Sara McLanahan
Sarah McLanahan | |
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Born | Sara Frances Smith 27 December 1940 Tyler, Texas, U.S. |
Died | 31 December 2021 Manhattan, New York, U.S. | (aged 81)
Awards | American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow of 2019 |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Houston, University of Texas |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Princeton University, University of Wisconsin |
Main interests | motherhood, marriage, divorce, family structure, children, social stratification |
Website | https://sociology.princeton.edu/people/sara-mclanahan |
Sara McLanahan (born Smith; 27 December 1940 – 31 December 2021) was an American
Early life and education
Sara Frances Smith was born on 27 December 1940 in Tyler, Texas.[3] After graduating from Bennet Junior College in 1959 with highest honors, McLanahan attended Smith College from 1961 to 1962.[4] She married Ellery McLanahan in 1962. [3]They divorced in 1972.[3]
She continued her education at the
Career
McLanahan was the William S. Tod Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at
At Princeton, McLanahan was the founding director of the Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, a principal investigator of the
McLanahan was editor-in-chief of the journal
McLanahan published more than 125 research articles, 59 book chapters, and 7 books and edited volumes.[4] More than 915 articles have been published which rely on data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, which she co-founded.[4]
McLanahan died of lung cancer on 31 December 2021 at her residence in Manhattan, New York.[3]
Honors and awards
She was elected as an
Selected works
- "Vol. 25, No. 2, FALL 2015 of The Future of Children on JSTOR". www.jstor.org.
- McLanahan, Sara; Tach, Laura; Schneider, Daniel (2013). "The Causal Effects of Father Absence". Annual Review of Sociology. 39 (1): 399–427. PMID 24489431.
- "Vol. 20, No. 2, FALL 2010 of The Future of Children on JSTOR". www.jstor.org.
- McLanahan, Sara (2009). "Fragile Families and the Reproduction of Poverty". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 621 (1): 111–131. PMID 20204078.
- McLanahan, Sara; Percheski, Christine (2008). "Family Structure and the Reproduction of Inequalities". Annual Review of Sociology. 34 (1): 257–276. ISSN 0360-0572.
- Meadows, Sarah O.; McLanahan, Sara S.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne (2008). "Stability and Change in Family Structure and Maternal Health Trajectories". American Sociological Review. 73 (2): 314–334. PMID 20333277.
- Carlson, Marcia; McLanahan, Sara; England, Paula (2004). "Union Formation in Fragile Families". Demography. 41 (2): 237–261. PMID 15209039.
- McLanahan, Sara (2004). "Diverging Destinies: How Children Are Faring Under the Second Demographic Transition". Demography. 41 (4): 607–627. S2CID 6063666.
- McLanahan, Sara; Sandefur, Gary D. (1994). Growing up with a single parent : what hurts, what helps. Cambridge, Massachusetts. )
- Garfinkel, Irwin; McLanahan, Sara; Irv Garfinkel (1986). Single mothers and their children : a new American dilemma. Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute Press. OL 2729409M.
- McLanahan, Sara (1985). "Family Structure and the Reproduction of Poverty". American Journal of Sociology. 90 (4): 873–901. S2CID 143515771.
References
- ^ "Sara McLanahan". sociology.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
- ^ a b "Sara McLanahan". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
- ^ a b c d e "Sara McLanahan | December 27, 1940 – December 31, 2021". Department of Sociology.
- ^ "Sara McLanahan". Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. 2013-09-19. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
- ^ Curriculum Vitae ,Sara McLanahan, Princeton University, 2011.
- ^ "Sara S. McLanahan – Home". www.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
- ^ "People | The Future of Children". www.futureofchildren.org. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
- ^ "Who We Are". russell sage foundation. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
- ^ "Past Presidents". Population Association of America. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
- ^ "Sara McLanahan". The American Academy of Political and Social Science. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
- ^ "Newly Elected – April 2016". American Philosophical Society. Archived from the original on 2016-05-13.
- ^ "2019 Fellows and International Honorary Members with their affiliations at the time of election". members.amacad.org. Archived from the original on 2020-03-02.