Dr. Cynthia Winston-Proctor, Professor of Psychology at Howard University, is a widely respected and accomplished narrative personality psychologist. Dr. Winston-Proctor draws on multiple disciplines of psychology such as personality, developmental, cognitive, educational, cultural, and neuropsychology to explore the role of narrative processing and autobiographical reasoning in the development of narrative identity and success across the life course. Building on her extensive interdisciplinary research, Dr. Winston-Proctor created Life Synergy™, a new narrative personality model to promote narrative reconstruction practices, psychological fulfillment, and wellness within the daily lives of professional women who have too many competing demands on their time and mental energy.
Dr. Winston-Proctor received the National Science Foundation’s Early Career Award, the foundation’s most prestigious award for early career scientists. She has been awarded over ten million dollars of federal and private foundation funding in support of her research, which has been published in numerous academic journals and books. In addition, Dr. Winston-Proctor recently co-authored the book, Behavioral Cybersecurity: Applications of Personality Psychology and Computer Science.