{"id":89335,"date":"2019-05-01T11:58:24","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T15:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=89335"},"modified":"2021-04-05T14:03:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T18:03:08","slug":"professors-psychology-of-women-text-is-one-for-the-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/05\/01\/professors-psychology-of-women-text-is-one-for-the-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Professors&#8217; Psychology Text Is One for the Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alexandra Diviney wasn\u2019t sure what to expect when she walked into class in the University of Mary Washington\u2019s Mercer Hall this semester. Or when she settled into her seat in Room 201 and cracked open the slick white textbook with rainbow-striped letters: <em>Psychology of Women &amp; Gender<\/em>. Twelve weeks and a sea of lemon-colored sticky notes later, she gets it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat book made me look at things in a different way,\u201d the UMW freshman said of the 600 pages she crammed full of notes, flags and tabs. \u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever read a textbook so in depth.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:7,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/news\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/01\\\/professors-psychology-of-women-text-is-one-for-the-books\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:230672515}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 491px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"491\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 734px; height: 491px;\" data-original-width=\"734\" data-original-height=\"491\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/05\/01\/professors-psychology-of-women-text-is-one-for-the-books\/womengender019\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"730\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"487\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"89341\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender019.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"6000,4000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1553008020&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"WomenGender019\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender019-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender019-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender019.jpg?w=730&#038;h=487&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender019.jpg 6000w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender019-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender019-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender019-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender019-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender019-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender019-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"730\" height=\"487\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"730\" data-original-height=\"487\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"WomenGender019\" alt=\"Alexandra Diviney and classmates NAME and NAME, participate in a recent session of Mindy Erchull&#039;s &quot;Psychology of Women&quot; class. A new textbook written by Erchull and fellow faculty member Miriam Liss includes up-to-date research and features current events and concept today&#039;s feminists can relate to. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi.\" style=\"width: 730px; height: 487px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Alexandra Diviney and classmates Ellie Benning and Marissa Wood, participate in a recent session of Mindy Erchull&#8217;s Psychology of Women class. A new textbook written by Erchull and fellow faculty member Miriam Liss includes up-to-date research and features current events and concepts today&#8217;s feminists can relate to. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 366px; height: 491px;\" data-original-width=\"366\" data-original-height=\"491\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/05\/01\/professors-psychology-of-women-text-is-one-for-the-books\/womengender026\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"362\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"242\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"89342\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender026.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"6000,4000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1553008680&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"WomenGender026\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender026-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender026-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender026.jpg?w=362&#038;h=242&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender026.jpg 6000w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender026-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender026-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender026-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender026-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender026-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender026-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"362\" height=\"242\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"362\" data-original-height=\"242\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"WomenGender026\" alt=\"Claudia Woods responds to a question in Erchull&#039;s class. Woode is among students who loaded up on sticky notes to mark important concepts included in the new textbook, &quot;Psychology of Women &amp; Gender.&quot;\" style=\"width: 362px; height: 242px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Claudia Woods responds to a question in UMW psychology professor Mindy Erchull&#8217;s class, while Erchull looks on. Woods is among students who loaded up on sticky notes to mark important concepts in the new textbook, &#8220;Psychology of Women &amp; Gender.&#8221; <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/05\/01\/professors-psychology-of-women-text-is-one-for-the-books\/womengender015\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"362\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"241\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"89339\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender015.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"6000,4000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1553007120&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"WomenGender015\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender015-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender015-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender015.jpg?w=362&#038;h=241&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender015.jpg 6000w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender015-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender015-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender015-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender015-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender015-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender015-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"362\" height=\"241\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"362\" data-original-height=\"241\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"WomenGender015\" alt=\"(Left to right) Kaitlyn McClung, Cailey Epperson and Maya Moore feel free to share their opinions during a chapter discussion based on a new textbook written by UMW professors Mindy Erchull and Miriam Liss, along with a colleague. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi.\" style=\"width: 362px; height: 241px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> (Left to right) Kaitlyn McClung, Cailey Epperson and Maya Moore feel free to share their opinions during a chapter discussion based on a new textbook written by UMW professors Mindy Erchull and Miriam Liss, along with a colleague. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>That\u2019s good news for the authors, UMW psychology professors Mindy Erchull and Miriam Liss, along with fellow psychologist Kate Richmond of Muhlenberg College. After years of struggling to teach with outdated textbooks, they set out to pen a new one. They enlisted the help of colleagues across the country, as well as Mary Washington students and alumni now challenged to teach their own similar courses. Four years later, Diviney and others in Erchull\u2019s \u201cPsychology of Women\u201d course \u2013 ahead of the book\u2019s official release in July \u2013 opened a text that brings a thriving discipline into the 21st century and puts UMW at a pivotal point in the field.