Nancy Chodorow

Nancy Chodorow
Born
Nancy Julia Chodorow

(1944-01-20)January 20, 1944
New York City, U.S.
DiedOctober 14, 2025(2025-10-14) (aged 81)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materRadcliffe College
London School of Economics and Political Science
Harvard University
Brandeis University
Known forPsychoanalytical feminism
Scientific career
FieldsPsychoanalytic theory and clinical methods, psychoanalysis, gender and sexuality, psychoanalytic sociology and anthropology, feminist theory and methods
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley; Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School Wellesley College
Doctoral advisorEgon Bittner
Other academic advisorsPhilip Slater

Nancy Julia Chodorow (January 20, 1944 – October 14, 2025) was an American sociologist and academic. 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.

Chodorow died on October 14, 2025, at the age of 81.

References

  1. ↑ Chodorow, Nancy Julia (1975). Family Structure and Feminine Personality: The Reproduction of Mothering (PhD). Brandeis University. p. i. OCLC 217167326. ProQuest 302744378.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Luttrell, Wendy (2005). "Chodorow, Nancy". Encyclopedia of Social Theory. doi:10.4135/9781412952552.n41. ISBN 9780761926115.
  4. ↑ Ballardo, Jessica (October 16, 2025). "In memoriam of Sociology Professor Nancy Chodorow, a foundational feminist scholar". UC Berkeley News. Retrieved October 18, 2025.