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Rosalind Cartwright

Rosalind Dymond Cartwright (1922–2021) was a neuroscientist and professor emerita in the Department of Psychology and in the Neuroscience Division of the Graduate College of Rush University. She was known to her peers as "Queen of Dreams". In 2004 she was named Distinguished Scientist of the Year by the Sleep Research Society.

Rosalind Dymond Cartwright
Born
Rosalind Falk

December 30, 1922
New York City
DiedJanuary 15, 2021
Chicago
NationalityAmerican
Alma materB.S., M.S., University of Toronto
Ph.D., Cornell University
Scientific career
InstitutionsMt. Holyoke College

University of Chicago

Rush University
Thesis Empathic Ability, an Exploratory Study

Personal life and education

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The daughter of Henry Falk, a real estate developer, and Stella (Hein) Falk, a poet, Rosalind (Falk) Dymond Cartwright was born in New York City on December 30, 1922.[1]

Her undergraduate and master's degrees were from the University of Toronto. She earned her Ph.D. with the dissertation, Empathic Ability, an Exploratory Study, at Cornell University in 1949.[2]

She was married four times, twice to the same man, Richard Dennis.[1] Her other spouses were William Dymond[3] and Desmond Cartwright.[4]

Rosalind Cartwright died in Chicago on January 15, 2021, at the age of 98.[1]

Career

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Penelope Green of The New York Times wrote, "Nicknamed the Queen of Dreams by her peers, Cartwright studied the role of dreaming in divorce-induced depression, worked with sleep apnea patients and their frustrated spouses, and helped open one of the first sleep disorder clinics."[1]

Cartwright's early faculty career included two years at Mount Holyoke College and twelve years at the University of Chicago.[5] She built a sleep lab in 1962 at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, and studied REM sleep and dreaming. In 1977 she joined the faculty of the Graduate College at Rush University Medical Center, as chair of the Department of Behavioral Sciences and later the Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Division, and she founded the sleep disorder research and treatment center there.[1]

She became professor emerita in 2008 after stepping down from her position as chair of the Department of Behavioral Sciences at Rush University Medical Center.[1]

Selected publications

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Books

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  • Cartwright, Rosalind Dymond (1977). Night Life: Explorations in Dreaming. Prentice-Hall. ISBN 978-0136223245.
  • Cartwright, Rosalind Dymond (1978). A Primer on Sleep and Dreaming (Series in Clinical and Professional Psychology). Addison-Wesley. ISBN 978-0201009415.
  • Cartwright, Rosalind Dymond; Lamberg, Lynne (2001). Crisis Dreaming: Using Your Dreams to Solve Your Problems. iUnuverse. ISBN 978-0595155514.
  • Cartwright, Rosalind D. (2010). The Twenty-Four Hour Mind: The Role of Sleep and Dreaming in Our Emotional Lives. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199896288.
  • Rogers, Carl; Dymond, Rosalind F. (1954). Psychotherapy and personality change. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226723747.

Selected articles

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Awards and honors

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  • 1988: Eminent Woman in Psychology, 90th Annual APA Convention[6]
  • 1993: Award for Distinguished Contributions to Basic Research in Psychology, American Association of Applied and Preventive Psychology[7]
  • 2004: Distinguished Scientist Award, Sleep Research Society,[8] an award for "significant, original, and sustained scientific contributions to the sleep and circadian research field... influential research spanning an entire career".[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Green, Penelope (March 15, 2021). "Rosalind Cartwright, Psychologist and 'Queen of Dreams,' Dies at 98". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 9, 2023. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  2. ^ Dymond, R.F. "Empathic ability: an exploratory study". cornell.on.worldcat.org. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  3. ^ "New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967". www.ancestry.com. September 12, 1945. Archived from the original on September 10, 2021. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  4. ^ "Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1930-1960". www.ancestry.com. March 13, 1953. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  5. ^ "Rosalind Dymond Cartwright, Ph.D. - Publications". academictree.org Psychtree. 2021. Archived from the original on September 10, 2021. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  6. ^ "American Psychologist, Vol. 44, # 7". American Psychologist. 44 (7). 1989.
  7. ^ Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center (Chicago, Ill ) (1993). A Report of Stewardship (Annual Report), 1993. Rush University. [Chicago, Illinois] : Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center.
  8. ^ "In memoriam: Sleep and dreams pioneer Rosalind Cartwright, PhD | AASM". American Academy of Sleep Medicine – Association for Sleep Clinicians and Researchers. January 21, 2021. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  9. ^ "Distinguished Scientist Award". Sleep Research Society. 2021. Archived from the original on October 23, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
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