Alice Schlegel
Other namesAlice Schlegel Biery
Alma materNorthwestern University
Scientific career
ThesisDomestic authority and female autonomy in matrilineal societies (1971)

Alice Schlegel is an anthropologist known for her work on adolescence. She was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1972.

Education and career

Schlegel attended Smith College from 1952 until 1954, and then graduated with a B.A. from Northwestern University. She went on to earn an M.A. from the University of Chicago (1959)[1] and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1971.[2] Following her Ph.D., she held academic positions at multiple institutions including the University of Baroda, India, Museum of Northern Arizona, University of Tübingen, University of Frankfurt. In 1980 she joined the faculty of the University of Arizona and was promoted to professor in 2005.[1] As of 2021, she is a retired professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona.[3]

Research

Schlegel's research touched on multiple areas including adolescence,[4][5] the human need for physical contact,[6] and the segregation of people by age[7] and gender.[8]

Selected publications

Awards and honors

Schlegel was elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1972.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "CV for Schlegel" (PDF). 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-11-27. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  2. ^ Biery, Alice Schlegel (1971). Domestic authority and female autonomy in matrilineal societies (Thesis). Evanston, Ill. OCLC 4770018.
  3. ^ "Alice Schlegel, Ph.D. | Norton School Family and Consumer Sciences". cals.arizona.edu. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
  4. ^ Schlegel, Alice (1995). "A Cross-Cultural Approach to Adolescence". Ethos. 23 (1): 15–32. doi:10.1525/eth.1995.23.1.02a00020. ISSN 0091-2131. JSTOR 640363.
  5. ^ Ledford, Heidi (2018-02-21). "Who exactly counts as an adolescent?". Nature. 554 (7693): 429–431. Bibcode:2018Natur.554..429L. doi:10.1038/d41586-018-02169-w. S2CID 4457598.
  6. ^ Whitaker, Ian (2015-10-04). "A kiss isn't always just a kiss - Las Vegas Sun Newspaper". lasvegassun.com. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
  7. ^ Neyfakh, Leon (August 31, 2014). "What 'age segregation' does to America - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Archived from the original on 2014-09-01. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
  8. ^ Gaulin, Steven J.C.; Schlegel, Alice (December 1980). "Paternal confidence and paternal investment: A cross cultural test of a sociobiological hypothesis". Ethology and Sociobiology. 1 (4): 301–309. doi:10.1016/0162-3095(80)90015-1.
  9. ^ "Historic Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science". www.aaas.org. Retrieved 2021-12-31.


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