Cheryl Koopman

Cheryl Ann Koopman (June 14, 1950—May 14, 2019) was an American social psychologist, behavioral scientist, and international relations scholar. As a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University and the Stanford University School of Medicine, Koopman was an expert on the social and political context of diseases and diagnosis, quality of life interventions among people living with cancer, and the psychology of problems in international relations like nuclear war prevention. She was the President of the International Society of Political Psychology.

Life and career Koopman was born on June 14, 1950, in Red Bluff, California. She attended the University of California, Berkeley, where she obtained a B.A. degree in psychology in 1972. In 1974 she graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with an M.A. in educational psychology, and in 1979 she completed a PhD at the University of Virginia in educational psychology and program evaluation. as well as at Harvard University. After these post-doctoral positions, Koopman joined the faculty at Columbia University, and in 1992 she moved to Stanford University.

Koopman retired from the Stanford University School of Medicine, becoming Professor Emerita of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, in 2015. She also co-founded the organization Massachusetts Psychologists for Social Responsibility. "Coping styles associated with psychological adjustment to advanced breast cancer", Health Psychology, coauthored (1996) "Supportive-Expressive Group Therapy and Distress in Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Intervention Trial", JAMA Psychiatry, coauthored (2001) "Stanford Presenteeism Scale: Health Status and Employee Productivity", Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, coauthored (2002) "Evaluation of an internet support group for women with primary breast cancer", Cancer, coauthored (2003)