Nancy Kalish, Ph.D.

Nancy Kalish, PhD is a Professor of Psychology at the California State University, Sacramento. She is the author of Lost & Found Lovers. Nancy Kalish, Ph.D., has been conducting research on reunited couples since 1993 and is recognized as the international expert on rekindled romances and lost loves. Her landmark study of 1001 people worldwide who tried reunions with former sweethearts was reported in her popular book, Lost & Found Lovers: Facts and Fantasies of Rekindled Romances (Morrow, 1997; iUniverse.com Back-in-Print, 2005). Her popular website, Lostlovers.com, was founded by Nancy Kalish, Ph.D. in 1997.

Kalish earned her doctorate from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She taught at Monmouth University and Loyola University before accepting a position at California State University.

The American Psychological Association lists Kalish as an expert for referrals to journalists on the topics of lost and rekindled love, parenting, child custody, marriage and divorce, adolescent romance, and media psychology.

Kalish was recently featured as the expert in a critically acclaimed documentary produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Company (Love Interrupted, 2009).

She has appeared on TV and radio shows, including Oprah, 20/20, Montel, CNN, NBC, Weekend Edition and The Morning Edition of National Public Radio, as well as being quoted as a relationship expert in many magazines, such as Psychology Today, AARP, YM, Real Simple, Good Housekeeping, and Playboy. Her research has generated newspaper articles as far-reaching as Japan, India, Israel, England, and Australia, and from small, hometown publications to The New York Times, USA Today, The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, and The London Times; Kalish's research was featured twice in Dear Abby and on the front page of The Boston Globe.

Her PT blog is Sticky Bonds.