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Dr. Sharon Presley received her Ph.D. in social psychology from the City University of New York Graduate Center where her mentor and dissertation chair was Dr. Stanley Milgram, author of the classic study Obedience to Authority.

Dr. Presley is the author of Standing Up to Experts and Authorities: How to Avoid Being Intimidated, Manipulated, and Abused (Solomon Press, 2010) See the book website: http://www.standuptoauthorities.com

She is the co-editor of Exquisite Rebel: The Essays of Voltairine de Cleyre (SUNY Press, 2005). See http://www.voltairine.org
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Sharon Presley's Blog: Standing Up to Authorities

Tips for Dealing with Professionals

There are many kinds of professionals that people deal with on a regular basis—from accountants to plumbers, from attorneys to interior decorators. I can’t possibly discuss all the different kinds individually in one blog post. What I can do is give some general guidelines to use as models for the kind of questions you should ask and the approaches you should take. You have to decide which guideli Read more of this blog post »

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Published on November 03, 2011 16:45 • Tags: contractor, lawyer, professional-services

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	Exquisite Rebel: The Essays of Voltairine de Cleyre — Anarchist, Feminist, Genius by Voltairine de Cleyre, Sharon Presley (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Crispin Sartwell (Editor) 4.25 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Standing Up to Experts and Authorities: How to Avoid Being Intimidated, Manipulated, and Abused 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Think for Yourself: Questioning Pressures to Conform by Sharon Presley (Goodreads Author), Robert Anton Wilson (Joint Author) 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Authority But Oneself: The Anarchist Feminist Philosophy of Autonomy and Freedom really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Think for Yourself: How to Thrive in a World That Wants You to Obey and Conform 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Standing Up to Experts and Authorities: How to Avoid Being Intimidated, Manipulated, and Abused by Sharon Presley (2010) Paperback 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[Exquisite Rebel: The Essays of Voltairine de Cleyre-Anarchist, Feminist, Genius] [Author: De Cleyre, Voltairine] [February, 2005] by Voltairine de Cleyre, Sharon Presley (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars