PSYCHOLOGIST

Nancy Chodorow

1944 - 2025

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Nancy Julia Chodorow (January 20, 1944 – October 14, 2025) was an American sociologist and academic. She began teaching 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. Subsequently, she taught psychiatry at Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Health Alliance. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Nancy Chodorow is the 204th most popular psychologist (up from 212th in 2024), the 6,994th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,674th in 2019) and the 70th most popular American Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Nancy Chodorow ranks 204 out of 235. Before her are Michael Tomasello, Théodore Flournoy, Louis Leon Thurstone, Judith Rich Harris, Jaak Panksepp, and Robin Dunbar. After her are Endel Tulving, Christina Maslach, Sandra Bem, Marie Jahoda, Karl Lashley, and Richard Lynn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Nancy Chodorow ranks 471. Before her are Oscar Temaru, William Sanderson, François Migault, Miguel Ríos, Edith McGuire, and Houmane Jarir. After her are Said Musa, Helmut Dietl, Jimmy Johnstone, Pepe Romero, Rudi Assauer, and Valdeir Vieira. Among people deceased in 2025, Nancy Chodorow ranks 309. Before her are Lenny Wilkens, Dieter Herzog, Kim Sae-ron, Jørgen Leth, Homayoun Ershadi, and Ruth Buzzi. After her are Alf Clausen, Roy Jacobsen, Léon Krier, Peter McParland, Claus Offe, and Stefano Benni.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nancy Chodorow ranks 6,996 out of 20,380. Before her are Billy Evans (1932), Paul Sweezy (1910), Zachary Quinto (1977), Alex Cord (1933), Art Metrano (1936), and George Gervin (1952). After her are Ethel Waters (1896), John Diehl (1950), Chris Morgan (1966), Sandy Neilson (1956), John Exley (1867), and Gil Scott-Heron (1949).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Nancy Chodorow ranks 70. Before her are Gustave Gilbert (1911), Lewis Terman (1877), John C. Lilly (1915), Michael Tomasello (1950), Louis Leon Thurstone (1887), and Judith Rich Harris (1938). After her are Christina Maslach (1946), Sandra Bem (1944), Karl Lashley (1890), Julian Jaynes (1920), Neal E. Miller (1909), and Lee Cronbach (1916).

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