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Oliva Espin

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Oliva M. Espín is Professor Emerita in the Department of Women’s Studies at San Diego State University and the California School of Professional Psychology of Alliant International University. Dr. Espín was a pioneer in the practice and theory of feminist therapy with women from different cultural backgrounds. Her most recent books are Gendered Journeys: Women, Migration, and Feminist Psychology (2015) and Women, Sainthood, and Power: A Feminist Psychology of Cultural Constructions (2019).

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My Fifty Years of Feminist Psychology

March is Women’s History Month. This year marks some significant milestones for me. The Department of Women’s Studies at San Diego...