Hope Landrine

Hope Landrine (July 4, 1954 - September 3, 2019) was an American psychologist and professor. She is mostly recognized for her research and scholarship related to health disparities in ethnic minorities. At the end of her life, she was the director of the Center for Health Disparities Research at East Carolina University.

Early life She was born to John Albert Landrine and Sarah Alice Palmer on July 4, 1954, in Yonkers, New York, US. Landrine was involved with activism very early on in her life, becoming a president of the Black Student Union in her area and a member of the Young Socialist Alliance. Landrine said that an early influence on her feminist perspective was Betty Frieden's The Feminist Mystique. Landrine also cited the pamphlet Our Bodies, Ourselves for changing how she practiced her activism.

Scholarly involvement Landrine held multiple appointments related to her scholarly work. She was appointed to a task force on cultural diversity in APA Division 35, the Society for the Psychology of Women. She was also a member of the editorial board of the APA Division 35 journal, Psychology of Women Quarterly. Finally, Landrine served as an associate editor for the Journal of Health Psychology.

Research Landrine had multiple interests that informed her research. She did extensive research on health behaviors and disparities on ethnic minorities and women. Additionally, she wrote on the issues of discrimination and poverty that affect marginalized groups. She reported that much of her research and interests were inspired by feminism, Marxism, and racial disparities/injustice.

Awards and achievements Landrine has received recognition for her work from numerous organizations and her peers in the behavioral sciences and public health. She was a fellow in Divisions 9, 35, 38, 45, and 50 of the American Psychological Association. Landrine was also a fellow in the Society for Behavioral Medicine. She received the APA Division 45 Lifetime Achievement Award and James M. Jones Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to the field of public health. She also received an APA Minority Fellowship that, she states, allowed her to attend graduate school.