Cynthia E. Winston-Proctor, Ph.D.

Dr. Winston-Proctor is a narrative personality psychologist and Professor in the Howard University Department of Psychology.  As the Principal Investigator of the Identity and Success Research Lab (ISRL), she conducts interdisciplinary psychological science research on the psychology of success within lives.  As such, she creates and translates theory and research on identity, achievement motivation, emotional intelligence, narrative personality, and the intersections of meaning of race and gender within lives to design culturally relevant science education and career development models.  Both her research and practice have a targeted focus on women with STEM academic careers, corporate leaders, and African American adolescent girls.

Dr. Winston-Proctor is writing a book on Life Synergy that will be published by Woodford Press in 2016.  She is a member of the Editorial Board of the American Psychological Association journal Qualitative Psychology.  In addition to her role as President of the Society of STEM Women of Color, she also serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science.  

Dr. Winston-Proctor is currently Co-Principal Investigator of the Howard University ADVANCE Institutional Transformation award from the National Science Foundation and leads the Howard University ADVANCE-IT Experience study. Throughout her career, Dr. Winston-Proctor has served as investigator for over $10 million dollars of externally funded projects. She also received the NSF Early CAREER Award for Scientists and Engineers.  Previously, she served as Director of Educational Programs at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Professor at Brown University.  Dr. Winston-Proctor earned a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and a B.S. in Psychology from Howard University.