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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 Her husband was James S. Jackson.
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. She strongly criticizes the practice of mandatory retirement found in many countries, regarding it as ageism and discriminatory.
Early Life
Toni 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.
Education
She 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.
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.
Career
Toni 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
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.
Personal Life
Antonucci married James S Jackson and were married for more than 40 years. She had two daughters with him, Ariana and Kendra, as well as three grandchildren.
References
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- University of Michigan Institute for Social Research
- International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development
- Society for the Study of Human Development
- Vincenzo Nemolato
- Paparazzi (1998 Italian film)
- Os Mutantes: Caminhos do Coração
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