title: Have PhD, will travel.
abstract: This autobiography contains some of the clinical and research highlights of my career in the context of my personal odyssey and my appreciation of science as a potential check on political and economic forces in psychology. Typically, my research arose from clinical problems encountered at work and from my disinclination to rely on methods that lacked prior demonstrated validity for the type of problem and client in question. Otherwise, I feared my recommendations were no better than those based on common prejudices and biases, which I encountered throughout my work life as a dark-skinned, outspoken, non-Christian from the Bronx.
authors.affiliation: Chevy Chase, Maryland.
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D033262:Narration; D010820:Physicians; D011584:Psychology