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Cynthia Pury is a Professor of Psychology at Clemson University, affiliated with the College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences. She holds roles as Undergraduate Coordinator and Schedule Coordinator. Her research focuses on courage, positive psychology, virtue ethics, and their applications in mental health, organizations, and daily life. Pury earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Northwestern University (1997), along with an M.S. (1991) and B.A. (1989) in Psychology from the same institution and the University of Wisconsin-Madison respectively.
Her work explores how courage manifests across contexts, emphasizing the interplay of individual traits and situational factors. Recent publications address pandemic mental health resilience, military treatment-seeking behavior, and theoretical frameworks for courage measurement. Pury has contributed to edited volumes such as the *Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology* and co-authored influential papers on courage conceptualization.
Active in teaching, she instructs courses like Positive Psychology and Stress Management. Her advising and grants focus on promoting courage research and applied interventions, though specific grants are not detailed here. Pury collaborates with institutions like the Human Factors Institute and engages in community outreach through Clemson's Rural Health initiatives.
