Sharon Brehm

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Sharon Stephens Brehm
Born(1945-04-18)April 18, 1945
DiedMarch 30, 2018(2018-03-30) (aged 72)
Nationality American
Alma mater Duke University (B.A., Ph.D.)
Harvard University (A.M.)
Known forPast president of the American Psychological Association
Scientific career
Fields Social psychology

Sharon Stephens Brehm (April 18, 1945 [1] - March 30, 2018) [2] was an American psychologist who served as president of the American Psychological Association (APA). She was a professor of psychology at the University of Kansas. She held administrative roles at Binghamton University and Ohio University, before becoming chancellor of Indiana University Bloomington.

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Biography

Brehm was born in Roanoke, Virginia and earned an undergraduate degree in psychology from Duke University. She went to Harvard University for an AM in clinical psychology and then returned to Duke to earn a PhD in clinical psychology. [3]

Brehm spent 15 years at the University of Kansas, where she taught psychology and directed the honors program. [4] She served as dean of arts and sciences at the Binghamton University from 1990 to 1996. [5] She later served as provost at Ohio University and she was chancellor at Indiana University Bloomington between 2001 and 2003. [6]

She served as the 2007 president of the APA. [3] During her term, the organization created the Presidential Task Force on Integrative Healthcare for an Aging Population, APA-SRCD Task Force on Math and Science Education (with the Society for Research in Child Development) and the Presidential Task Force on Institutional Review Boards and Psychological Science. [3]

Personal

Brehm met psychologist Jack Brehm  [ pl ] when she went to work for him as a graduate assistant. The couple got married in 1968. Though they divorced several years later, they continued to work together and even co-authored a book. [7] Jack Brehm constructed the theory of reactance and Sharon adapted it to the clinical psychology setting. [8]

In a 2013 interview, Brehm discussed her Alzheimer's disease diagnosis, the early symptoms of which had appeared in 2010. [9] She died from complications of the disease in 2018.

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References

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  2. Indiana University mourns passing of former IU Bloomington Chancellor Sharon Brehm
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  5. Coker, Eric. "Meet the dean: Anne McCall to lead Harpur College into new era". Binghamton University . Retrieved May 24, 2014.
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  7. Wright, Rex, Greenberg, Jeff, Brehm, Sharon (2004). Motivational Analyses of Social Behavior: Building on Jack Brehm's Contributions to Psychology. Psychology Press. pp. 5–6. ISBN   113563310X . Retrieved May 24, 2014.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. Engle, David, Arkowitz, Hal (2006). Ambivalence in Psychotherapy: Facilitating Readiness to Change. Guilford Press. p. 44. ISBN   159385255X.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. Denny, Dann. "Sharon Brehm on living with Alzheimer's: 'This is my new reality'". Indiana University . Retrieved May 24, 2014.