Media Psychologist, American Psychological Association Fellow, Psychology Today Blogger, Psychology and Pop Culture Author, Speaker, Dissertation Coach
JOANNE BRODER, PHD
You talk while I write. I will help you get straight to the point with the right words, analogies, examples, and supporting evidence.
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Like a song, a reader should feel seen and heard through a piece of writing that speaks directly to them. We all get dealt large doses of life, so we need to read something that will give us guidance, comfort, and solutions.
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With mental health awareness at the forefront, reading about topics in psychology helps make the situation relatable. I write what needs to be said and how it needs to be said for that audience.
MY JOURNEY
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I graduated college and went right to jail-as a counselor. After a few years of listening to inmate issues, I learned that I did not want to be a therapist. I moved on to a corporate role in human resources and started a Master’s in Adult and Organization Development at Temple University, while I was the Associate Director of the Training and Development Center. I studied and worked with the late Dr. Susan Wheelan, the queen of group development.
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I continued to earn a doctorate in Educational Psychology and focused my studies on motivation and risk taking personality. I have integrated a great deal from my study into my teaching practices. I taught in Organization Development and Leadership program at Saint Joseph’s University for 18 years, where I used my book, Finish Your Dissertation, Don’t Let it Finish YOU! as one of the course texts as I help students design and deliver their thesis and capstone projects. I was also the co-founding editor of Psychology Popular Media (formerly known as Psychology of Popular Media Culture), which was a peer reviewed journal that focused on how media use and popular culture impacts the dynamics of behavior of individuals, groups, and systems.
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I am a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and serve on the Council of Representatives, as well as Past President of the Society of Media Psychology and Technology, where I formed the Device Management and Intelligence team. We are created guidelines for professionals for a mindful social media presence (and not getting cancelled). I am active on the board trying to spread our overall message of think before you post to help people create social media posts they will not regret.
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One of my biggest goals is reduce the stigma associated with mental health issues and treatments; reduce the gap between theory and practice, which I am able to do through my Psychology Today blog, Research Notes: Exploring Icky Situations. I am also fortunate I get to do that through the Coalition for Psychology and Schools in Education with our materials for materials on dealing with students dealing with a variety of topics such as sadness, race-based hate speech and microagressions, stress, anxiety, and trauma.
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People and their stories inspire my content. I am an avid people watcher. In real life settings, I blend into the background and online, I keep up with pop culture. I love to watch what is trending and people's reactions. Although we all have our beautiful individual differences we are more relatable to each other than not.
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TESTIMONIALS
BOOKS, CHAPTERS, JOURNALS
This is a glimpse of my scholarly work!
Team Consultation (Chapter 23)
It was exciting to co-author a chapter in this book which was edited by the prominent Dr. Susan Wheelan, the queen of group development and my beloved mentor. This is a scholarly description of working with teams who need help in accomplishing their goals. I am certified in adminstering the GDQ (Group Development Questionnaire) so this chapter was a scholarly description of best practice for teams.
There is a large branch of psychological science dedicated to how technology and media use impacts individual, group, and systemic behavior. In 2020, Psychology of Popular Media had the #1 and #2 most downloaded articles in all of the journals published by the American Psychological Association.
Written for and inspired by my students, this slideshow is a dose of dissertation, thesis, and capstone motivation from my book, Finish Your Dissertation, Don't Let it Finish YOU!, a hands-on guide for each chapter and phase of your dissertation, thesis, or capstone study. This is the primary textbook for my courses at St. Joseph's University and coaching clients.
https://www.slideshare.net/wiley/slideshare-7-motivational-thoughts-to-help-you-finish-your-dissertation?from_action=save
