About Dr. Duggan and The Psychology Reader
I actually go by Mary Anne, or Mary if you are family, or Grandma to my sweet Hudson. Some of my students refer to me simply as “Miss.” When I taught kindergarten many years ago, I was Mrs. Duggan. My husband jokingly calls me “Murray.”
And that’s okay. I’m used to multiple identities, and as George R.R. Martin once said, “A reader lives 1000 lives . . .”
In my actual life, I am a psychology professor at Glendale Community College in Arizona where I teach courses in positive psychology, educational psychology, and introduction to statistics. And I am a reader.
I read everything. Right now, in fact, I am reading the side of a truck parked on New York City’s Upper West Side from a diner where I am enjoying a coffee. But besides reading random box trucks, I bite equally into fiction and non-fiction books. This Substack explores psychology-related books in a variety of genres.
But there’s more to the story . . .
I have been granted a sabbatical for the 2025-26 school year. What that means is I am literally getting paid to read, y’all! My sabbatical project involves studying how research in positive and health psychology can be used to improve well-being for teachers.
In addition to a site for book reviews, The Psychology Reader is my personal blog of travel, art, culture, and learning which I share in Life Between the Pages series. So, come for the reading recommendations; stay for reflections on living a richly curious and full life!
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