Background
Akister, Jane was born on September 8, 1951 in Norwich.
Akister, Jane was born on September 8, 1951 in Norwich.
Master of Science in Applied Social Administration, Oxford University, 1976. Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work, Anglia Ruskin University, 2007.
Postdoctoral fellow Anglia Ruskin University, since 1993. Reader, social work research area family support and mental health. Associate, mental health act manager Cambridge & Peterborough Foundation, since 2003.
Editorial board member Board Journal Family Therapy, Association Family Therapy, 1999—2007.
Member of Higher Education Academy, International Alliance Teacher Scholars, Inc., Association Child Psychology & Psychiatry (board member 2007), Friends Whitworth House 2004-2006.
Married I.M. Goodyer, 1979. Children: Adam, Sarah.