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Carol R. Ember, American Anthropology educator, author. Woodrow Wilson Fellow, 1965-1966, predoctoral fellow National Institute of Mental Health, 1969-1970; research grantee National Science Foundation, 1983-1984, 86-98, United States Institute Peace, 1990-1992. Member American Anthropological Association, Society for Cross-Cultural Research (president 1985), Society for Psychological Anthropology.

Background

Ember, Carol R. was born on July 7, 1943 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Hy and Elsie (Kardonsky) Ruchlis.

Education

Bachelor, Antioch College, 1965; postgraduate, Cornell Univercity, 1965-1966; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1971.

Career

Lecturer Hunter College City University of New York, 1970-1971. From assistant professor to associate professor City University of New York, 1971-1980. Professor Hunter College, 1981-1997.

Executive director Human Relations Area Files Yale University, New Haven, 1997—2009, president, since 2009.

Achievements

  • Carol R. Ember has been listed as a notable anthropology educator, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

All works

Membership

Member of Evolutionary Anthropology Society (board member), Society Anthropological Science (president elect 2009), Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Society for Psychological Anthropology, Society for Cross-Cultural Research (president 1985), American Anthropological Association.

Connections

Married Lawrence Baldwin, 1963 (divorced 1969). Married Melvin Ember, March 21, 1970 (deceased September 27, 2009). Children: Katherine Ann, Julie Beth.

Father:
Hy Ruchlis

Mother:
Elsie (Kardonsky) Ruchlis

Spouse:
Melvin Ember

Spouse:
Lawrence Baldwin

child:
Julie Beth Ember

child:
Katherine Ann Ember