{"id":38261,"date":"2023-02-10T08:51:21","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T13:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/?post_type=cu-people&#038;p=38261"},"modified":"2025-07-07T13:41:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T17:41:13","slug":"fran-cherry","status":"publish","type":"cu-people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/people\/fran-cherry\/","title":{"rendered":"Fran Cherry"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Research Interests<\/h4>\n<p>My current work is in the history and theory of psychology in general, and in social psychology, in particular. I would be interested in supervising students who are interested in social psychology\u2019s contribution to the development of \u201caction research\u201d in the period from 1945 to 1965. This type of research focused on prejudice reduction, the analysis of discriminatory behavior and interventions for greater social justice. I am also interested in contemporary forms of action research.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in contacting me about supervision, please have a look at what I have been working on as found in the following:<\/p>\n<h4>Publications<\/h4>\n<p>Rutherford, A., Cherry, F., &amp; Unger, R. (Eds.). (2011). 75 years of social science for social action: Historical and contemporary perspectives on<em>\u00a0SPSSI\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0scholar-activist legacy.\u00a0<em>Journal of Social Issues, 67(1),<\/em>\u00a0Whole Issue, 1-202. \u201cCautious Courage\u201d: SPSSI\u2019s connections and reconnections at the United Nations.\u00a0<em>Journal of Social Issues, 67,\u00a0<\/em>165-178.<\/p>\n<p>Rutherford, A., Unger, R., &amp; Cherry, F. (2011). Reclaiming\u00a0<em>SPSSI\u2019<\/em>s Sociological past: Marie Jahoda and the immersion tradition in social psychology.\u00a0<em>Journal of Social Issues, 67,\u00a0<\/em>42-58.<\/p>\n<p>Cherry, F. (2009). Social Psychology. In Fox, D., Prilleltensky, I., &amp; Austin, S. (Eds.).\u00a0<em>Critical Psychology: An Introduction<\/em>.\u00a0<em>Second Edition,<\/em>\u00a0Chapter 6, pp 93-109.<\/p>\n<p>Cherry, F. (2008). Thomas F. Pettigrew: Building on the scholar\/activist tradition in social psychology. In\u00a0 U. Wagner, L.R. Tropp, G. Finchilescu, &amp; C.G. Tredoux (Eds.),\u00a0<em>Improving intergroup relations \u2013 Building on the legacy of Thomas F. Pettigrew<\/em>. 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