Judith Wallerstein

Judith S. Wallerstein (1921–2012) was an American psychologist and researcher known for her pioneering work on the effects of divorce on children and families. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Hunter College, a master’s degree in social work from Columbia University, and a doctorate in psychology from Lund University in Sweden. Wallerstein served as senior lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley’s School of Social Welfare and founded the Center for the Family in Transition in Northern California.

Her books include Surviving the Breakup: How Children and Parents Cope with Divorce, written with Joan B. Kelly; Second Chances: Men, Women, and Children a Decade After Divorce, co-authored with Sandra Blakeslee; The Good Marriage: How and Why Love Lasts, also with Blakeslee; and The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce: A 25-Year Landmark Study, written with Julia M. Lewis and Blakeslee. She contributed the foreword to Elizabeth Marquardt’s Between Two Worlds.