Lois Joyce Bryson (5 October 1937 – 7 January 2024) was an Australian sociologist. She was one of the founders of academic sociology in Australia.[1]
Lois Bryson | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 5, 1937 |
| Died | January 7, 2024 (aged 86) |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne Monash University |
| Known for | Sociologist |
Education
editBryson completed her Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1959 followed by a Diploma of Education in 1964, both at the University of Melbourne, before achieving her PhD in sociology at Monash University.[2] She was an early second-wave feminist in Australia.[3]
Career
editIn 1972, Bryson wrote An Australian Newtown (1972), Australia's first sociological study of a suburb with Faith Thompson and, with Ian Winter, Social Change, Suburban Lives (1999), a re-study of the same suburb thirty years on.[1]
Bryson also authored studies regarding women in sport,[4] women's health[5] and the welfare state.[6][7] She worked as a professor at the University of Adelaide.[8]
Her career in research was recognised by her election as a fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in 1998, membership of the Australian Research Council's research training and careers committee, and the award of a Federation medal (2003).[9]
In retirement she was an emeritus professor at the University of Newcastle and an adjunct professor at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.[10]
Death
editBryson died in January 2024.[11] She is survived by her two children and two grandchildren.[12]
References
edit- ^ a b "Professor Lois Bryson". ABC listen. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
- ^ "Lois Bryson - The Australian Sociological Association". tasa.org.au. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
- ^ "ALSWH – Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health". alswh.org.au. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
- ^ Bryson, Lois (1983-12-01). "Sport and the Oppression of Women". The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology. 19 (3): 413–426. doi:10.1177/144078338301900303. ISSN 0004-8690.
- ^ "Australia's longest running study of women's health". shorthand.uq.edu.au. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
- ^ Bryson, Lois; Eastop, Len (1980-12-01). "Poverty, Welfare and Hegemony, 1973 and 19781". The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology. 16 (3): 61–71. doi:10.1177/144078338001600307. ISSN 0004-8690.
- ^ Marston, Greg; McDonald, Catherine; Bryson, Lois (2014). "The Australian welfare state: who benefits now?".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Community engagement, social justice: platforms for new Uni research and teaching". University of Adelaide. 25 November 1997.
- ^ Melbourne, The University of. "Bryson, Lois - Woman - The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia". www.womenaustralia.info. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
- ^ "Bryson, Lois - Woman - The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia". www.womenaustralia.info. The University of Melbourne. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
- ^ Murphy, John; Bryson, Fran; Edwards, Anne (2024-04-10). "'Chippy' not a conventional academic, but an agent for change". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
- ^ "Lois Bryson Death Notice - Sydney, New South Wales | Sydney Morning Herald". tributes.smh.com.au. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
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