Nancy Chodorow
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Nancy Chodorow | |
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| Born | Nancy Julia Chodorow January 20, 1944 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | October 14, 2025 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Radcliffe College London School of Economics and Political Science Harvard University Brandeis University |
| Known for | Psychoanalytical feminism |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychoanalytic theory and clinical methods, psychoanalysis, gender and sexuality, psychoanalytic sociology and anthropology, feminist theory and methods |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley; Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School Wellesley College |
| Doctoral advisor | Egon Bittner[1] |
| Other academic advisors | Philip Slater |
Nancy Julia Chodorow (January 20, 1944 – October 14, 2025) was an American sociologist and academic.[2] She taught at Wellesley College in 1973, then moved to the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she taught from 1974 until 1986. She was a Sociology and Clinical Psychology professor at the University of California, Berkeley, until 1986. She taught psychiatry at Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Health Alliance. Chodorow was known for her written works about feminist thought.[3]
Chodorow died on October 14, 2025, at the age of 81.[4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Chodorow, Nancy Julia (1975). Family Structure and Feminine Personality: The Reproduction of Mothering (PhD). Brandeis University. p. i. OCLC 217167326. ProQuest 302744378.
- ↑ Chodorow, Nancy (1995). "Becoming a feminist foremother". In Phyllis Chesler; Esther D. Rothblum; Ellen Cole (eds.). Feminist foremothers in women's studies, psychology, and mental health. New York: Haworth Press. pp. 141–154. ISBN 9781560247678.
- ↑ Luttrell, Wendy (2005). "Chodorow, Nancy". Encyclopedia of Social Theory. doi:10.4135/9781412952552.n41. ISBN 9780761926115.
- ↑ Ballardo, Jessica (October 16, 2025). "In memoriam of Sociology Professor Nancy Chodorow, a foundational feminist scholar". UC Berkeley News. Retrieved October 18, 2025.