Feminist psychology is a form of psychology centered on social structures and gender. Feminist psychology critiques historical psychological research as done from a male perspective with the view that males are the norm. Feminist psychology is oriented on the values and principles of feminism.
Alice H. Eagly is the James Padilla Chair of Arts and Sciences Emerita and emerita professor of psychology at Northwestern University. She is also a fellow at the Institute of Policy Research at Northwestern University. Her primary research focus is social psychology,as well as personality psychology and Industrial Organizational Psychology. She was elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2022.
Janet Allison Taylor Spence was an American psychologist who worked in the field of the psychology of anxiety and in gender studies.
Founded in 1936,the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) is a group of 3,000 scientists from psychology and related fields who share a common interest in research on the psychological aspects of important social and policy issues. In various ways,SPSSI seeks to bring theory and practice into focus on human problems of the group,the community,and nations,as well as on the increasingly important problems that have no national boundaries. SPSSI affords social and behavioral scientists opportunities to apply their knowledge and insights to the critical problems of today's world. SPSSI fosters and funds research on social issues through annual awards and programs of small research grants and disseminates research findings through its scholarly journals,sponsored books,specialized conferences,and its convention programs. SPSSI encourages public education and social activism on social issues and facilitates information exchange through its newsletter,social media,and electronic discussion groups. With headquarters in Washington,DC,the Society influences public policy through its publications,congressional briefings,and the advocacy efforts of its members,fellows,and staff. The Society's mission is extended to the global arena by a team of representatives who cover developments at UN headquarters in New York and Geneva. SPSSI has been represented at the United Nations as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) since 1987. SPSSI serves as consultant to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). An independent society,SPSSI is also Division 9 of the American Psychological Association (APA) and an organizational affiliate of the American Psychological Society (APS).
Florence Harriet Levin Denmark is an American psychologist and a past president of the American Psychological Association (APA) (1980-1981). She is a pioneering female psychologist who has influenced the psychological sciences through her scholarly and academic accomplishments in both psychology and feminist movements. She has contributed to psychology in several ways,specifically in the field of psychology of women and human rights,both nationally and internationally.
Nilanjana Dasgupta is a social psychologist whose work focuses on the effects of social contexts on implicit stereotypes - particularly on factors that insulate women in STEM fields from harmful stereotypes which suggest that females perform poorly in such areas. Dasgupta is a Professor of Psychology and is the Director of the Institute of Diversity Sciences and the University of Massachusetts,Amherst.
Diane M. Mackie is a social psychologist known for her research in the fields of intergroup relations and social influence. She is Professor Emerita of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of California,Santa Barbara.
Batja Mesquita is a Dutch social psychologist,a cultural psychologist and an affective scientist. She is a professor of psychology at the University of Leuven,Belgium,where she studies the role of culture in emotions,and of emotions in culture and society. She is director of the Center for Social and Cultural Psychology in Leuven.
Irene Hanson Frieze is a personality psychologist and pioneering figure in the field of women's studies. She is known for her research on intimate partner violence in marriage and dating relationships,and for cross-cultural studies of attitudes about work and gender roles. Frieze is Professor Emerita of Psychology and Women's Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.
Monica Rose Biernat is a social psychologist known for her research on social judgment,stereotyping,prejudice,and discrimination. She is a University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Kansas.
Lisa A. Goodman is an American counseling psychologist known for her research on domestic violence and violence against women. She is Professor of Counseling Psychology at the Lynch School of Education at Boston College. Goodman is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association,Division of Counseling Psychology.
Silvia Sara Canetto is a psychologist known for her research in diversity issues related to suicidal behaviors,aging,and end of life. She is a professor of applied social health psychology,and counseling psychology at Colorado State University (CSU).
Rhoda K. Unger (1939-2019) was a feminist psychologist known for her position at the forefront of female activism in psychology. Unger was strongly committed to promoting social justice within society and women in science. She was a professor of psychology at Montclair State College for almost thirty years and was granted the status of Professor Emerita in 1999. After her retirement,Unger was a resident scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University.
Oliva Maria Espín is a Cuban American counseling psychologist known for her pioneering intellectual contributions to feminist therapy,immigration,and women's studies,and her advocacy on behalf of refugee women to help them to gain access to mental health services. Her interdisciplinary scholarly work brings together perspectives from sociology,politics,and religion to further understanding of issues and barriers related to gender,sexuality,language,and race. She is in the vanguard of transnational psychology,that applies transnational feminist lenses to the field of psychology to study,understand,and address the impact of colonization,imperialism,and globalization. She is the first Latina Professor Emerita of Women’s Studies at San Diego State University.
Martha Tamara Shuch Mednick was a feminist psychologist known for her work on women,gender,race and social class. She was a professor of psychology at Howard University from 1968 until her retirement in 1995.
Marcia Guttentag was clinical social psychologist whose work focused on psychological issues related to children,poverty,women's rights,and mental health. As one of the founders of the Evaluation Research Society,Guttentag is known for being a pioneer in promoting evaluation research as a distinct field of social science. She was an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Bernice Lott was a social psychologist known for her work on feminist psychology,gender,poverty,social class,and prejudice and discrimination. She was Professor Emerita of Psychology and Woman's Studies at the University of Rhode Island and was a former Dean of its University College.
Sue Rosenberg Zalk(1945 –2001) was a development psychologist,feminist,and psychoanalyst known for her work on interpersonal relationships and attitudes about race and gender. Zalk was the Vice President for Student Affairs at the CUNY Graduate School at the time of her death.
Lawrence Samuel Wrightsman,Jr. was an American psychologist known for his research in social psychology and the psychology of law. He taught at the University of Kansas from 1976 until his retirement in 2008. He served as president of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) from 1976 to 1977 and of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) from 1977 to 1978. According to the SPSP,"The textbooks,articles,and addresses that Larry wrote helped create the field of psychology and law as we know it."
Aida Hurtado is a psychologist who has worked to promote the inclusion of women of color in the field of psychology. Hurtado is an influential Mexican-American psychologist. Hurtado has had a long and distinguished career in the field of psychology,advocating for the inclusion of women of color and the promotion of feminist psychology. Her research has specifically focused on the psychological aspects of gender,race,and ethnicity. In particular,Hurtado has been a pioneer in the development of feminist psychology,and her work has greatly contributed to the discipline’s understanding of the intersection of gender,race,and ethnicity. She has received two awards from the American Psychological Association:the Distinguished Contributions to Psychology Award in 2015 and the Presidential Citation in 2018.
