Toni Antonucci

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	(1948-09-09) September 9, 1948 (age 76) Brooklyn, New York
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

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.^[5]

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.^[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

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.^[8]

Personal life

Antonucci married James S. Jackson, and they were married for more than 40 years.^[9] She had two daughters with him, Ariana and Kendra, as well as three grandchildren.^[9][10]