Background
Presser, Harriet Betty was born on August 29, 1936 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Phillip Rubinoff and Rose (Gudowitz) Jabish.
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Harriet Betty Presser
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Harriet Betty Presser, American Sociology educator. National Institute for Child Health and Development grantee, 1972-1978, 83-88, Population Council grantee, 1976-1979, National Science Foundation grantee, 1982-1983, 90-94, Rockefeller Foundation grantee, 1983-1985, 88-94, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation grantee, since 1989, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grantee, 1994-1995, World Trade Grant Foundation, since 1996.
Education
Bachelor, George Washington University, 1959. Master of Arts, University North Carolina, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1969.
Career
Statistician Bureau Census, Washington, 1959. Research associate Institute Life Insurance, New York City, 1962-1964. Lecturer demography University Sussex, Brighton, England, 1967-1968.
Staff associate Population Council, New York City, 1968-1969. Assistant professor sociomed. science Columbia University, 1969-1973, associate professor sociomed. science, 1973-1976. Professor sociology University Maryland, College Park, 1976—1999, director Center on Population, Gender, and Social Inequality, 1988—2001, distinguished faculty research fellow, 1993-1994, distinguished university professor, since 1999.
Fellow in residence Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in Humanities & Social Science, Wassenaar, The Netherlands, 1994-1995. Fellow-in-residence Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, 1986-1987, 91-92, 2003-2004. Scholar-in-residence Russell Sage Foundation, New York City, 1998, 99, 2000.
Resident scholar Bellagio Study and Conference Center, Rockefeller Foundation, 2000. Academy visitor Gender Institute London School Economics and Political Sciences, 2000. Visiting scholar Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, 2007.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sociological Research Association. Member American Public Health Association (council member population section 1976-1979), Population Association American (board directors 1972-1975, 2nd vice president 1983, 1st vice president 1985, president-elect 1988, president 1989), American Sociological Association (council member at large 1990-1993, chairman, council member population section 1978-1983, Jessie Bernard award 2010).
Connections
Married Neil Nathan Presser, December 16, 1956 (divorced). 1 child, Sheryl Lynn.
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Grantee National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 1972-1978, 83-88, Population Council, 1976-1979, National Science Foundation, 1982-1983, 90-94, 2000-2003, Rockefeller Foundation, 1983-1985, 88-94, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, 1989-1906, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, 1994-1995, W.T. Grant Foundation, 1996-1999, Russell Sage Foundation, 1976-1979, 2003-2004, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 2007-2008. Recipient Rosabeth Moss Kanter award for excellence in work-family research, 2001, Lawrence R. Klein award, 2003, Distinguished Senior Scholar award American Association of University Women Education Foundation, 2007, Distinguished Career award, American Sociological Association Family Sect, 2009, Stuart A Rice award, District of Columbia Sociological Society, 2009, Distinguished Alumni Scholar award, Washington University, 1992, named Outstanding Women, University Maryland, 1999.Grantee National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 1972-1978, 83-88, Population Council, 1976-1979, National Science Foundation, 1982-1983, 90-94, 2000-2003, Rockefeller Foundation, 1983-1985, 88-94, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, 1989-1906, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, 1994-1995, W.T. Grant Foundation, 1996-1999, Russell Sage Foundation, 1976-1979, 2003-2004, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 2007-2008. Recipient Rosabeth Moss Kanter award for excellence in work-family research, 2001, Lawrence R. Klein award, 2003, Distinguished Senior Scholar award American Association of University Women Education Foundation, 2007, Distinguished Career award, American Sociological Association Family Sect, 2009, Stuart A Rice award, District of Columbia Sociological Society, 2009, Distinguished Alumni Scholar award, Washington University, 1992, named Outstanding Women, University Maryland, 1999.