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Janet Shibley Hyde

{{short description|American psychologist}}

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| alma_mater = Oberlin College
University of California, Berkeley

| occupation = Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

| awards = Honorary doctorate, Denison University (1996)
James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award (2018)

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Janet Shibley Hyde is the Helen Thompson Woolley Professor Emerit of Psychology and Gender & Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is known for her research on human sexuality, sex differences, gender development, gender and science, and feminist theory, and is considered one of the leading academics in the field of gender studies.{{Cite web|url=https://psych.wisc.edu/faculty-hyde.htm|title=Janet Hyde, Professor {{!}} Faculty & Staff {{!}} UW-Madison Department of Psychology {{!}} University of Wisconsin–Madison|website=psych.wisc.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101120341/https://psych.wisc.edu/faculty-hyde.htm|archive-date=2018-01-01|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|date=August 2007|title=Women Leaders: Janet Hyde, PhD|url=https://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug07/hyde|access-date=2022-02-12|website=www.apa.org|publisher=American Psychological Association}}

Biography

Hyde received her BA in mathematics from Oberlin College in 1969. She continued her education at the University of California, Berkeley, where she completed her Ph.D in psychology in 1972. Prior to joining the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1986, Hyde was a member of the faculty in the Department of Psychology at Bowling Green State University (1972–1979) and Denison University (1979–1986). She received an honorary doctorate degree in social science from Denison University in 1996. {{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}

Published in 2005, The Gender Similarities Hypothesis is a focal point of Hyde's work in the field.{{Cite journal|last=Hyde|first=Janet Shibley|title=The gender similarities hypothesis.|journal=American Psychologist|language=en|volume=60|issue=6|pages=581–592|doi=10.1037/0003-066x.60.6.581|pmid=16173891|year=2005|citeseerx=10.1.1.374.1723}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.awpsych.org/distinguished_publication.php|title=Distinguished Publication - Association for Women in Psychology|website=www.awpsych.org|language=en|access-date=2017-12-09|archive-date=2020-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619150950/https://www.awpsych.org/distinguished_publication.php|url-status=live}} In this influential study, Hyde conducted a series of meta-analyses that documented how similar males and females are on most psychological variables, which contrasted with how different they are often perceived to be.{{Cite web|url=http://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug07/hyde.aspx|title=Women Leaders: Janet Hyde, PhD|website=APA|language=en|access-date=2017-12-09|archive-date=2017-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205230406/http://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug07/hyde.aspx|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.apa.org/research/action/difference.aspx|title=Men and Women: No Big Difference|website=APA|language=en|access-date=2017-12-09|archive-date=2017-12-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213011003/http://www.apa.org/research/action/difference.aspx|url-status=live}}

The royalties from her co-authored textbook Half the Human Experience{{Cite book|title=Half the human experience : the psychology of women|last=Shibley|first=Hyde, Janet|others=Else-Quest, Nicole.|isbn=978-1111833824|edition=Eighth|location=Belmont, CA|oclc=755698598|date = 2012-07-31}} go to the Janet Hyde Graduate Student Research Grants to support doctoral psychology students in feminist research.{{Cite web|url=http://www.apadivisions.org/division-35/awards/hyde.aspx|title=Janet Hyde Graduate Student Research Grant|website=APA|access-date=2017-12-09|archive-date=2017-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205192402/http://www.apadivisions.org/division-35/awards/hyde.aspx|url-status=live}} Hyde is also co-author of the textbook Understanding Human Sexuality.{{Cite book|title=Understanding human sexuality|last=Shibley.|first=Hyde, Janet|date=2011|publisher=McGraw-Hill|others=DeLamater, John D.|isbn=9780073382821|edition=11th|location=New York|oclc=659023044}}

