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About the speaker

Mary M. Brabeck, PhD, is Professor Emerita of Applied Psychology and Dean Emerita of the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University.  She served as dean of the NYU Steinhardt School from 2003-2014 and as dean of the Carolyn and Peter Lynch School of Education at Boston College from 1996-2003. She has published over 100 scholarly papers and book chapters on intellectual and ethical development, professional and feminist ethics, gender differences in cognition and morality and interprofessional collaboration to enhance K-12 student achievement. Dr. Brabeck was Editor-in-Chief of the Psychology of Women Quarterly, (2005-20019). She is a fellow of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and a fellow of American Psychological Association (APA), Divisions 7 (Developmental), 17 (Counseling Psychology), 35 (Psychology of Women), and 52 (International Psychology).

Dr. Brabeck was an elected member, vice chair (2021-22), and chair (2022-2023) of the APA Ethics Committee.  From 2004–2005, she was elected chair of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education. From 2005–2007 she was an elected member of the Board of Directors of the APA Education Directorate and was elected to APA’s Commission for the Recognition of Specialties and Proficiencies in Professional Psychology (CRSPPP). Dr. Brabeck's awards and recognitions include a Doctor of Humane Letters from St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia; Outstanding Achievement Award from the University of Minnesota; Alumni Award from the University of Minnesota School of Education and Human Development; APA Presidential Citation; the Kuhmerker Award from the Association for Moral Education; Distinguished Alumni Award from St. Cloud University. She was a member of the National Teacher Corps (1967-1970) at Bryant Junior High School, Mpls. MN, and received her PhD in educational psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1980. 

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Mary M. Brabeck, PhD, reports that she has no relationships with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 24 months. She will not discuss any products, services, or off-label uses in this presentation.

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