Rosalind P. Petchesky

Rosalind Pollack Petchesky (born August 16, 1942) is an American political scientist, and Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Hunter College, City University of New York. She is the founder of the International Reproductive Rights Research Action Group (IRRAG).

Early life and education
Rosalind Pollack Petchesky was born in Bay City, Texas to Roberta Friedman and Simon Pollack.

Petchesky graduated from Smith College summa cum laude, and has a Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University. She previously taught at Ramapo College.

Career
Petchesky is known for incorporating differing theoretical frameworks, including ethics, political philosophy, history, political science, and others, into the study of reproductive rights.

From 1972 to 1987 she was Professor of Political and Social Theory at Ramapo College of New Jersey. In 1987 she was hired as Professor of Political Science and Coordinator of Women's Studies at Hunter College in New York. Petchesky lectures widely and is the author/editor of many professional articles and numerous books.

Petchesky is on the international advisory board of Signs, an international journal in women's and gender studies.

Petchesky retired from teaching in 2013.

Activism
Petchesky was the oldest person arrested at Grand Central Terminal, October 27, 2023, in a protest calling for a ceasefire in the 2023 Gaza conflict. She organized a group of more than 30 Jewish seniors to participate. She was also among a group of 18 Jewish elder women who chained themselves to the White House front gate prior to the annual Hanukkah party.

Awards

 * 1995 MacArthur Fellows Program

Works

 * The first edition was winner of the American Historical Association's 1984 Joan Kelly Memorial Prize in Women's History. Second revised edition: 1990.
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 * Petchesky R. P.  & Alexander  M. (2014). Debt. Feminist Press at the City University of New York. ISBN 9781558618541
 * Farmer, E., Petchesky, R. P., Sills, S., & Erakat, N. (2021). A land with a people : Palestinians and Jews confront Zionism : a collection of personal stories, history, poetry, and art. Monthly Review Press. ISBN 9781583679296
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 * Petchesky R. P.  & Alexander  M. (2014). Debt. Feminist Press at the City University of New York. ISBN 9781558618541
 * Farmer, E., Petchesky, R. P., Sills, S., & Erakat, N. (2021). A land with a people : Palestinians and Jews confront Zionism : a collection of personal stories, history, poetry, and art. Monthly Review Press. ISBN 9781583679296
 * Petchesky R. P.  & Alexander  M. (2014). Debt. Feminist Press at the City University of New York. ISBN 9781558618541
 * Farmer, E., Petchesky, R. P., Sills, S., & Erakat, N. (2021). A land with a people : Palestinians and Jews confront Zionism : a collection of personal stories, history, poetry, and art. Monthly Review Press. ISBN 9781583679296