Academia, Chernobyl, Expeditions and the Greeks

A Research Psychologist on the Move

By (author) Gloria Leon

Publication date:

08 March 2022

Publisher

First Hill Books

Dimensions:

229x153mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781839982729

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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.

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.