Anne Ellen Brodsky (born June 11, 1965) is an American professor in

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

and Gender and Women's Studies at the

University of Maryland, Baltimore County The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is a Public university, public research university in Catonsville, Maryland named after Baltimore County, Maryland, Baltimore County. It had a fall 2022 enrollment of 13,991 students, 61 un ...

(UMBC). She is also the Director of the Gender and Women's Studies Program, and the Chair of the Psychology Department. Also, she wrote the book, ''With All Our Strength: The

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) (, ''Jamʿiyat-e Inqilābi-ye Zanān-e Afghānistān'', ) is a women's organization originally based in Kabul, Afghanistan, that promotes women's rights and secular democracy. It w ...

''. Brodsky was born into a Jewish family, the daughter of Allan Jay Brodsky and Clementine Hommel Klein of

Shaler Township, Pennsylvania Shaler Township is a township in Allegheny County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It consists of much of the community of Glenshaw and several neighboring communities. The population was 28,132 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsbu ...

Her paternal great-grandfather emigrated from

Łódź Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located south-west of Warsaw. Łódź has a population of 655,279, making it the country's List of cities and towns in Polan ...

''New York, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1794–1943'' and her maternal grandparents were Germans.''U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925'' She attended Shaler Area High School and earned her A.B. from

Vassar College Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States. The college be ...

, M.A. from and Ph.D. from the

University of Maryland The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the Univ ...

, and post-doctorate from the

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is the public health graduate school of Johns Hopkins University, a private research university primarily based in Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded as the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene ...

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Living people 1965 births 20th-century American Jews American people of German-Jewish descent American people of Polish-Jewish descent People from Shaler Township, Pennsylvania American women psychologists 21st-century American psychologists American academics of women's studies University of Maryland, Baltimore County faculty Vassar College alumni University System of Maryland alumni Johns Hopkins University alumni 21st-century American Jews 21st-century American women scientists 20th-century American psychologists {{US-psychologist-stub