When Carolyn Becker, Ph.D., 她决定离开常春藤覆盖的学校，去赌博平台网站大全当教员, she was labeled a renegade. That was 25 years ago.
“When I chose to come to Trinity, 在我的临床心理学领域指导过我的大多数人都认为我的决定没有任何意义. 我被安排在东北部的研究机构或医学院担任教员，整天写拨款申请,” Becker laughs. “但我知道我喜欢本科教学，我想专注于此.”
她于1999年来到赌博娱乐平台网址大全，是全美唯一的临床心理学家 Department of Psychology. 在斯沃斯莫尔学院获得心理学和社会学/人类学学士学位, she was thrilled to be back in the liberal arts environment. “我喜欢玩创意，质疑现状，在我的领域里探索兔子洞. All of that is better done at a liberal arts college. I have more freedom here.”
贝克尔的研究发表了许多关于身体形象和饮食失调的出版物. 她把自己事业上的许多成功都归功于她的学生. “我经常对我的学生说，‘我有这个想法，但还没有形成. Let's see what we can do with this.’ Then we work together, and we run with it. They just have great ideas.”
她的教育和指导理念一直是将学生视为初级合作者. “我认为这会使过渡到后期的指导阶段更容易，因为我已经在高水平上与他们合作，并且相信他们可以做很多事情,” she says. Students are frequently authors on her publications.
贝克尔作为导师的巨大影响促使她以前的三名学生提名她 Lawrence H. Cohen Outstanding Mentor Award临床心理学科学学会(SSCP). She is the first awardee not employed at an R1 institution, 授予一流研究机构的头衔，将其预算的一定价值用于研究支出.
Since coming to Trinity, 贝克尔支持超过55名学生获得认可的临床心理学博士学位.D. programs. The path to gaining a Ph.D. 在临床心理学是艰巨的，录取率很低. “绝大多数学生在拿到B后必须做全职研究.A. or B.S. 然后再申请研究生院，以提高竞争力。. “这意味着，尽管他们肯定会在赛后得到支持, 他们中的许多人在研究生申请过程中仍然会回来接受广泛的指导.” After post-baccalaureate research and graduate school, 临床心理学的学生还需要完成博士前实习, which is essentially a year dedicated to clinical training, and most will also complete a post-doctoral training.
在这个漫长的过程中，贝克尔与她的学生保持联系是很重要的. “我可能是他们谈论不同项目利弊的人. 我可能会带他们去参加会议，把他们介绍给别人去实习，或者为博士后牵线搭桥, or providing letters of recommendation for grants afterward.她的许多学生在完成培训后，仍然给她打电话寻求专业指导. “我基本上对所有的学生说，‘我们永远在这里. 如果你觉得我们能帮上忙，你可以随时回复我们.’”
Salome Wilfred ’14, a nominator, 她解释说，正是贝克尔最初对她作为学生的信任，让她成为了一名与众不同的导师. “我和卡洛琳第一次见面时，我们无所不谈. Her immediate investment in me was unfamiliar. Carolyn was the first educator who genuinely believed in me.” Now working toward completing her Ph.D. 在密苏里大学堪萨斯城分校，威尔弗雷德仍然重视贝克尔的影响. “Her mentorship is why I want to work in academia. 我亲身体验了老师能给你的生活带来的不同.”
贝克尔曾因其杰出的指导而获得认可. She received the Piper Professor award in 2017 感谢她对德克萨斯州教学职业的奉献. In 2012, she was granted the Dr. and Mrs. Z.T. Scott Faculty Fellowship Award for excellence in teaching and advising at Trinity.
Still, she admitted the Lawrence H. Cohen Award, awarded by contemporaries in her field, 对她来说意味着不同的东西:“这是一种天花板被打破的肯定,” she says. “它承认文理学院的教授在我们领域的进步和培养未来的临床心理科学家方面发挥着重要作用, even at a small college in Texas.”
上面的照片显示了卡罗琳·贝克尔和她的一些同事和前赌博娱乐平台网址大全的学生.
Back row from right to left: Mason Fraser '24; Carolyn Becker, Ph.D.; Lisa Smith Kilpela '04, Ph.D. (faculty at UT Health San Antonio); Anna Ciao '04, Ph.D. (faculty at Western Washington University); Nancy Liu '04, Ph.D. (faculty at UC Berkley).
Front row left to right: Amani Piers '14, Ph.D. (psychologist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia); Savannah Hooper '21 (Ph.D. student at the University of Louisville); Salome Wilfred '14 (predoctoral intern at the University of NC); Bill Ellison, Ph.D. (faculty at Trinity University); Clara Johnson '16 (Ph.D. student at the University of Washington).
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