0022-1015. PMID 13295502.
  8. ↑ Iverson, Marvin A.; Reuder, Mary E. (1956). "Ego Involvement as an Experimental Variable". Psychological Reports. 2 (3): 147–181. doi:10.2466/pr0.1956.2.3.147. ISSN 0033-2941. S2CID 145084775.
  9. ↑ Iverson, Marvin A.; Reuder, Mary E. (1965). "Personality Impressions of Self-Punitive and Extrapunitive Stimulus Persons". The Journal of Social Psychology. 65 (1): 67–83. doi:10.1080/00224545.1965.9919585. ISSN 0022-4545. PMID 14276833.
  10. ↑ Ennis, Thomas W. (1979-12-12). "Dr. Marvin Iverson, Psychologist, Dies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  11. ↑ "Mary Reuder - Obituary". www.legacy.com. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  12. ↑ "The Florence L. Denmark and Mary E. Reuder Award". www.apa.org. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  13. ↑ "Past recipients: The Florence L. Denmark and Mary E. Reuder Award". www.apa.org. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
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