“We Don’t Ever Give Up, We Just Find a Different Way In”: An Interview with Dr. Katherine Hertlein, Ph.D. on Feminism and Women in Academia

ABSTRACT

Katherine Hertlein, Ph.D. has been actively working in the field of Marriage and Family Therapy for over 20 years. She currently serves as a professor in the Couple and Family Therapy Program at the University of Nevada Las Vegas where she also served as program director from 2012 to 2018. She has been widely published and currently serves as the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy. Her research addresses the effects of technology on couples and families as well as sexual health in couples. This interview explores the early foundations of Dr. Hertlein’s work and development as a feminist scholar. She reflected on her early experiences in the field of family therapy and her hopes for the future of academia in terms of feminism, equity, parity, and advocacy.

KEYWORDS:

• Feminist
• academia
• advocacy
• empowerment
• patriarchy

Disclosure Statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).