CV: Ann Rosen Spector

Education:

1985       Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania. University Fellow 1980-1982, Teaching Fellow 1982-1985. Dissertation: Effects of Fertility Status on Women’s Self-Concept and Life Choices.
 
1983 M.A., University of Pennsylvania. Summa Cum Laude.
 
1975 M.A., Villanova University. Summa Cum Laude.
 
1973 B.A., Pennsylvania State University. Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi. George M. Moffet Scholarship.

Counseling Experience:

1988–present       Private practice with individuals, couples, families, and groups. Specialties include: anxiety and depression, relationship and sexual issues, medical and health issues, job stress, and loss and bereavement
 
1989–1997 Co-coordinator and developmental advisor, Rutgers University
 
1985–1987 Clinical Associate in the Department of Psychiatry, The Counseling Program of Pennsylvania Hospital
 
1981–1985 Special Assistant to the Director and Staff Psychologist, Women in Transition
 
1978–1981 Associate Director and Staff Psychologist, Center for the Study of Adult Development, affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Qualifications:

1984–present       Licensed Psychologist, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 
1984–present Member, American Psychological Association
Division 35 – Society for the Psychology of Women
Division 42 – Psychologists in Independent Practice
 
1997–present Member, Philadelphia Society of Clinical Psychologists

Teaching Experience:

1988–present       Adjunct faculty, Department of Psychology, Rutgers University – Camden
 
1985 Adjunct faculty, Temple University
 
1981–1985 Teaching Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
 
1979 Guest Lecturer, University of West Virginia

Professional articles:

2004       “Psychological Issues and Interventions with Infertile Patients.” Special Issue of Women and Therapy [Joan C. Chrisler, Editor] Vol. 27, No. 3/4, 2004.
 
1994 “Childhood Health-Care Practices Among Italians and Jews in the United States, 1910–1940.” Health Transition Review, Vol. 4, No. 1, April, 1994. (with Alice Goldstein and Susan Cotts Watkins)

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