Ellyn Kaschak

Ellyn Kaschak
Born	(1943-06-23)June 23, 1943
Died	February 20, 2025(2025-02-20) (aged 81)
Nationality	American
Awards	Feminist Therapy Institute Award for Outstanding Contribution to Feminist Psychology.
Academic background
Alma mater	Ohio State University Binghamton University

Ellyn Kaschak was born in Brooklyn, New York and graduated from Harpur College of the State University of New York with a B.A. in Russian language and literature (1965). ^[3] She gained her M.A. from George Washington University in 1968, and in 1974, she received a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the Ohio State University. ^[3] She also completed an internship at the Palo Alto Veterans Administration Hospital. ^[5]

Career

Kaschak has been Professor of Psychology at San Jose State University since 1974 and is currently Professor Emerita. At San Jose State University, she has served as Chairperson of the graduate program in Marriage, Family and Child Counseling and Director of the university's Family Counseling Service. ^[2]

She has also taught at Universidad Nacional and The United Nations University for Peace in Costa Rica, where she currently lives. She is the founder of the Ellyn Uram Kaschak Institute for Social Justice for Women and Girls ^[6] at SUNY at Binghamton.

She has served as the Chair of the Feminist Therapy Institute, the Committee on Women in Psychology and the Committee on Sexual and Gender Diversity of the American Psychological Association (APA) and is a Fellow of Division 35 (the Psychology of Women), Division 12 (Clinical Psychology), Division 44 (Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Issues), Division 45 (Ethnic Minority Issues), and Division 52 (International Psychology) of the APA. ^[7]

Awards

Distinguished Career Award of the Association for Women in Psychology (2019), and the Feminist Therapy Institute Award for Outstanding Contribution to Feminist Psychology. ^[7]

Select works

Books

• Kaschak, Ellyn (1992). Engendered lives: a new psychology of women's experience . New York, New York: Basic Books. ISBN   9780465013494.
• Kaschak, Ellyn; Hill, Marcia (1999). For love or money: the fee in feminist therapy. New York: Haworth Press. ISBN   9780789009562.
• Kaschak, Ellyn; Sharratt, Sara (1999). Assault on the soul: women in the former Yugoslavia . New York: Haworth Press. ISBN   9780789007711.
• Kaschak, Ellyn; Hill, Marcia (1999). Beyond the rule book: moral issues and dilemmas in the practice of psychotherapy . New York, New York: Haworth Press. ISBN   9780789007735.
• Kaschak, Ellyn (2001). The invisible alliance: psyche and spirit in feminist therapy. New York: Haworth Press. ISBN   9780789019066.
• Kaschak, Ellyn (2001). The next generation: third wave feminist psychotherapy . New York: Haworth Press. ISBN   9780789014108.
• Kaschak, Ellyn (2001). Intimate betrayal: domestic violence in lesbian relationships . Binghamton, New York: Haworth Press. ISBN   9780789016638.
• Kaschak, Ellyn; Tiefer, Leonore (2001). A new view of women's sexual problems. New York: Haworth Press. ISBN   9780789016829.
• Kaschak, Ellyn (2001). Minding the body: psychotherapy in cases of chronic and life-threatening illness . New York, New York: Haworth Press. ISBN   9780789013682.
• Kaschak, Ellyn (2001). The invisible alliance: psyche and spirit in feminist therapy. New York: Haworth Press. ISBN   9780789019066.
• Kaschak, Ellyn; Banks, Martha E. (2003). Women with visible and invisible disabilities: multiple intersections, multiple issues, multiple therapies. New York: Haworth Press. ISBN   9780789019370.
• Kaschak, Ellyn; Norsworthy, Kathryn L. (2013). Global border crossings: feminist activists and peace workers collaborating across cultures. London New York: Routledge. ISBN   9780415527880.
• Kaschak, E. (2015), Sight Unseen: Gender and Race through Blind Eyes. Columbia University Press, New York. ISBN   9780231172905

References

1. "Kaschak, Ellyn, 1943-". Library of Congress. Retrieved 31 January 2015. data sheet (b. 6/23/43 d. 2/20/25
2. Kahn, Jack S. (2009), "Overview: Introduction – who's who in masculinities research: Ellyn Kaschak, Ph.D.", in Kahn, Jack S. (ed.), An introduction to masculinities, Chichester, U.K. Malden, Massachusetts: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 1–2, ISBN   9781405181792, She was one of the founders of the field of feminist psychology, which she practiced since its inception some forty years ago
3. Barbara J. Love (2006). Feminists who Changed America, 1963-1975 . University of Illinois Press. p.  245. ISBN   9780252031892 . Retrieved November 22, 2013.
4. "Women & Therapy: Editorial Board". Taylor and Francis. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
5. Kaschak, Ellyn (2009), "Progress notes", in Cole, Ellen; Rothblum, Esther D.; Chesler, Phyllis (eds.), Feminist foremothers in women's studies, psychology, and mental health, New York: Routledge, p. 275, ISBN   9781317764335.
6. "Kaschak Institute for Social Justice for Women and Girls | Ellyn Uram Kaschak Institute for Social Justice for Women and Girls | Binghamton University". Ellyn Uram Kaschak Institute for Social Justice for Women and Girls - Binghamton University. Retrieved 2025-05-17.
7. Greene, Beverly A.; Brodbar, Dorith (2011), "Notes on contributors: Ellyn Kaschak", in Greene, Beverly A.; Brodbar, Dorith (eds.), A minyan of women: family dynamics, Jewish identity and psychotherapy practice, London New York: Routledge, pp. xv–xvi, ISBN   9780415610650.

External links

• San Jose State University, Emeritus Psychology Faculty page.