| Laura S. Brown |
Laura S. Brown earned her doctorate in clinical psychology in 1977 from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. She began working at the University of Washington as acting assistant professor in 1978. In 1980, she became clinical assistant professor and was promoted to clinical professor of psychology in 1992. Also, she has had an independent practice of clinical and forensic psychology in Seattle since 1980.
Dr. Laura Brown's primary interests lie in the fields of lesbian issues, feminist psychology, and ethics in trauma studies and psychology. She has been influential in the development of feminist psychotherapy theory. She has taught in Canada, Europe, and the United States on the above topics. Also, she has authored one book, edited three books, co-authored one book, and written 35 chapters of professional books and 44 journal articles.
She is a Fellow American Psychological Society and the American Psychological Society. She is a Fellow of APA in 10 divisions: Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Media, Ethnic-Minority Issues, Women, Independent Practice, Clinical, Society for the Study of Lesbian and Gay Issues, family, psychotherapy and The American Psychology-Law Society.
Dr. Laura Brown has received many awards and honors. In 1986, she was awarded the Diplomate in Clinical Psychology. She has received the Distinguished Publication Award of the Association for Women in Psychology twice. Also, she has been the recipient of the Distinguished Contributions Award of APA's Committee on Lesbian and Gay Concerns, the Leadership Citation of APA's Committee on Women in Psychology, APA's Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Public Service, and many others.
Dr. Brown has served on many committees and in numerous organizations. She has served on numerous APA governance groups, including the Committee on Women in Psychology, the Committee on Gay Lesbian and Bisexual Concerns, and others. She was the president of Division 44 (Society for the Study of Lesbian and Gay Issues), in 1987-88 and is currently the president of Division 35 (Women). She also was a member of both APA's Task Force on Women and Depression and the Working Group on Recovered Memories of Childhood Abuse. Furthermore, she was appointed to serve on the Ethics Code Revision Task Force and begun in 1997.
References:
Brown Laura S. (1994). Subversive dialogues: Theory in feminist theory. New York: Basic Books.