Alexandra Rutherford, York University

Research

gender history of psychology race sexuality intersectionality feminism social science policy

Latest papers

New Editor's statement.
Journal of the history of the behavioral sciences · 2020 · first author
Can't a mother sing the blues? Postpartum depression and the construction of motherhood in late 20th-century America.
History of psychology · 2012 · senior author
The social control of behavior control: behavior modification, Individual Rights, and research ethics in America, 1971-1979.
Journal of the history of the behavioral sciences · 2006 · first author

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Intersecting difference: Gender, race and sexuality in 20th century U.S. psychology
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$40,011
Intersecting difference: Gender, race and sexuality in 20th century U.S. psychology
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$19,920
The science and politics of gender: feminist psychology and its publics in late 20th-century America
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$123,426

All 8 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

New Editor's statement.

Rutherford A

Journal of the history of the behavioral sciences2020First author

DOI: 10.1002/jhbs.22020 PMID: 31943248

02

Can't a mother sing the blues? Postpartum depression and the construction of motherhood in late 20th-century America.

Held L, Rutherford A

History of psychology2012Senior author

DOI: 10.1037/a0026219 PMID: 22849002

03

The social control of behavior control: behavior modification, Individual Rights, and research ethics in America, 1971-1979.

Rutherford A

Journal of the history of the behavioral sciences2006First author

DOI: 10.1002/jhbs.20169 PMID: 16817179

Intersecting difference: Gender, race and sexuality in 20th century U.S. psychology

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Rutherford, Alexandra

Keywords: history of psychology; gender; race; sexuality; intersectionality

$40,011

Intersecting difference: Gender, race and sexuality in 20th century U.S. psychology

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Rutherford, Alexandra

Keywords: history of psychology; gender; race; sexuality; intersectionality

$19,920

The science and politics of gender: feminist psychology and its publics in late 20th-century America

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Rutherford, Alexandra

Keywords: feminism; gender; social science; policy; history

$123,426

Gendering science: psychologies of gender and gendered psychologies in the 20th-century

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Rutherford, Alexandra

Keywords: gender; science; psychology; history; masculinity; feminism

$150,296

Social science, ideology, and public policy in the United States, 1961 to the present

Co-investigatorSSHRC2013

Principal investigators: Pettit, Michael

Keywords: history; psychology; economics; social movements; policy

$14,000

Imagining gender in the 20th century: the uneasy relationship of psychology and feminism

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Rutherford, Alexandra

Keywords: feminism; history; psychology; women; gender; theory

$83,564

Changing the face of psychology: feminists past, feminist presence

Principal investigatorSSHRC2007Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Rutherford, Alexandra

Keywords: feminism and psychology; women's history; ethnic diversity; reflexivity in psychology; feminist metapsychology

$81,000

Developing a psychology of behavioural control: key episodes and sociohistorical implications

Principal investigatorSSHRC2002Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Rutherford, Alexandra

Keywords: history of psychology; behaviorism; applied behavior analysis; operant psychology; science popularization; american history

$51,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: gender Dear Professor Rutherford, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "New Editor's statement." (2020), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Intersecting difference: Gender, race and sexuality in 20th century U.S. psychology" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]