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:7,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/news\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/01\\\/professors-psychology-of-women-text-is-one-for-the-books\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:230672515}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 357px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"357\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 533px; height: 357px;\" data-original-width=\"533\" data-original-height=\"357\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/05\/01\/professors-psychology-of-women-text-is-one-for-the-books\/womengender010\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"529\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"353\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"89338\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender010.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"6000,4000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1553006881&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;98&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"WomenGender010\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender010-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender010-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender010.jpg?w=529&#038;h=353&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender010.jpg 6000w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender010-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender010-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender010-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender010-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender010-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender010-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"529\" height=\"353\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"529\" data-original-height=\"353\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"WomenGender010\" alt=\"UMW student Maddie Gillespie (left) looks on while Professor of Psychological Sciences Mindy Erchull raises her hand - in her own class - to inject a point. Erchull&#039;s Psychology of Women class is heavily discussion-based. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi.\" style=\"width: 529px; height: 353px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> UMW Professor of Psychological Sciences Mindy Erchull raises her hand &#8211; in her own class &#8211; to inject a point, with student Madison Gillespie to her left. Erchull&#8217;s Psychology of Women course is heavily discussion-based. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 567px; height: 357px;\" data-original-width=\"567\" data-original-height=\"357\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/liss-video-10\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"563\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"353\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"85111\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/12\/Liss-Video-10.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"864,541\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1328058721&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;105&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Liss Video 10\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/12\/Liss-Video-10-300x188.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/12\/Liss-Video-10.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/12\/Liss-Video-10.jpg?w=563&#038;h=353&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/12\/Liss-Video-10.jpg 864w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/12\/Liss-Video-10-300x188.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/12\/Liss-Video-10-768x481.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/12\/Liss-Video-10-600x376.jpg 600w\" width=\"563\" height=\"353\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"563\" data-original-height=\"353\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Liss Video 10\" alt=\"Professor of Psychological Science Miriam Liss received the 2020 Waple Faculty Professional Achievement Award.\" style=\"width: 563px; height: 353px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Professor of Psychological Science Miriam Liss received the 2020 Waple Faculty Professional Achievement Award. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>\u201cI knew a new book needed to be on the market but I didn\u2019t know if we\u2019d be the ones to write it,\u201d said Liss, who\u2019d just completed her work-life-harmony resource, <em>Balancing the Big Stuff<\/em>, when Erchull approached her about the project. \u201cClass discussions were getting stifled because the textbooks weren\u2019t addressing the issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Often focused on the experience of straight, white, able-bodied women, available books were published too early to cover the types of things today&#8217;s college students tackle \u2013 social media, cyberbullying, the Me Too Movement, the list goes on. <em>Psychology of Women &amp; Gender\u00a0<\/em>centers on intersectionality, the principle that a variety of factors \u2013 including age, race and religion \u2013 define each individual woman, and it encourages readers to think more inclusively.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:7,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/news\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/01\\\/professors-psychology-of-women-text-is-one-for-the-books\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:230672515}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 491px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"491\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 734px; height: 491px;\" data-original-width=\"734\" data-original-height=\"491\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/05\/01\/professors-psychology-of-women-text-is-one-for-the-books\/womengender008\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"730\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"487\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"89336\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender008.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"6000,4000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1553006712&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;131&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"WomenGender008\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender008-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender008-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender008.jpg?w=730&#038;h=487&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender008.jpg 6000w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender008-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender008-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender008-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender008-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender008-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender008-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"730\" height=\"487\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"730\" data-original-height=\"487\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"WomenGender008\" alt=\"UMW student Maya Moore shares her thoughts in Professor of Psychological Sciences Mindy Erchull&#039;s &quot;Psychology of Women&quot; class, as Madeleine Murphy-Neilson looks on. Erchull&#039;s students are the first to use the new textbook, which she wrote along with fellow faculty member Miriam Liss and colleague Kate Richmond, are the first to use the book, set to be published in July. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi.\" style=\"width: 730px; height: 487px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> UMW student Maya Moore shares her thoughts in Professor of Psychological Sciences Mindy Erchull&#8217;s Psychology of Women class, with classmate Madeleine Murphy-Neilson to her right. Erchull&#8217;s students are the first to use the new textbook, which she wrote along with fellow faculty member Miriam Liss and colleague Kate Richmond. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 366px; height: 491px;\" data-original-width=\"366\" data-original-height=\"491\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/05\/01\/professors-psychology-of-women-text-is-one-for-the-books\/womengender028\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"362\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"242\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"89344\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender028.