Rhoda Unger

rdf:langString Rhoda Unger

rdf:langString Rhoda Unger

rdf:langString Rhoda Unger

rdf:langString Brooklyn, New York

rdf:langString Montclair State University; Brandeis University

rdf:langString Brooklyn College; Harvard University

rdf:langString *APF Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Psychology in the Public Interest *AWP Distinguished Publication and Career Achievement Award

rdf:langString United States

rdf:langString Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies

rdf:langString Burton M. Unger

rdf:langString Rhoda K. Unger (1939-2019) was a feminist psychologist known for her position on 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. Unger was a pioneering figure in the Association for Women in Psychology (AWP), the Society for the Psychology of Women (American Psychological Association, Division 35), and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI). She served terms as President of the Society for the Psychology of Women (1980-1981) and President of the SPSSI (1998-1999), and was the inaugural editor of SPSSI's journal Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy.