psychologist specialist university professor
She received her Bachelor from Brooklyn College, her Master of Arts from Yale University and holds Doctor of Philosophy.s in Comparative Literature (University of Wisconsin, 1969) and Clinical Psychology (Fielding Graduate University, 2004).
Born in Vienna, Austria, Beck is a child survivor of the Holocaust who came to the United States in 1940. She was a professor in Comparative Literature, German, and Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin from 1972 to 1984, at which time she became Chair of Women's Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. Since 2002 she has been Professor Emerita at the University of Maryland and an Alum Research Fellow with the Creative Longevity and Wisdom Initiative at Fielding Graduate University.
She is a founding member of The National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) and its Jewish and lesbian caucuses and helped establish the Madison, Wisconsin chapter of the National Lesbian Feminist Organization (NLFO).
