Rhoda K Unger was a feminist psychologist known for her position at the forefront of female activism in psychology.
12 Facts About Rhoda Unger
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Rhoda Unger was a professor of psychology at Montclair State College for almost thirty years and was granted the status of Professor Emerita in 1999.
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Rhoda Unger served terms as President of the Society for the Psychology of Women and President of the SPSSI, and was the inaugural editor of SPSSI's journal Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy.
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Rhoda Unger was awarded the Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Psychology in the Public Interest from the American Psychological Foundation in 2007.
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Rhoda Kesler Unger was born in Brooklyn, NY on February 22,1939 into a working-class Jewish family.
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Rhoda Unger received a Bachelor of Science degree from Brooklyn College, CUNY in 1960.
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Rhoda Unger completed a Master's degree in Experimental Psychology from Radcliffe College in 1964.
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Rhoda Unger went on to complete a PhD in Experimental Psychology from Harvard University in 1966, under the supervision of Charles G Gross.
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Rhoda Unger was an assistant professor at Hofstra University from 1966 to 1972.
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Rhoda Unger joined the faculty of Montclair State College in 1972 and she remained there until her retirement in 1999.
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Rhoda Unger was a Fulbright Senior Scholar at the University of Haifa.
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Rhoda Unger considered herself an empirical psychologist and focused her research efforts on addressing social problems.