Background
Durvasula was born on December 30, 1965 in Englewood, New Jersey, United States; the daughter of V. Rao and Sai Durvasula.
Durvasula was born on December 30, 1965 in Englewood, New Jersey, United States; the daughter of V. Rao and Sai Durvasula.
Durvasula received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Connecticut in 1988. Four years later she was given a Master of Arts degree and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1997 from the University of California at Los Angeles.
Durvasula began her career as an assistant research psychologist of the department of psychiatry at the University of California at Los Angeles in 1997. Since 1999 she has been a professor of psychology at California State University. There Ramani also serves as a director of the Master`s Program in Marriage and Family Therapy, the General Master`s Program and the University`s Psychology Clinic. She is a visiting professor at the University of Johannesburg.
Ramani was the co-host of Oxygen’s series "My Shopping Addiction" and has also been featured on series on Bravo, the Lifetime Movie Network, National Geographic, the History Channel, Discovery Science and Investigation Discovery as well as in documentary films on health. She has been a featured commentator on nearly every major television network, as well as radio, print and internet media.
In addition, she has been conducting research into sexuality, substance use, personality disorders and HIV for the past 15 years and is the principal investigator of an NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health) funded grant on psychopathology and health.
(How do you know if you are in a relationship with a narci...)
2017(In You Are WHY You Eat, food becomes a digestible metapho...)
2014Durvasula recognizes that narcissism and technology have changed the landscape of love and relationships and provides keen insights on how to survive in the new territory of love and commitment.
Durvasula is a member of American Psychological Association, Western Psychological Association, Association for Psychological Science and Society for Behavioral Medicine. She was a chair of Committee on Socioeconomic Status and a vice chair of Committee on Women and Psychology at American Psychological Association. Ramani is a member of the Advisory Board of the Minority Fellowship Program of the American Psychological Association.
On August 31, 1996 Ramani Durvasula married Charles Henry Hinkin.
