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The biggest issue with the current Bonnie Strickland article is that there isn't enough information. There's only one paragraph that summarizes her involvement in the psychology community.

References: Office of News & Media Relations | UMass Amherst. (2014). Strickland Honored for Lifetime Achievement by American Psychological Association. [online] Available at: https://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/strickland-honored-lifetime-achievement [Accessed 15 Feb. 2019]. https://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/strickland-honored-lifetime-achievement MacKay, J. (2010). Psychology's Feminist Voices- Profile. Retrieved February 15, 2019, from http://www.feministvoices.com/bonnie-strickland/ http://www.feministvoices.com/bonnie-strickland/

Questions and Comments: The first few google results that come up when I google Bonnie Strickland have way longer biographies about her than on Wikipedia, so it should be easy to find more information about her.

She is a very interesting person. Does any of the online information talk about her being gay in a time when it was very stigmatized?

When I search her on google there is a picture on the Wikipedia section that they show at the top of the google results, but when actually on her page, there is no picture. I'm wondering how to fix that. Reid.m.segal (talk) 17:39, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

Pictures especially of living persons are tricky on Wikipedia. It could be that you found an earlier version of the page and the picture has since been taken down. There are guidelines for using images on Wikipedia. Check my Wikipedia resources page on Bb. J.R. Council (talk) 05:23, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

TO DO LIST: Search for information on Bonnie Strickland Take note of information and organize it appropriately Create sections in Wikipedia to separate her information Sort the collected information into its appropriate section Add a picture of Bonnie Reid.m.segal (talk) 18:01, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

OUTLINE OF COMPLETED ARTICLE: Introduction: Short summary of the most notable things about Bonnie President of APA, her research, positions held in universities, stigma about her sexual orientation

Early life: (some of this will be old) Where she grew up How her childhood was Who her family is ****megan.rodgers6

Psychology career: How her interest was sparked in psychology (old) What her research has focused on Important findings in her research Books or writings by her ****megan.rodgers6

Career: Places she has worked Time spent as APA president Accomplishments Reid.m.segal (talk) 18:01, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

REFERENCES: Office of News & Media Relations | UMass Amherst. (2014). Strickland Honored for Lifetime Achievement by American Psychological Association. [online] Available at: https://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/strickland-honored-lifetime-achievement [Accessed 15 Feb. 2019]. https://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/strickland-honored-lifetime-achievement MacKay, J. (2010). Psychology's Feminist Voices- Profile. Retrieved February 15, 2019, from http://www.feministvoices.com/bonnie-strickland/ http://www.feministvoices.com/bonnie-strickland/

bolded portions will be completed by Reid Segal Reid.m.segal (talk) 18:00, 5 March 2019 (UTC) Reid.m.segal (talk) 18:28, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

Early life and psychology career will be completed by Megan Rodgers ****megan.rodgers6

Lead Section- Reid Segal ‘’’Bonnie Ruth Strickland’’’ is known for her lifelong commitment to psychology. From her decades long career at Emory University and University of Massachusetts, Amherst to her time as the president of the American Psychology Association (APA) she has contributed a good deal to clinical psychology, social psychology, and feminism. Bonnie was born in 1936 in Louisville, Kentucky to a single mother. She later moved to Birmingham Alabama, and spent much of her childhood there. Bonnie believes that growing up in the South had a major impact on her development in adolescence, and it could be considered an inspiration for the research she has conducted during her career and her dedication to civil rights. As an undergraduate, Bonnie studied physical education, but was introduced to psychology by a professor of hers. She later went on to graduate school to pursue a doctorate degree in psychology. As a closeted gay woman in the 1950s and 60s, she became very interested in learning about marginalized people through research. Strickland has become an important figure for psychologists and feminists alike and continues to contribute to academia as a professor at the University of Massachusetts to this day.Reid.m.segal (talk) 20:15, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

Response to Reid's lead: I like how you had a small section at the beginning that mentions her field, early career, accomplishment with the APA, and then her current career. I thought it was interesting when you mentioned the connection between her being a closeted gay women and her research in marginalized people. Megan.rodgers6 (talk) 00:33, 3 April 2019 (UTC) Megan.rodgers6

Lead Section- Megan Rodgers "Bonnie Ruth Stickland" is an American psychology known for her studies and contributions to the psychology community. Stickland was born November of 1936 in Louisville, Kentucky to Willie Whitfield and later moved to Birmingham, Alabama where she spent her childhood. Stickland has mentioned in her work that she feels her growing up in the south has significantly influenced her childhood and moreover her career in psychology. As a student Stickland majored in physical education at Alabama College, however, her interest was shifted to psychology with the influence of one of her professors. In 1962 she went on to earn her PhD at Ohio State University. Stickland is also known for her views on civil rights and homosexuality, as she was a closeted gay women. More notably, Stickland is known for being a president of the American Psychology Association (APA), faculty member at Emory University, and is a continued professor emerita at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Megan.rodgers6 (talk) 00:33, 3 April 2019 (UTC)Megan.Rodgers6 Megan.rodgers6 (talk)Megan Rodgers

Response to Megan's lead: I think it is a good summary, but there are a few things included that might better fit in the body of the article. It lines up pretty well with what I thought was important, so it's good we're on the same page on how to start the article. Reid.m.segal (talk) 10:25, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

