Mary Gergen (1938-2020).

Abstract

Memorializes Mary Gergen (1938-2020). Gergen led from the margins and reimagined psychol ogy, bringing a path-breaking sensibility to the study of gen der, questioning the essentialism rampant in the 1980s, and demonstrating that gender is a social construction. As she extended her ideas about gender, she saw a need for new methods and, influenced by constructionist thought, embraced qualitative forms of inquiry. She was a prolific scholar, publishing many articles that were always provocative and original. The legacy of her work is in part the growth of perform ance inquiry in the social sciences and the legitimacy of qualitative inquiry. She was an associate editor of Qualita tive Psychology and a mentor to many women. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).