About Janet G. Woititz

Janet Beigel Geringer Woititz (March 27, 1938 – June 7, 1994) was an American psychologist and researcher best known for her writings and lectures about the troubled offspring of alcoholic parents, including the 1983 best selling book, Adult Children of Alcoholics.

Woititz was born Janet Geringer in Great Neck, New York in 1938. She earned a bachelor's degree from Antioch College and a master's at Montclair State College (since renamed to Montclair State University), where she taught as an adjunct professor. In 1976 she received her doctorate in education at Rutgers University, where during summer she taught at the Rutgers Center for Alcoholic Studies.