Final Lead Section

‘’’Bonnie Ruth Strickland’’’ is known for her lifelong commitment to psychology. From her decades long career at Emory University and University of Massachusetts, Amherst to her time as the president of the American Psychology Association (APA) she has contributed a great deal to clinical psychology, social psychology, and feminism. Strickland was born in 1936 in Louisville, Kentucky to Willie Whitfield and Roy Strickland. She later moved to Birmingham, Alabama with her mother, and spent much of her childhood there. Strickland believes that growing up in the South had a major impact on her development in adolescence, and it could be considered a key inspiration for the research she has conducted during her career and her dedication to civil rights. As an undergraduate, Strickland studied physical education, but was introduced to psychology by a professor of hers. She later went on to graduate school to pursue a doctorate degree in psychology. As a closeted gay woman in the 1950s and 60s, she became very interested in learning about marginalized people through research. Strickland has become an important figure for psychologists and feminists alike and continues to contribute to academia as a professor at the University of Massachusetts to this day.Reid.m.segal (talk) 14:52, 5 April 2019 (UTC) Megan.rodgers6 (talk) 11:35, 15 April 2019 (UTC)Megan.rodgers6

This is good! Just a couple of changes before you move along to work on the main article:

1. Some of the material on her upbringing (i.e., 2nd and 3rd sentences) could go in main article.
2. Also move discussion of education - "As an undergraduage...doctorate degree in psychology." to main article.
3. Terms that have their own Wikipedia articles (like Emory and UMass) should be hyperlinked to those pages.

J.R. Council (talk) 19:42, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

I did a slight edit by removing the leading spaces. That puts your text in a gray box. Work on formatting skills, both of you! J.R. Council (talk) 21:17, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

Dr. Council's comments

1. Work on Assignment 5 is good, but Megan needs to learn how to sign off properly. Use the 4 tildes ~~~~ in edit source mode.
2. Reid has written a nice lead. My main comment is don't refer to her as Bonnie - use her last name after your first mention of her in the first sentence.
3. Megan needs to write a lead and comment on Reid's lead. Reid needs to comment on Megan's lead once she writes it.

J.R. Council (talk) 21:14, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

Assignment 9

Bonnie Ruth Strickland (b. 1936) is known for her contributions to the psychology community. From her decades long career at Emory University and University of Massachusetts Amherst to her time as the president of the American Psychology Association (APA) she has contributed a great deal to clinical psychology, social psychology, and feminism.

Strickland was born in 1936 in Louisville, Kentucky and spent much of her early life in the south. She later went on to graduate school in Ohio to pursue a doctorate degree in psychology. As a closeted gay woman in the 1950s and 60s, she became very interested in learning about marginalized people through research. Strickland has become an important figure for psychologists and feminists alike and continues to contribute to academia as a professor at the University of Massachusetts to this day.

I've made some minor edits here and below, but this looks really good! Sending it on to Ian. J.R. Council (talk) 09:21, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

Early Life

Strickland was born on November 24th, 1936 to Willie Whitfield and Roy Strickland in Louisville, Kentucky. She later moved to Birmingham, Alabama with her mother and brother after her parents’ separation and spent much of her childhood there. Strickland believes that growing up in the South had a major impact on her development in adolescence, and it could be considered a key inspiration for the research she has conducted during her career and her dedication to civil rights.

At age 14, Strickland joined a softball team that played an important role in her discovery of her identity. She met other girls that reminded her of herself, and through her team members’ support, she came to terms with her lesbian identity. Following the discovery of her sexual orientation, she spent time reading the Bible and other literature on the subject which led her to believe homosexuality was a bad thing, and she resorted to remaining closeted for a long time.

Strickland's high school gym teacher helped her apply to Alabama College where she was accepted. As an undergraduate at Alabama College Strickland studied and received a degree in physical education but was introduced and took interest in psychology by a professor of hers named Herbert Eber. She then went on to get a psychology doctorate degree at Ohio State University in 1962.

This section contains some text that is unnecessary, peripheral to the main topic. E.g., where her mother and father worked. Please clean this up.

• There is also some language that is too informal. E.g., 'Strickland wasn’t sure where she was headed after high school"

J.R. Council (talk) 09:16, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

Psychology Career

In 1965 she started the positions of psychology faculty member and active Dean of Women at Emory University. During this time, she remained closeted, but she took part in an important psychology study that compared the mental health of homosexual and heterosexuals at the college. The data from this research showed that there wasn’t an abundance of mental illness among homosexuals. In fact, the lesbians were found to have better mental health levels than heterosexual women. Here, she created a course on lesbian psychology which attracted many students’ interests.

In 1973 Strickland was a chair of the APA committee that pushed for more research on discrimination of marginalized groups. In 1987 Strickland became the seventh woman president of the APA. Additionally, she was the third ever woman president of the APA’s clinical division and has served as president of the APA’s Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual division Strickland has been teaching at the University of Massachusetts Amherst for 46 years and is now a professor emerita.

Accomplishments

Strickland is known for her time as president of the APA in 1987, but she has many other accomplishments of note. The APA Division 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women) issues the Strickland-Daniel Mentoring Award to recognize feminist mentoring in psychology. The award was originally known as the Bonnie Strickland Distinguished Mentoring Award but was later renamed to co-honor the award's first recipient, Jessica Henderson Daniel. In 2014, Strickland was awarded the Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in Psychology in the Public Interest by the APA. Strickland has also written many pieces of literature related to her psychology passion. These works include The Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology, Including the Other in Psychology, and Misassumptions, Misadventures, and the Misuse of Psychology.

Dr. Council's comments - Assignment 8

Good job! Please make one major change so you have a final draft ready to move to the Wikipedia main article space. This is:

• Use proper reference style. You are fudging this now so it kind of looks right, but you don't have your reference citations embedded in the text and have not generated a proper reference list. See Wikipedia:Citing sources
• Also any final cleaning and polishing you can think of, but get your references right. All of your sources are on the web - if you can find some published sources, that would be great.

J.R. Council (talk) 19:18, 17 April 2019 (UTC)