Dr. Janet Switzer is a groundbreaker in the learning arena
Psychologist/educator Dr. Janet Switzer and her dog Psychologist/educator Dr. Janet Switzer is quick to agree with that old adage, and cites her mother as its perfect embodiment. “Education looked good to me when I started at Antioch College, [Yellow Springs, Ohio] but my Mother said I should stick with psychology, so I did what she advised.” As for graduate work, she went on, “A good friend and mentor suggested I should attend Clark University, [Worcester, Mass.] because of its developmental psychology program—then new in the mental health field. “It grew up as an alternative to the psychoanalytic approach,” she explained. Already having taken the advice of her mother as an undergraduate and then the counsel of a trusted mentor, Janet Switzer spent from 1956 to 1961 at Clark earning both a master’s degree and a doctorate. “My family financed my undergraduate education, but I had to take care of the rest of it,” she explained, citing an assortment of jobs she held to finance her graduate work, including a year with AT&T where she made a total of $3,995. “I can’t ever remember going into a department store during those days. I lived very frugally.” Granted, the finances were tight…
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