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"6000,4000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1553008893&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"WomenGender028\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender028-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender028-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender028.jpg?w=362&#038;h=242&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender028.jpg 6000w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender028-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender028-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender028-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender028-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender028-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender028-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"362\" height=\"242\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"362\" data-original-height=\"242\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"WomenGender028\" alt=\"UMW students Alexandra Diviney (maroon sweater) and Ellie Benning paticipate in Professor Mindy Erchull&#039;s &quot;Psychology of Women&quot; class. The students in the course were the first to use the textbook, &quot;Psychology of Women &amp; Gender,&quot; written by Erchull and fellow UMW psychology professor Miriam Liss. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi.\" style=\"width: 362px; height: 242px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> UMW students Alexandra Diviney (maroon sweater) and Ellie Benning paticipate in Professor Mindy Erchull&#8217;s Psychology of Women class. The students in the course were the first to use the textbook, &#8220;Psychology of Women &amp; Gender,&#8221; written by Erchull and fellow UMW psychology professor Miriam Liss. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi. <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/05\/01\/professors-psychology-of-women-text-is-one-for-the-books\/womengender017\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"362\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"241\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"89340\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender017.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"6000,4000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1553007641&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"WomenGender017\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender017-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender017-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender017.jpg?w=362&#038;h=241&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender017.jpg 6000w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender017-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender017-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender017-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender017-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender017-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender017-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"362\" height=\"241\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"362\" data-original-height=\"241\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"WomenGender017\" alt=\"(Left to right) Marissa Wood, Margaret Damico and Alexis Huber share ideas in a Psychology of Women class this semester. The course is both speaking and writing intensive. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi.\" style=\"width: 362px; height: 241px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> (Left to right) Marissa Wood, Margaret Damico and Alexis Huber share ideas in a Psychology of Women class this semester. The course is both speaking and writing intensive. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>Published by Norton, the book cites the most recent psychological research while weaving in studies from other fields \u2013 economics, political science, medicine and more. It draws attention to, rather than steers clear of, gaps in the findings, acknowledging to students that some questions don\u2019t come with clear answers and data is often up for interpretation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegardless of what you went in expecting, was there anything in the chapter that surprised you?\u201d Erchull asked her class one recent morning. Hands flew into the air.<\/p>\n<p>Real-world examples and thought-provoking features pasted throughout each section \u2013 \u201cYour Turn,\u201d \u201cThink About It\u201d \u201cEmpowering or Oppressing?\u201d \u2013 highlight current events and get readers thinking deeply about the subjects at hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re interesting questions that would be great to talk about in class,\u201d said senior Shehani\u00a0Peiris, one of dozens of student research assistants who helped with the textbook, hunting down articles, checking references and providing their own perspectives.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_89343\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89343\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"89343\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/05\/01\/professors-psychology-of-women-text-is-one-for-the-books\/womengender027\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender027.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"6000,4000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1553008826&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"WomenGender027\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Freshman Alexandra Diviney read nearly every page of the new &amp;#8220;Psychology of Women &amp;amp; Gender&amp;#8221; textbook, written by UMW psychology professors Mindy Erchull and Miriam Liss, along with colleague Kate Richmond of Muhlenberg College. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender027-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender027-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-89343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender027-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Freshman Alexandra Diviney read nearly every page of the new &quot;Psychology of Women &amp; Gender&quot; textbook, written by UMW psychology professors Mindy Erchull and Miriam Liss, along with colleague Kate Richmond of Muhlenberg College. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender027-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender027-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender027-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender027-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender027-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/WomenGender027-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freshman Alexandra Diviney read nearly every page of the new &#8220;Psychology of Women &amp; Gender&#8221; textbook, written by UMW psychology professors Mindy Erchull and Miriam Liss, along with colleague Kate Richmond of Muhlenberg College. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They see themselves in the pages, which cover transgender identities, non-binary individuals who don\u2019t identify strictly as female or male, women with disabilities and other marginalized populations barely acknowledged inside older textbooks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to see the goals we had when we started this project play out in the classroom,\u201d said Erchull, who still had her students on the lookout for tiny typos that might have somehow squeezed through multiple rounds of previous edits.<\/p>\n<p>Key terms, chapter summaries, a thorough glossary and a thick bank of support materials for instructors round out the text.<\/p>\n<p>Laura Ramsey \u201906, who began doing research as a Mary Washington undergrad with Erchull and Liss, is designing chapter-by-chapter PowerPoint presentations for faculty use. Now a psychology professor at Bridgewater State University, Ramsey commented on the level of thought that that went into the book, details as seemingly small as reversing the use of the commonly used phrase \u201cmen and women\u201d to \u201cwomen and men.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s those little types of things that are so easy to overlook,\u201d she said. \u201cAs soon as you switch it, you notice it, you recognize how pervasive it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ramsey has taught psychology of women since grad school but never used textbooks, preferring instead to piece together magazine articles and other more current resources. With the release of <em>Psychology of Women and Gender <\/em>this summer, she said, that will change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe set out to create the text we wanted to teach with and our students wanted to read,\u201d Erchull and Liss wrote in the book\u2019s preface. \u201cIt became so much more.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexandra Diviney wasn\u2019t sure what to expect when she walked into class in the University of Mary Washington\u2019s Mercer Hall this semester. Or when she settled into her seat in Room 201 and cracked open the slick white textbook with rainbow-striped letters: Psychology of Women &amp; Gender. 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