Janice D. Yoder, Ph.D.

Title: Professor Emeritus
Email: jdy5116@psu.edu
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Biography

Jan Yoder, Ph.D. is a social psychologist and formerly held the title of Professor of Psychology at the University of Akron. Her research interests focus on tokenism and social status, women's leadership, workplace sexism, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. She has made significant and longstanding contributions to the psychology of women in teaching, research, and service. Her text, Women and gender: Making a difference, is now in its fourth edition, and she is the recipient of five teaching awards including the 2015 Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (Div. 9 of the American Psychological Association [APA]). She served as Editor of Psychology of Women Quarterly (2010-2015) and Sex Roles: A Journal of Research (2016-2020).