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About Veronica Ryan

Veronica Ryan (a pen name) earned her PhD in clinical psychology at the University of Virginia. She received her BS in psychology and philosophy from Tufts University, and subsequently worked for two years as a clinical interviewer and research assistant in the Massachusetts General Hospital psychiatry department. She has served as a contributor and editor for The Undercurrent, a national campus publication. She is a two-time winner of the Ayn Rand Institute's Fountainhead Essay Contest and a graduate of the Institute's four-year academic program.

Veronica Ryan's Articles

Are "Chinese Mothers" Superior?

Veronica Ryan January 26, 2011

In her controversial Wall Street Journal article “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior,” Amy Chua bemoans the preoccupation of Western parents with preserving their children's "psyches," often by way of sheltering them from unpleasant truths (such as the need to lose excess weight) or sparing them the responsibility of hard work…

Doubt vs. Certainty

Veronica Ryan February 20, 2009

Casts certainty on why the movie Doubt is leaving viewers wondering whether they can know anything for sure.

Good Living, Science & Technology

Demystifying Newton: The Force Behind the Genius

Veronica Ryan November 20, 2008

Presents key evidence in support of the basic motive that drove Isaac Newton to decode the nature of the physical world, and leaves the widely accepted Freudian view of his motive wanting.

Arts & Culture, Good Living

Mr. Jekyll and Dr. House: The Reason-Emotion Split as Manifested in House, M.D.

Veronica Ryan November 20, 2006

Examines the popular television series House, M.D., zeros in on its main flaw—acceptance of the reason-emotion dichotomy and all that it entails—and shows why this potentially excellent show is tragically mixed.