Toni Claudette Antonucci (born September 9, 1948) is an American psychologist, currently the Elizabeth R. Douvan Collegiate Professor at University of Michigan and formerly President of Gerontological Society of America[1][2] Her husband was James S. Jackson.
Toni C. Antonucci | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 9, 1948 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Wayne State University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology |
| Institutions | University of Michigan |
| Thesis | The Relationship between Attachment and Contingency Learning in Infancy (1973) |
| Doctoral advisor | Carolyn Shantz |
Antonucci studies social relations at all stages throughout the life span. (infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age), including multigenerational studies of the family and comparative studies of social relations across the life span in the United States, Europe and Japan. [1] She strongly criticizes the practice of mandatory retirement found in many countries, regarding it as ageism and discriminatory.[3][4]
Early Life
editToni C. Antonucci was born and raised in a Brooklyn Italian-American family. Her parents valued an education and encouraged her to get one. She attended a all girls Catholic high school.[5]
Education
editShe received her B.A. from Hunter College in 1969, applied to Wayne State University's Department of Psychology, and received her M.A. in 1972, and her Ph.d in 1973.[6][7]
She was the former president of Adult Development and Aging, Division 20 of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the former president of the Gerontological Society of America.[1]
Career
editToni C. Antonucci is the Elizabeth M. Douvan Collegiate Professor of Psychology and Program Director and Research Professor in the Life Course Development Program at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan.
Accomplishment and Awards
edit- 2001 Master Mentor Award from APA Division 20
- She has numerous scientific publications, in 2010 she edited (with James S. Jackson) Life Course Perspectives on Late Life Health Inequalities and in 2011 edited (with Karen Fingerman, Cynthia Berg and Jacqui Smith) the Handbook of Life Span Development.
- She is a member of the Executive Board of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Secretary General-Elect of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics and received the Gerontological Society of America’s 2011 Distinguished Career Contribution to Gerontology Award
- She received a Research Career Development Award and is currently funded or has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Aging and several private foundations, most recently, the Fetzer Institute and the MacArthur Foundation.[8]
Personal Life
editAntonucci married James S Jackson and were married for more than 40 years.[9] She had two daughters with him, Ariana and Kendra, as well as three grandchildren.[9][10]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Toni Antonucci". umich.edu. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
- ^ "umich.edu". Retrieved October 31, 2017.
- ^ Karlsson, Carl-Johan (7 July 2021). "What Sweden's Covid failure tells us about ageism". Knowable Magazine. doi:10.1146/knowable-070621-1. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ Antonucci, Toni C.; Ajrouch, Kristine J.; Webster, Noah J.; Zahodne, Laura B. (24 December 2019). "Social Relations Across the Life Span: Scientific Advances, Emerging Issues, and Future Challenges". Annual Review of Developmental Psychology. 1 (1): 313–336. doi:10.1146/annurev-devpsych-121318-085212. ISSN 2640-7922. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ Antonucci, Toni C. (2022), Bookwala, Jamila; Newton, Nicky J. (eds.), "From Young and Naïve to Old and Experienced", Reflections from Pioneering Women in Psychology, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 42–53, ISBN 978-1-108-83557-2, retrieved 2024-11-12
- ^ Antonucci, Toni C. (2022), Bookwala, Jamila; Newton, Nicky J. (eds.), "From Young and Naïve to Old and Experienced", Reflections from Pioneering Women in Psychology, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 42–53, ISBN 978-1-108-83557-2, retrieved 2024-11-12
- ^ "Dr. Toni Antonucci". Brain Health & Aging Study. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
- ^ "Toni C Antonucci". isr.umich.edu/. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ a b "Remembering James S. Jackson (1944–2020)". APS Observer. 33. 2020-11-30.
- ^ "A Conversation With James S. Jackson". APS Observer. 27. 2014-11-25.
  | This biography of an American psychologist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |