Psychologist, professor and novelist Carol Gilligan was named by TIME Magazine as one of 25 most influential Americans. Harvard University Press describes her 1982 book, In a Different Voice, as “the little book that started a revolution.” In 2002 The Birth of Pleasure was praised by The Times Literary Supplement as “a thrilling new paradigm” and characterized by NPR as the work of a psychologist who writes like a novelist.
Gilligan’s work continues to inspire political debate, new research, films and novels as well as initiatives in social policy and education. As a member of the Harvard faculty, she held the university’s first chair in gender studies. In 1997 she received the prestigious Heinz Award for her contributions to understanding the human condition.
Her most recent works include a critically acclaimed play, co-authored with her son Jonathan and inspired by The Scarlet Letter, and a book, Darkness Visible: Loss, Patriarchy and Democracy’s Future, co-authored with NYU law professor David Richards. Her first novel, Kyra, which the Miami Herald called “deeply emotional and a thinking person’s love story,” was published in January 2008.
She is currently a University Professor at New York University with affiliations in the School of Law, the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
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