Catherine Steiner-Adair is an American clinical psychologist, author, speaker, consultant, and research associate at

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Education

Catherine Steiner-Adair graduated from

Scarsdale High School Scarsdale High School (SHS) is a four-year public high school in Scarsdale, New York, United States, a coterminous town and village in Westchester County, New York. It is a part of the Scarsdale Union Free School District. The school was founde ...

and earned her

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from

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in 1976. She was also an exchange student at

Williams College Williams College is a Private college, private liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was established as a men's college in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim ...

from 1974 to 1975. After Bowdoin, she earned her

doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''doctor'', meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' licentia docendi'' ("licence to teach ...

in Clinical and Consulting Psychology from the

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in 1984, where she studied girls' psychological development and education with

Carol Gilligan Carol Gilligan (; born November 28, 1936) is an American feminist, ethicist, and psychologist best known for her work on ethical community and ethical relationships. Gilligan is a professor of Humanities and Applied Psychology at New York Uni ...

Career

Steiner-Adair is an Associate Psychologist at

McLean Hospital McLean Hospital () (formerly known as Somerville Asylum and Charlestown Asylum) is a psychiatric hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts. McLean maintains the world's largest neuroscientific and psychiatric research program in a private hospital. It i ...

and a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at

. Her clinical and research work focuses on the development, understanding, and prevention of

eating disorders An eating disorder is a mental disorder defined by abnormal eating behaviors that adversely affect a person's health, physical or mental health, mental health. These behaviors may include eating too much food or too little food. Types of eatin ...

in girls. Her other areas of expertise include child development, the impact of culture on

gender identity Gender identity is the personal sense of one's own gender. Gender identity can correlate with a person's assigned sex or can differ from it. In most individuals, the various biological determinants of sex are congruent and consistent with the in ...

, social relationships, character development, and leadership training. In 2013, Steiner-Adair released a book called ''The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age'' with Teresa H. Barker. The book examines how technology and media change children's learning and development, and advises parents on balancing the benefits of technology while reducing its risks at each stage of development. She has spoken in the press about the impact of technology on children.

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Jewish Women and the Feminist Revolution
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