Dr. Cynthia Winston: Professor & Researcher at Howard University
Posted on 16. Dec, 2009 by Leshell Hatley in Faculty, I'm a Full Professor!, Opportunities, Psychology, Scholarly Celebrations
Dr. Cynthia Winston is an Associate Professor in the Howard University Department of Psychology and Principal Investigator of the Identity and Success Research Laboratory. She also is the Principal and founder of Winston Synergy L.L. C., a psychology and research consulting firm.
Career & Awards
As a leading edge narrative personality psychologist, Dr. Winton’s profession career is devoted to understanding identity, as well as the psychology of race, racism, and success within lives. Dr. Winston has received several professions awards including the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Professor Fellowship from Brown University, the Emerging Scholar Award for the Howard University Faculty Senate, the Howard University Syllabus of the Year Award, and the National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award.
Dr. Winston conducts interdisciplinary psychology, science, and engineering education research. Adopting a novel interdisciplinary approach, her research integrates personality psychology, narrative psychology, and psychology engineering. She also has a special interest and expertise in mixed methods research design and data analysis. Through integrating digital technology with narrative, survey, and case study research methods, she has created the Identity and Success Life Story Research Method to stimulate the construction of autobiographical memories, life review, and personality assessment.
Currently, Dr. Winston is engaged in five psychology and education research projects funded by the National Science Foundation, Howard University, and Winston Synergy, L.L.C.: the Identity and Success Life Story Project; the Narrative Engineering Project, the Personality and Narrative Identity Study: the Howard University Mathematics and Science Middle School Academic and Psychological Development Success Project, and the HBCU-UP Black Excellence in Science Teaching Project.
Dr. Winston is the former Director of Educational, Fellowship, and Internship Programs at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and Program Director for the SNF Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate at Howard University.
Education
Dr. Winston earned her Master’s degree in Psychology and Ph.D. in Psychology and Education from the University of Michigan. She earned a Bachelors of Science degree from Howard University.
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