found: African American National Biography, accessed February 18, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Ladd, Florence; Florence Cawthorne; psychologist, educator, lecturer, fiction writer; born 16 June, 1932 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States; received BS in Psychology from Howard University (1953) and PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Rochester (1958); had a postdoctoral fellowship in Community Psychiatry at Harvard University (1964); taught at Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts, American College for Girls and Robert College, Istanbul (1959 -1964), Harvard Graduate School of Education (1965), Harvard Graduate School of Design (1972); was a fellow at Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute at Radcliffe College (1970-1972), administrator at the MIT School of Architecture and Planning (1977), dean of students, Wellesley College (1979-1984), educational director and liaison (1985-1987), director at Bunting Institute (1990-1997); member of board of trustees of Hampshire College; received Hutchison Medal from the University of Rochester (1991); published her first novel Sarah's Psalm (1996), received Literary Award for Best Fiction from Black Caucus of the American Library Association)
