Pamela Trotman Reid

Pamela Trotman Reid is an American developmental psychologist, former professor, and president emerita of the University of Saint Joseph.

Biography Pamela Trotman Reid grew up in Brooklyn and Queens, New York. She has said what she loved most when she was a child was reading and science. The couple later set up an endowment for the school's psychology department.

Education Reid attended Howard University where she received her B.S.

Academic work and research From 1999 to 2004 she worked at the University of Michigan as a professor of psychology, a professor of education, and as the Director of the Women's Studies Program. She also served as a professor at City University of New York, Howard University, Drexel University, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, the College of New Jersey, and Philadelphia Community College. In her time as president she launched the university's School of Pharmacy, guided the transition from college to university, started programs for the Doctor of Nursing Practice and the Master of Social Work.

She is also active within the American Psychological Association. Reid is a fellow at the APA and served as the first African American president of the Society for the Psychology of Women. Distinguished Career-Contributions to Research Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Race, Ethnicity and Culture (2000) Distinguished Service Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (2008) 100 Most Influential Blacks in the State of Connecticut at the NAACP Connecticut State Conference (2009)

Selected publications Reid, P. T., & Comas-Diaz, L. (1990). Gender and ethnicity: Perspectives on dual status. Sex roles, 22(7), 397–408. Reid, P. T. (1993). Poor women in psychological research: Shut up and shut out. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 17(2), 133–150. Reid, P. T. (1988). Racism and sexism. In Eliminating racism (pp. 203–221). Springer, Boston, MA. Reid, P. T., & Trotter, K. H. (1993). Children's self-presentations with infants: Gender and ethnic comparisons. Sex Roles, 29(3-4), 171–181. Mahalingam, R., & Reid, P. T. (May 2007). Dialogue at the margins: Women's self-stories and the intersection of identities. In Women's studies international forum (Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 254–263). Pergamon.