Hyde received the Ernest R. Hilgard Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2016{{Cite web|url=http://www.apa.org/monitor/2016/09/division-awards.aspx|title=2016 Division award winners|website=APA|language=en|access-date=2017-12-09|archive-date=2017-12-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213011458/http://www.apa.org/monitor/2016/09/division-awards.aspx|url-status=live}} and the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science in 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://www.psychologicalscience.org/members/awards-and-honors/cattell-award|title=APS James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award|work=Association for Psychological Science|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en-US|archive-date=2017-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217010110/http://www.psychologicalscience.org/awards/cattell/citations/locke.cfm|url-status=live}} Previous awards include the Kinsey Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (1992),{{Cite web|url=http://www.sexscience.org/honors/kinsey_award/|title=Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality|website=www.sexscience.org|access-date=2017-12-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809025020/http://www.sexscience.org/honors/kinsey_award/|archive-date=2011-08-09|url-status=dead}} the Heritage Award from APA Division 35, Psychology of Women (1996),{{Cite web|url=http://www.apadivisions.org/division-35/awards/heritage.aspx|title=Heritage Award|website=APA|access-date=2017-12-09|archive-date=2017-12-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213010414/http://www.apadivisions.org/division-35/awards/heritage.aspx|url-status=live}} the Carolyn Wood Sherif Award from APA Division 35 (1998) for Men are From Earth, Women are From Earth. The Media vs. Science on Psychological Gender Differences,{{Cite web|url=http://www.apadivisions.org/division-35/awards/sherif.aspx|title=Carolyn Wood Sherif Award|website=APA|access-date=2017-12-09|archive-date=2018-04-14|archive-url=https://perma-archives.org/warc/20180414230446/http://www.apadivisions.org/division-35/awards/sherif.aspx|url-status=live}} the APA Award for Distinguished Service to Psychological Science (2008),{{Cite web|url=http://www.apa.org/about/awards/bsa-distserv.aspx?tab=4|title=Award for Distinguished Service to Psychological Science|website=APA|access-date=2017-12-09|archive-date=2017-12-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213011413/http://www.apa.org/about/awards/bsa-distserv.aspx?tab=4|url-status=live}} the Pioneer in the Psychology of Women Award from the Association for Women in Psychology (2009), and the Committee on Women in Psychology Award for Distinguished Leadership (2014).{{Cite web|url=http://www.apa.org/pi/women/committee/leadership-award-recipients.aspx|title=Committee on Women in Psychology Leadership Award Citations|website=APA|language=en|access-date=2017-12-09|archive-date=2018-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204151840/http://www.apa.org/pi/women/committee/leadership-award-recipients.aspx|url-status=live}}

Representative publications

  • Barnett, R. C., & Hyde, J. S. (2001). Women, men, work, and family. An expansionist theory. American Psychologist, 56(10), 781-796.
  • Hyde, J. S. (2005). The gender similarities hypothesis. American Psychologist, 60(6), 581-592.
  • Hyde, J. S., Fennema, E., & Lamon, S. J. (1990). Gender differences in mathematics performance: a meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 107(2), 139-155.
  • Hyde, J. S., Lindberg, S. M., Linn, M. C., Ellis, A., & Williams, C. (2008). Gender similarities characterize math performance. Science, 321, 494-495.
  • Hyde, J. S., & Linn, M. C. (1988). Gender differences in verbal ability. Psychological Bulletin, 104(1), 53-69.
  • Hyde, J. S. & Mertz, J. (2009). Gender, culture, and math. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106, 8801-8807.
  • Kling, K. C., Hyde, J. S., Showers, C. J., & Buswell, B. N. (1999). Gender differences in self-esteem: a meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 125(4), 470-500.
  • Oliver, M. B., & Hyde, J. S. (1993). Gender differences in sexuality: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 114(1), 29-51.

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External links

  • {{Official webpage|https://gws.wisc.edu/staff/hyde-janet-shibley/|Hyde's faculty profile page}} at University of Wisconsin–Madison
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Category:British women psychologists

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Category:Feminist psychologists

Category:James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award recipients