Background
Berkman, Joyce Eleanor Avrech was born on November 20, 1937 in San Jose, California, United States. Daughter of Benjamin and Lillian (Yudelowitz) Avrech.
Berkman, Joyce Eleanor Avrech was born on November 20, 1937 in San Jose, California, United States. Daughter of Benjamin and Lillian (Yudelowitz) Avrech.
Bachelor in History, University of California at Los Angeles, 1958; Master of Arts in History, Yale University, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy in History, Yale University, 1967.
Instructor Connecticut College, New London, 1962-1963. From instructor to professor history University Massachusetts, Amherst, since 1965, founder, member policy board Women's Studies Program, since 1975. Fulbright professor Free University, Berlin, since 2005.
Co-director Valley Women's History Collaborative, since 1998. Co-chair, member Chancellor's Commission on Civility in Human Relations, 1990-2000. Member board counsellors Marlboro College.
Consultant in field.
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Republican, Amherst Town Meeting, 1973-1990. Chairperson commission on sex role stereo typing Amherst School System, 1973-1980, Wildwood Elementary School Parent Advisory Committee, 1980-1981. Member National Women's Studies Association, American History Association, Northeastern Victorian Studies Association, Berkshire Conference Women Historians.
Married Leonard Berkman, September 2, 1962. Children: Jeremy Saul, Zachary Alexander Toke.