Toni C. Antonucci | |
Birth Date: | September 9, 1948 |
Birth Place: | Brooklyn, New York |
Nationality: | American |
Fields: | Psychology |
Workplaces: | University of Michigan |
Alma Mater: | Wayne State University |
Thesis Title: | The Relationship between Attachment and Contingency Learning in Infancy |
Thesis Url: | https://elibrary.wayne.edu/record=b2082288~S47 |
Thesis Year: | 1973 |
Doctoral Advisor: | Carolyn Shantz |
Spouses: | )--> |
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.
Antonucci studies social relations at all stages throughout the life span. (infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age). She strongly criticizes the practice of mandatory retirement found in many countries, regarding it as ageism and discriminatory.[3] [4]