title: Diversity and personality assessment: a country boy goes city.
abstract: Born and raised in a country community in Northern Indiana, I mainly learn about the greater world through school, especially graduate school. Diversity and its companion, bigotry, have played major roles in my life along with many individuals--mostly women. I have been lucky to have learned from some of the major individuals in the field of personality assessment, particularly Sid Blatt and John Exner. On the verge of retirement, I look back on a career with affection and some trepidation.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA. barry.ritzler@liu.edu.
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ritzler
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000739:Anecdotes as Topic; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000592:standards*; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D012424:Rural Population; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population