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has also held postdoctoral appointments at Princeton University and the University of California, Berkeley.

Dr. Cynthia E.Winston-Proctor is a widely respected and accomplished narrative personality psychologist and academic. She is Professor of Psychology and Principal Investigator of the Identity and Success Research Laboratory at Howard University. She is also founder of Winston Synergy LLC, a psychology and education consulting firm. Dr. Winston-Proctor earned her Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from Howard University and her Ph.D. in psychology and education from the University of Michigan. Recognized as an outstanding psychologist, research scientist, and teacher, Dr. Winston-Proctor was awarded the National Science Foundation Early Career Award for scientists and engineers, the Howard University Syllabus of the Year Award, the Howard University Emerging Scholar Award, and a Brown University Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Professorship. Also, she was elected as a member of the Society of Personology, the oldest and most prominent society for scholars to develop, preserve, and promote theory and research that focuses on the study of individual lives and whole persons. As an academic, she has led the development of curricula across a spectrum of areas including undergraduate education in psychology, behavioral cybersecurity, qualitative inquiry in psychology, healthy living for women, culturally responsive computational thinking, and African ancestry education. Her theory and method development-focused research and education scholarship have resulted in publications in numerous journals and edited books, including Culture & Psychology; Qualitative Psychology; Journal of Research on Adolescence; Psych Critiques; New Directions in Childhood & Development; the Oxford Handbook of Cultural Psychology; and Culture, Learning, & Technology: Research and Practice. Dr. Winston-Proctor's professional service includes serving as an editor on the Editorial Board of the American Psychological Association Journal of Qualitative Psychology, President of the Society of STEM Women of Color, Member of the Board of Directors of the Alfred Harcourt Foundation, and Advisor to the Board of Directors of the Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science.