Joan Ostrove is an associate professor of psychology at Macalester College in St Paul, Minnesota. She received her BA in Psychology from Williams College and her PhD in Psychology and a Certificate in Women’s Studies from the University of Michigan. Her research concerns the connections between individual psychology and social structure. She is particularly interested in the ways in which our positions in the social structure (specifically with respect to gender, social class, and disability) shape our individual psychological experiences and has pursued these interests in the areas of socioeconomic status and health, social class and the college experience, and relationships between people with disabilities and non-disabled people. In collaboration with Professor Gina Oliva at Gallaudet University, she is currently working on a project about alliances between deaf/hard-of-hearing people and hearing people.
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Joan M. Ostrove
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Macalester College
1600 Grand Avenue
St Paul MN 55105 USA
www.macalester.edu/~ostrove