Nancy Chodorow

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]

Nancy Chodorow
Born	Nancy Julia Chodorow (1944-01-20)January 20, 1944 New York City, U.S.
Died	October 14, 2025(2025-10-14) (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

Chodorow died on October 14, 2025, at the age of 81.^[4]